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When he's not refluxing, he's a happy boy: cooing, staring, and smiling. Sadly, he refluxes a lot and it makes him sad. Us too. We are talking 20-40 times on a bad day. Poor baby! All who hold sweet Jude are warned and armed with a burp cloth, but he has an art for missing the burp cloth completely. My perfume these days is "eau de barf." Don't get too close.
I hear that babies outgrow reflux, but we have debated taking him to the pediatrician for medical
Hey Katie-
ReplyDeleteJulia had lots of barf too and outgrew it by 4 months. It didn't make her scream or unhappy, I just had that certain smeall as well! But if it is upsetting him, I would get him on meds. They say if he is hurting and/or he isn't gaining weight, you should put him on meds. My first son, Carter, was a preemie, so he had reflux and was on the meds. It worked wonders! Good luck! He is beautiful. Merry Christmas.
What a cutie Katie! Shepherd (my 8 month old) has reflux, but silent reflux so no barf in house house thankfully but it kicked in around 2 weeks and was pretty bad by 4 weeks.... babies with reflux= no sleep! He started on Zantac which worked for a while but is now on double the adult dose of Prevacid in a tablet that dissolves in his mouth. I can understand you not wanting to put him on meds, but in our case it really helped Shep. Good luck to you and Merry Christmas!
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