Usually from 2:00- 3:00 Audrey and I get to hang out together in peace. Alyssa is not home yet, Megan is napping and we can just pretend she is the only child. Except this only child must be making a huge mess of my house. She has her standard load of laundry each day, but I am pretty sure the rest of the junk on my floor belongs to some other kids. Today in her peacefulness, I decided to take a few pictures and I really liked this one. It doesn’t quite portray her since she has been extremely fussy today and is screaming even as I type. But for a few moments she was calm in the sunlight.
She has been on Zantac and now Reglan but I am really beginning to hate these drugs. Today she has cried most of the day, which is abnormal for her and I can’t see a signicant difference in her pain or spit up. I am really tempted to just quit it all and deal with it. No official word that she has reflux anyway – those tests are too expensive for us to take right now. She is sleeping okay at night going about 4 hour stretches, but is really having a hard time calming herself down after each feeding. Cute as a button, but this third girl is giving me a run for my money.
She is cute as a button, Julie! Sorry you are having to deal with the spit ups. And it’s my opinion that the 3rd child just adds that much more laundry. I was SHOCKED when it happened to me. It is fun to pretend there is only 1… Corinne often gets to be the only child in the evening when the others are all in bed.
BTW, I love the widow’s peak hairline. She’s going to be gorgeous (just like the other two).
A close friend of ours dealt with constant projectile spit-up with their second child (who is now nearly 3 years old) after each nursing. She (the mom) had to eliminate ALL dairy from her diet (the mom’s diet), as well as some other things, until she weaned her daughter. They probably used medication also, but we didn’t know them then and so I couldn’t say for sure. I would be glad to have her contact you, though. They dealt with it for many months and as her baby got older, things gradually got better.
I can do everything through him that gives me strength.
Philippians 4:13
[And maybe ask your doctor about Colic Calm…]