I took Max to the pediatrician today to check his weight gain, talk about his reflux, his constipation, etc...
He weighed in at a whopping 10 lbs. 11.8 ozs! The doctor was thrilled with his weight gain! While he's still in the 0 percentile range since he was SOOOO early, his growth is moving up in almost a vertical line on the chart, not just an uphill slant.
She put him on a medication for his reflux, and hopefully it will help with the pain he's having. He spit up on my 3 times while we were in her office, which the medication won't fix, but it can help with the acid, which should make the reflux less painful.
He's been waking up from the gurgling in his throat. It's so loud, we can hear it across the room and it starts going up the back of his throat into his nose, which we then suction out. He screams because it hurts so much, and sometimes, we feed him a little, just to get a coating in his throat to help ease the pain. It stinks!
He's doing so well with his feeds! He loves to eat, eats every 5 hours overnight and every 3-4 during the day. He's up to about 120mls at each feeding, so it's no wonder we're growing such a big boy!
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Your doing a great job. I know what you mean about the reflux. Jeremiah one of my twins came home on prilosec from the nicu .... spit up is and every feeding thing and the more hes the worse it gets. I hope it doesn't take to long for him to be doing better. Good luck and keep up the awesome work.
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