Sick baby

Monday:

Took Amber and Andrew to the doctor for a checkup. We were a little concerned that Andrew had been throwing up and crying a lot more than the others. The doctor told Amber to lay off the milk products and leafy vegetables and come back in a few months.

Later that night Amber spoke to a friend who had a baby who had very similar problems. She ended up being diagnosed with reflux. Amber also knows lots of other babies with the same problem so we had considered it. She checked out a list of symptoms online and determined that it was very likely what Andrew had.

Tuesday:

Andrew woke up after a miserable night and was tugging at his ears. Amber called the doctor back and made an appointment for the morning. I took him in and the doctor was pretty sure he had reflux too. He refered us to a specialist and gave Andrew a prescription for his ear infection.

Wednesday:

The doctor's office called and said they got us an appointment with the specialist for June 5. The receptionist knew this was unacceptable and said she'd have our doctor call in and get that bumped up.

Mere hours later they called to report that they could get us in tomorrow. Dr. T. means business.

Thursday:

The specialist agreed that he has reflux and said that a milk allergy thing isn't the problem so Andrew got a prescription for Baby Zantac and Amber got a prescription for cheese and ice cream.

So, Andrew has reflux - just like his daddy and his uncles. My brothers and I have developed issues with pop and other things over the past few years. But now he has this medicine and hopefully he'll get over in a month or so.

He's already seeming better. Less crying, less clingy, less spitting up. Sounds good.