Poor little man has been dealing with issues lately! He's had some reflux and trouble with painful gas here and there since birth. In the past few weeks his reflux (and maybe gas?) has gotten considerably worse. During feedings he will wiggle and squirm and cry in pain and I'm not sure if it's his irritated throat or his stomach that's hurting. An hour or so after he eats he spits up a clear fluid that he chokes on and turns bright red and arches his back, then cries. It's scary! He rarely ever spits up any milk. We went to see his pediatrician on Monday and she put him on Prevacid and referred us to a pediatric GI specialist. She is unsure whether we're dealing with GERD or a food allergy. Apparently it can take up to 60 days to get into the GI doctor - what!? We started the Prevacid Wednesday evening and come Thursday morning he had a nasty looking diaper rash. Regular rash creams weren't helping so back to the pediatrician we went! He's got some prescription creams now that seem to be helping. Noah has a dairy (and maybe soy) sensitivity and the doctor was concerned the compounding pharmacy had used an ingredient he may not be able to tolerate. However, the pharmacist said no dairy or soy ingredients were used. I'm torn between sticking it out a few more days on the medicine to see if his reflux symptoms improve (and hopefully the rash stops) or discontinuing the Prevacid until we can see the GI specialist. His weight gain is great though and most of the time he's a happy little boy! I'm really hoping his dairy sensitivity is something he grows out of and not something he will always have to deal with. Ryan and I don't have any food allergies and it is usually genetic - I'm hoping his stomach just needs time to mature! This is something else the GI doctor will be evaluating.
In other news, I went out and bought diapers for the first time yesterday - wow, they're expensive! We had been well stocked on diapers from the baby shower and Ryan's grandma, Nancy. I'm seriously considering going the cloth diaper route at home and using disposables for going out. I'm a little overwhelmed by all of the cloth diaper options but I'm sure once I find something that works it will be easy enough.
Noah gets his DOC Band on Tuesday! There is a car wrap shop in Phoenix that does band wraps for free - we just have to decide on a theme!
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