I have two blog modes: full scale or none at all. I’ve been doing the latter lately. I should try for a happy medium. (Edit: I just changed the theme because the columns on the old one were too narrow. Now I just need a better blog title. Or more appropriate blog title. Something.)
Isaac is 3.5 months old. We’ve had some challenges. He was diagnosed with reflux. The NP was fairly dismissive because he was gaining well. Since I was already doing all the reflux ideas (paced feeding, keeping him upright, etc) she fobbed me off with a small dose of Zantac, which did nothing. I came back and said he wasn’t better. When I described all his symptoms, she admitted he might have a dairy problem. He went on to soy. This helped in some ways, but he’s still puking. In fact, it’s worsening, especially as he takes in more at a feed. Even my husband, who thinks I overreact when it comes to health, admits it’s a problem, but the NP says it’s not frequent enough (only 2-3 times a day) and he’s gaining. I am not happy with how they’re handling it especially as I asked about the AAP’s recommendation that soy not be used in cases of suspected milk protein intolerance due to the high rate of soy intolerance (and the possibility that the baby will go on to develop soy intolerance/allergy) and got waved off. On the other hand, he’s not screaming for hours at a time, so it definitely did help. She’s also still giving the “put Karo in his bottle for constipation” advice. For some reason, I got scheduled with the NP instead of one of the doctors, and they have a policy of keeping you with the same provider. I’m really tempted to ask to see someone else.
He’s starting to get more of a personality, though. I can’t get a photo of him smiling yet, but he smiles and laughs.
Gratuitous photo time!
Both of them:
(I have an overactive flash on my camera, which creates odd shadows. Unfortunately, manually shutting off the flash slows the shutter speed and I get blurry photos. I’m not good enough to play with it. One of the many, many reasons I will never be a famous blogger.)
And a hospital picture, because I don’t think I posted one:
(No, he’s not a year old. That was my parents’ camera.)
So sweet-looking!
Sorry about the feeding issues. Mine throws up a ton but seems happy enough about it, so we haven’t sought any treatment. He’s 4.5 months now and it happens just as frequently, and more content as you said since there’s more going in. Surely it’ll be better when they are eating food regularly, so that’s something to look forward to!
Yeah, he was screaming for hours a day. Now he screams, throws up, and is calm. It only really bothers me at this point because when it’s bad, it comes out through his nose and gets him really upset.