He went on to Infant Gaviscon at about 11 weeks along with formula and within 48 hours he was a different child. He started to sleep better (an hour was the most we could get out of him at best before) and was a lot more settled. We also used a wedge under his sheet (which he still uses instead of a pillow) His erratic eating patterns continued though out his 1st year with never taking a full feed (4 oz at best at any one time – he definitely had the association between feeding and pain), and still do today. He’s never keen to eat a proper meal and prefers to graze.

I was lucky that my GP was supportive and trusted my instincts that something was wrong. We weaned him off the gaviscon at about 18 months as I was worried about long term effects of using it.
I can completely sympathise with any parent that has a child with reflux. I know that it affected the bonding process with my son and as a subsequence, I ended up with PND. I felt I had failed him in not being able to breastfeed, despite hanging on with it as long as I could.

My advice to anyone would be to trust your instincts and don’t be afraid to seek advice from your GP or HV. Insist that a treatment is tried, you never know, it might work.

Corrinne, Falkland Islands