Help 😩

My LG is 6 months and struggling soo bad with reflux.

Dr gave her baby gaviscon to try and said to give it at least 3 weeks (we’re not into week 4) but it really isn’t helping and she ends up in so much discomfort some nights.

She’s exhausted but can’t get to sleep unless one of us holds her upright in the chair and even then you can hear the gulping and then she starts whimpering and it just breaks my heart. She’s soo restless, when we hold she tries to sleep but she flips her head side to side (I’m guessing because her throat hurts) and laying her flat when she’s struggling is a huge no no she screams and makes it worse for herself.

I can’t elevate her mattress one end because she’s all over the place in the cot and definitely can’t give a pillow.

She doesn’t do herself any favours as she sleeps on her stomach with her bum in the air so her stomach is often higher than her throat. (We place her down on her left hand side)

Even if we manage to settle her in the chair upright and get her to sleep, once she’s laid down and the acid backs up it wakes her up and we start over.

If she’s feeling even half of pain I experienced with reflux when pregnant I know she’s in so much discomfort. I had reflux so bad I’ve been left with scarring on my oesophagus and food quite often gets ‘stuck’.

We can’t get into the drs at the moment because of coronavirus and all the telephone appointments are booked up for at least next 3 weeks!! I don’t want to take her to the hospital as we live in a high case area so I’m pretty much terrified to leave the house but equally I can’t go on seeing her struggle like this 😭 even if she could get medication similar to what I was given in pregnancy to try and help her out it would be worth a try

I’ve tried everything - her last feed ends at least 45-60 mins before bed so it has time to settle. Starting solids hasn’t made any difference (no better/worse), sitting upright more or more physical tummy time now she’s getting her balance isn’t helping.

It’s making bedtime a huge struggle and it’s frustrating because on days where the reflux isn’t as bad she’s actually a great sleeper and can self-settle really well so we are able to very clearly see the difference between bad days and good days.

I don’t know what to do 😫