Last week was pretty tough around here. Emery not only was refusing to nap more than 15 minutes at a time unless she was held, but towards the end of the day would scream and refuse to eat after about a minute of me nursing her. One night I tried to get food in her for literally an hour and she ate for maybe 3 minutes... talk about frustrating!
I finally made an appointment with our pediatrician and within 2 minutes of hearing her symptoms said, "Without a doubt she has acid reflux". He said the reason why the feedings progressively get worse and worse throughout the day was because her throat was getting more and more raw from all spitting up! I felt horrible that I let those symptoms last for almost 2 weeks, but was absolutely relieved when he knew what was going on. He gets at least 3 cases a day of newborns with acid reflux, crazy!
So this should go away on it's own by the time she's 6 months, but until then we'll give her mylanta and zantac to coat her throat and help keep her food down! The medicine is making the biggest difference. Emery now takes naps during the day-- some even 2 hours long!! Plus because she is eating longer and keeping the food down, she has now moved to a 4 hour eating schedule! YEAH!
And since no post is good without pictures I'll show you her favorite way to take naps-- it just started this past week. She loves to be vertical (that helps the milk stay down as well!), definitely have her paci in her mouth, and "hug" us. Too cute!
And a close up:
We are so glad she's feeling better!
13 comments:
Awww, glad she is feeling better! Our little Natalee has acid reflux and boy did the meds make a world of a difference!!
So happy all of you have found relief! Love her sleeping position...Daddy's little girl!
how comforting to know her throat feels better now! all babies love napping while held... it's so hard not to spoil them with that! i was way better at putting ethan down than i am with ben. ben gets held all the time. :)
I'm so glad that you took her and got her some medicine! It made the biggest difference with all of mine. Love the picture of her sleeping!!!
Awww I'm so glad she's feeling better! The picture of her napping on Kyle is just precious!
Oh, my goodness, I had no idea! So glad you now have her on medication that is helping and giving her relief and rest! She is so beautiful and sweet, Leah. So much love going out to all three of you!
How sweet!! I'm so glad she's feeling better!
What a precious girl. I am glad you figured out what was bothering her. Now she can go back to being a happy girl.
Oh no! Poor little Poo! Heartburn and acid reflux are horrible. So glad she's feeling better now though! I can share my zantac with her if she needs it. ;)
so glad her little tummy is feeling better. hurray for docs who know what to do. praying the meds solve the problem until she grows out of it.
I'm sure that was a really tough week but am so glad little Emery is feeling better and finally getting some relief!!:)
both my girls had this. it's a relief to know what's going on...and don't be hard on yourself for "letting it go on" before figuring it out! how could you know? i will say...pay close attention to if it starts to come back, there are other meds to try, and all of them require larger doses as the babes gain weight, so that's something to keep in the back of your mind. both of my kids had it a little longer than 6 months (actually, keelyn is 3 and still takes prevacid). so don't be discouraged if it lingers...it's totally treatable!!! she's beautiful leah, i hope i get to meet her sometime this summer!
poor thing! Hate that she is dealing with that but I am so glad you have everything under control with the medicine. Love that precious photo of her laying on Kyle.
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