Monday, April 19, 2010

Acid Reflux

2 Nights ago Aedyn slept in his crib for the first night.
I was really nervous about it because he still sleeps in the bed with me and takes a bottle in the night.
But everyone has been telling me that I need to get him sleeping through the night, which I definately DO want!
And doctors say that a baby can start sleeping through the night around 3 months.
So I wanted to give him a chance to do that.
I put him in the crb & he slept for a while & then cried, so I gave him his passy which he is sooo attached to now, and he went back to sleep.
This went on probably 7 more times because he kept dropping the passy out everytime he fell asleep.
So eventually I just decided to let him cry & see if he would just fall back asleep. Well I stayed awake while he cried and he cried alot all night.
So in the morning we went to the Soddy flea market and while we were walking around he fell asleep in my arms.
So I just thought he was going to be sleepy all day because he didn't get a good night of sleep.
After the flea market he got in the worst mood and was fussy for the whole day. I assumed he was just upset about the night before and was cranky from no sleep.
Well as the day went on the crying got more and more and he was crying harder than I have ever heard ANY baby cry.
I took him to my moms so me and Jake could plant flower seeds.
And my mom mentioned that maybe he was constipated so we went the rest of the day thinking that.
Then when we got home he was still crying and Jake came up with the idea that it's his acid reflux & we looked it up online and he had all the symptoms of it.
Which Dr. Wiley had said something about him having it when he was around 2 weeks old and gave him some medicine for it.
But I haven't been giving it to him because it usually makes his eye swell up for some reason?
And he had never acted like he was ever in any pain or like he really had acid reflux until yesterday.
So I gave him the medicine & the internet said to keep his upper body elevated.
So that is how he has to sleep now and everything.
I feel so bad for him , but today he seems to be doing alot better.

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  2. Knowing the symptoms of acid reflux will give you the idea on what to do. Researching online is a big help.

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