Yesterday I had one prayer. I thanked God for his many blessings and asked him to keep baby girl comfortable. He came through in spades! After the early morning feeding, the others went rather smoothly. He also helped me stumble on message board posts for "silent reflux" in babies.
I had google reflux for newborns before and it always included massive amounts of spit up and weight loss (which is clearly not an issue for our chunky monkey!). However silent reflux symptoms definitely hit the mark:
- Crying during or after feeding
- Repeated hiccuping
- Spitting up when laid flat
- Choking
- Weight gain/overweight as baby eats as a way to sooth
- Irritability
- Difficulty settling
So in talking with the pedi she prescribed medication for Isabella to take twice a day. She said it would take a couple of days to take effect. Hoping this does the trick because listening to her scream, watching her squirm, knowing she is in pain is hearbreaking:(. We have already seen some progress because instead of trying fifty-thousand different things to sooth her which was likely just jostling the stomach acids around making her feel worse, I am focusing on keeping her upright, holding her and giving her the paci (when she will take it) to help her through.
She also got a clean bill of health from the pedi and is in the 86th percentile across the board for height, weight and head circumference. She is quite the little bruiser...love her to bits!
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