Shortly after that we upped his zantac dose and that seemed to help. Meaning it helped the pain associated with the spiting up but not the actual spiting up itself. We opted not to do the GI scan at that time because it would show nothing we didn't already know, plus someone would have to drink a barium bottle...yeah, wasn't going to happen.
A few weeks roll by and for the first part of May it seemed as we neared 16 weeks the spiting up decreased substantially. I thought "yay! We are finally growing out of this." I thought wrong. A week later we were back to puking up 1/2 of our feedings again. He is nursing non-stop it seems day and night.
At his 4 month appt he weighed in at 12# 10z. Not bad, but two weeks before that he weighed in at 12# 6z. He should have easily gained another pound in two weeks but instead he weighed basically the same. Not good. Looking back he weighed 11# at the end of March. So in 5 weeks MW gain 1.5# again, not good. He is really trending down on the growth chart meaning this borders on failure to thrive (FTT).
We can't get him to take a bottle so we can't put him on a soy-based or AR formula to see if that would ease the spitting up and help him gain better. {so that means I get to get off dairy, my friend Kelley did it for her son, and I thought she was a rock star for doing so...I really don't want to hassle with it, but guess I get too! Do you know how much milk products are hidden in everything we eat?!}
Our doc is awesome. He never acts like he knows it all, he always confers with the specialists in these matters. The specialist is putting us on Reglan (and anti-vomitting Rx). We are to try this for a week and do a wt. check next week.
IF MW is not gaining on track again and/or continues to spit up large quantities they feel their next step is to admit him to the hospital and put an NG {naso-gastric} tube down him and "force" feed him formula that way. Can you spell awesome?! They also may consider at that time to do a fundoplication surgery. This would tighten up the sphincter of the tummy to the esophagus. Again with all the fun.
How do I feel about all of this? Thanks for asking. ;)
I have a range of emotions.
1. I actually did a huge case study in my RD internship with a beautiful FTT little girl on this very thing. Only she was formula fed from the get go. So I understand it all, of course it is 1000x different when it is your baby on the operating table.
2. I don't want to do any of this hospital stuff!
3. I will do whatever it takes to make my baby feel better.
4. Please don't make us go to the hospital and cut my baby bear open.
5. If this is what will help Micah and he can be the happy boy I know he can be then let's do it.
6. Stress!
7. We can do this.
As you can see I am all over the board. There is a ton on my plate right now. Our house is sold we are to be moving in a few short weeks, {more on this later}, Micah is a hot mess, I am a hot mess, Lo is two, life is just plain nuts. I just need is all to slow down for just a moment.
So this is the latest for those of you who care on my little Micah bear. Prayers for Micah and my sanity are always appreciated.
Praying praying praying! Is being off dairy helping? Poor kiddo, poor mommy, and poor family! You can total do whatever needs done but I am praying that he will start thriving again for you all so you don't have to see the inside of the hospital walls. So sad to read this. Praying God heals Micah of all his problems! BTW now that he is 4 months have you tried rice cereal? LB seemed to get better once solids started and I was off dairy. Good luck friend!
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