Re: Solids for medication

"AlenasMom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> I have to give Alena a pill called Lausec (I think I
> spelled that right) for her reflux. The only way I can
> give it to her is in some form of a solid (like rice cereal
> or fruit... or something.) Is this going to cause her
> allergies and problems because she's only 5 months
> old??? I sat and cried when my doctor told me this.
> So I spent an hour looking for a rice cereal that wasn't
> made out of 35% formula and wasn't made by Nestle
> (I'm boycotting them... I miss Aero bars
> soooo much!!!) and found Heinz Rice Cereal.
> Someone help me feel better about this....

I don't know if it makes you feel any better but it does sound to me
like you're overreacting about this.  I don't think 5 months is *that*
young for starting solids.  Most people I know still go by the 4-6 month
recommendation.  Plus if she only needs to eat a bite or two of cereal
to get a pill down, that is not exactly "feeding solids".  I can't
believe it would have an effect on whether she develops allergies.  How
close is she to 6 months, if that is when you'd planned on starting
solids?  Can you ask the doctor what it would matter to wait a couple
weeks or so before giving her this medicine?  Why does putting the pill
in rice cereal help her eat it?   DS seems to have reflux too.  We were
at the doctor about two weeks ago for that.  His doctor told me that the
reflux often starts getting better around 6 months when they start to
sit up more, and when they start solids, the food stays in their stomach
better.  So hopefully that will be true for you.
-- 
Cheryl S.
Mom to Julie, 2 yr., 8 mo.
And Jaden, 3 months

Cleaning the house while your children are small is like
shoveling the sidewalk while it's still snowing.