Our poor Damian has been having a time of it.
22 days old and he is on his fourth type of formula. He was projectile vomiting, having a lot of gas, and seemed to be in considerable distress every time he had a BM though he was definitely _not_ constipated. So he had to have a gastric series to see if they could figure it all out. The diagnosis is gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). Mama only has milk on one side, so supplementing with formula is necessary. So he is now getting pharmacy formula instead of grocery store formula (thank heavens for WIC!) He also has two prescriptions prilosec (omeprazole) and regulan (metoclopramide), and all told the new formula and the two prescriptions seem to have made him vastly more comfortable and he is keeping his food down.Now we enter into the research phase. Just how careful do you have to be feeding little bittys with GERD when they start on new food? Will he have it forever or is it a temporary thing caused by something at birth? Will he grow out of it? DD was just so relieved that they could do something for him that she hasn't even started wondering yet. Considering she got to sleep for more than 20 minutes at a shot for the first time since he was born the night he started the meds I am not surprised!
So has anybody had any experience with this sort of thing? I am collecting up the info to pass on to DD when she has had more than a few hours steady sleep and can think again.
NightMist