Baby Jett had his first non-shot-getting visit to the doctor yesterday. His first appointment where I was humbled to admit to myself that I had no idea what was wrong with him. It all started 4 days ago...
At a moments notice and for no apparent reason at all Full.Blown.Bloody.Murder.Screaming {FBBMS} has ensued at my house...no fun my friends, no fun at all! When the FBBMS happens Jett does not want to be held, laid down, fed, rocked, or consoled in anyway. Believe me if there was a song I sang it and the shhhh-ing has been in full soothing effect, but to no avail.
I am still only feeding Jett breast milk, but we introduced rice cereal a couple of weeks ago. When we introduced the cereal the regular pooping stopped and the tummy troubles began. I feel like he constantly has gas and an upset tummy...the kind that makes him draw up his legs, bless his heart! When the FBBMS started this week we just assumed that it was gas and gave him some Mylecon to help.
He was just at the doctor {to get his 4 month shots} on Tuesday, but the FBBMS was not in the "routine" at this point so we mentioned nothing of it to his doctor. After playing the guessing game for a few days we decided that it was best to take him back to the doctor. She checked his ears, throat, and tummy...all were just fine. I explained his symptoms to her and she concluded that he might have reflux which could totally make sense to me. After having heartburn straight from the Devil when I was pregnant, I knew that it would be enough to make him have FBBMS attacks...I know I certainly wanted to cry when it happened.
She recommended that we do the following: discontinue cereal until further notice, give him Pedialyte for 2-3 feedings, and Mylanta every 4 hours for the next 24-48 hours. All of these things would ideally calm his stomach down and the Mylanta to neutralize the acid with the reflux.
We started last night and gave him the Pedialyte and have been giving him Mylanta every four hours. He has had one FBBMS attack today and hasn't really had much of an appetite at all. I feel so bad for him...being a Mom is hard especially when you have no idea what is wrong with your precious little babe!
Do you have any ideas or suggestions about reflux?