Gaviscon - constipation

Our HV suggested feeding some cool boiled water which did help get things moving again

Thanks @Amy how much did you give? X

Speak to your GP. I had this with my first who was prescribed gaviscon for reflux - it made her really constipated & they then prescribed lactulose alongside the gaviscon… In my experience the gaviscon caused more problems than it cured. The struggle to poo then led to feeding less because her belly was so bloated. Have you tried reflux milk? x

@Gina I was making 60ml at a time and just feeding what my babies would take in the morning and at night x

My daughter had the same was prescribed gaviscon gave her bad constipation so we took her off it she now only has gripe water works amazing for her you can get it tescos, asda, and home bargains xx

@Sophie from what I’ve been reading online it seems as though that is regularly the case with gaviscon! How did you manage to get your baby to go to the toilet in the end? She is breast fed so I haven’t tried any formulas xx

@Amy thanks will have to give it a go x

@Skye how long after you took her off the gaviscon did she start going to the toilet again? We have some gripe water, she choked the first time we gave it to her and it scared us to death so could maybe try giving it to her in a different bottle xx

My little boy has reflux and we were prescribed omeprazole rather than gaviscon because of constipation issues, we were also prescribed lactulose to help him go when he was struggling and so far it’s worked a treat! Could be worth asking for omeprazole as constipation isn’t often a side effect and lactulose for when/if she does struggle! 😊

Thanks @Lauren it does sound like the omeprazole is a better alternative to the gaviscon. She is still struggling with reflux and now I feel bad that she’s stopped the gaviscon as it was calming her but I need her to go to the toilet. I will have to try and get some lactulose for her to ease things. X

I'm pretty sure cooled boiled water is only okay for formula fed babies, we found that we've just been giving the gaviscon at night so if she is sick it will only really be during the day when we're awake and around her, its still been helping her reflux and she's constipated anymore as its no longer with every feed xx

*she's not constipated anymore

My first had silent reflux, and we were given gaviscon, and it completely stopped her being sick, but she wasn't able too poo. I ended up giving her gripe water, and it worked within seconds. We then went back to the doctors, and we were omeprazole and we never had any issues after that x

How much gaviscon are you giving her?

At first we was out on anti reflux milk but that made my baby very constipated. So then go said try comfort milk and he gave us infant gaviscon. Well the gaviscon caused her to be constipated again after we had it back to normal and it gave her belly cramps. So we stopped the gaviscon and her poop is back to normal. We did warm baths bicycle with the legs and give some cooled boiled water after each feed ( about 1oz)

@Yolanda what do you use now? I’ve used reflux and now on comfort but baby is bringing up milk after feeds and seems abit uncomfortable Not sure what to try next

@Gina Hi we had the EXACT same experience with it that I could have written this myself. Felt like we took the edge off one problem but created a bigger problem in turn! She just had 2 blowouts last night and then a normal one and it's been a week to the day, so hoping this is the start of it going back to normal rather than one huge runny blowout every 24 hours 😅 my HV said she was going to see if I could get omeprazole instead as I can't get a GP appointment for her ATM. Hopefully it all settles soon for you! X