I thickened my breast milk

by Sharon
(Canberra, Australia)

I haven't got a tip about solids yet as we're only just starting, but other parents might like to know what worked for me.

At 5 months my son Jake was still vomiting after milk, especially at night. He was in a lot of pain and neither of us was getting much sleep.

I went to the doctor to ask about Zantac, but she said I should try thickening my breast milk before putting Jake on medication. I had to learn to express milk (I'd never done that before, but it wasn't too bad) and then I thickened it with Karicare and started feeding him from the bottle.

Almost immediately the vomiting stopped. He sometimes brings up a little of his feed, but hardly anything - and he is sleeping really well at night, too.

Infant reflux is a nightmare and I tried everything that's supposed to help - but this is the only thing that actually worked. I really hope this might help another family.