Re: took Mikayla to the DR today.

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Beckie, I'm sorry to hear Mikayla is having vomiting problems. If it is, in

fact, reflux, it sounds like it's not very severe since she has great weight

gain. Perhaps she'll grow out of it soon?

Our older daughter was diagnosed with reflux when she was an infant. By the

time we went in for her 2 month visit, she was not gaining weight and she

was projectile vomiting after every feeding. The pediatrician wanted me to

start supplementing with formula (the reflux wasn't diagnosed yet). I did.

The vomiting got worse. To make a long story short, when she was 6 months

old, we were finally sent to a specialist. Hannah was 7 lbs. at birth and

only 10 lbs. at 6 months. She nearly had to be hospitalized. The dr. put her

on some medication, she got rice cereal in every bottle and started a solid

diet by 7 mo. Fortunately, by the time she was 1, the reflux had pretty much

gone away.

I think Mikayla should be ok without solids, but YMMV. I wish with Hannah

I'd fought that ped about supplementing because I can't help but feel the

formula was harder on her system. The solid food wasn't so bad, but it was

more difficult than breastfeeding!

> Becasue she has been voilently vomiting since last thursday. She has

always

> thrown up here and there, and sometimes a little more often then others,

but

> since last Thursday she has thrown up up to 3 times daily. The DR said it

> sounds like reflux, she gags a lot, so the Dr said he wants to see her in

1

> week for a weight check, he also said that if the vomiting continues, and

> she is gaining weight, then he said that we may need to start her on rice

> cereal at 4 months, which is a few weeks away. If she is not gaining

> weight(which I know she is) she weighed 15 lbs 4 oz last wednesday, and

> today she was 15 lbs 8 oz. on her 2 month visit she weighed 12 lbs 8 oz.

so

> she has gained 3 lbs in a little over a month, that is excellent weight

> gain. but anyway, he does not think we will need any medications for this

> at this point, it depends on her weight.

>

> But I did not want to introduce any solids for at least 6 months, I am

sure

> she will be fine without the cereal as long as she is gaining right? any

> advise?

>

>

> thanks,

> Beckie and Mikayla 2/17/00