All I can think about

[bronwynrh]

is sleep.

Sleep. Sleep. Sleeeeeeeep.

I simply cannot wake up today. Needless to say, my productivity is somewhere around nil. Zzzzzz




Oh, yes. We mustn't forget the heartburn.

Comments

[scorpbeotch.livejournal.com]

Oh dear god the heartburn. Be careful how you treat it too. I had heartburn for five months of my pregnancy and chewed quickeze, having been told they were safe for babe. It was only AFTER she was diagnosed with reflux I was told the heartburn remedies mostly cause that!!!!!!!

If you can, treat it herbally, it's the best peice of advice i can give you. You DON'T want a newborn with reflux.

[bramey.livejournal.com]

Maybe I'll stick with the baking soda and dispense with the TUMS (I assume they're the same as Quickeze). You are absolutely right - I DON'T want SamPatrick to have reflux!

[kendokamel.livejournal.com]

What do you take for your heartburn? Have you ever used Gaviscom? It always worked very well for me - and I recall reading back when I was in grad school for speech pathology that it had been used on infants with reflux problems... so it's pretty gentle, too.

[bramey.livejournal.com]

I've been taking TUMS or baking soda, but after what scorpbeotch said above, I may quit the TUMS. I definitely do NOT want SamPatrick to have reflux! Yikes!

I'll look into Gaviscon (however it's spelled) and Pepcid AC.

[scorpbeotch.livejournal.com]

Gaviscon, same shit man, to be avoided

[bramey.livejournal.com]

Baking soda it is, then.

[acoolsecretary.livejournal.com]

Hi de ho! I found something scrumptious for the wee one...send me an email with your snail mail, I want to be sure I have the right snail mail addy. :)

[tonya.livejournal.com]

&%#%$ heartburn. Mine is the worst at night when I lay down.

[bramey.livejournal.com]

Ditto, here. I've been warding it off by taking 2 TUMS and 2 Phillips (so I don't get plugged up from the TUMS!) every night before going to bed.

Now I'm paranoid about the TUMS giving baby reflux. Jeez.

[tonya.livejournal.com]

My father-in-law swears by papaya for heartburn. It's completely natural and tastes a bit better than tums. It works for me, but doesn't seem to last very long!

[bramey.livejournal.com]

Baking soda works like a charm for me - so far, anyway.
Look at your box of Arm & Hammer for the recipe. I think it's 1/4 tsp. soda in 4 oz. of water. Stir until completely dissolved, then chug. I sometimes take a second dose after an hour or two, if the heartburn comes back.

[tonya.livejournal.com]

Hm, I'll have to give that a try!