probiotics......

sooooooo the saga continues! he is actually doing a lot better, finally but i'm crossing my fingers. one of my clients put me in touch with a doula she met and the doula (who wasn't all hippy, i was a bit worried when i called but i will try anything) recommend that we put munchi (his most used nickname from me and jeff has picked it up too) and me on probiotics. i guess she had a son who had all the stuff munchi but they weren't diagnosing that stuff yet and probiotics got rid of the acid reflux, and it has worked for quite a few of her clients too. i have been taking them for about a week or so and it seems to be helping him. the brand she recommend for him i can not find anywhere, oh well sorry i could order it from target but then i would have to order a whole case and it would cost me $500.

probiotics, are the good bacteria in your stomach that help with digestion, and since he gets all of his food from me if i'm all out of whack so is he. apparently i needed some work, after some research i found out that antibiotics can mess you all up so i'm wondering if the antibiotics i got in labor contributed to some of this. but who knows, i found a website that claims probiotics can help treat autism.... not too sure about that one but the theroy was interesting:if you have messed up stomach flora you won't get the nutrients you need, cause lack of brain development. when a child is tiny the breast milk provides these flora for the baby, i see several holes in the this theroy, but none the less---

he is still hanging on to a bit of the absolute hatred of the car seat, but less so now. it isn't an all out scream fest when he is in there but there is quite a bit of fussing and crying usually till he falls asleep, which makes me feel horrible!

if anyone can find probiotics in a drop form called Bio Gio, please please please let me know!

update!

so we are on our third try of a med concoction, and it seems to be working..... i am also not eating dairy, soy, eggs, or caffeine and at this point i'm not too sure what i can eat! i had some soy yesterday and he was cranky all afternoon so i'm thinking he is actually sensitive to it. i will do anything to make him stop screaming! so how are you eating cereal you ask (everyone should know how much i love cereal) almond milk, yup they make milk out of almonds and it is actually edible-


i'm typing with one hand so this is going to be short so added a bunch of picts

heaven help me---

short version of the story:

munchkin started screaming all day for two days straight

took him to a new pediatrician

think he has reflux (makes them act like they have colic)

started zantac (yes, you can give a baby zantac)

next day like a new kid

sunday not so good

yesterday back to screaming

called doc now giving him a higher dose of zantac and i'm not eating dairy

had mental breakdown last night

today is questionable, quite fussy however he put himself to sleep and is sleeping without having to be held........

to be continued........

he's a pig, i'm a cow

and i guess that makes jeff the farmer---

starting friday night we had more projectile puking and screaming, which lasted almost the whole weekend. our baby seemed to be in serious pain but luckily usually only after eating. we were able to take him on his first boat ride which he dug until he got wet.... another story for another day-

so i called the poor nurse on labor day weekend, i felt so bad. we made an emergency trip to walmart to buy gas drops (the first 1/2 hour jeff and i have been alone in 3 weeks while grandma watched danger) and were told to come in to the doc's on tues. the appointment goes like this: we get there and dane is screaming, naturally. he gets weighed and is now TEN POUNDS, i knew he was getting bigger but holy crap. the doc comes in and does all the checks. i tell him the baby is hungry, he says ok feed him and we will talk. then the next thing out of his mouth is your feeding him too much, as i'm sitting there nursing him. i thought nice timing.... anywho i guess he is getting too much milk so he is puking out what he doesn't need. i have an oversupply issue and according to the doc i would be the perfect mom for twins. he is eating himself sick and is now acting colicky because of it (oh the irony! scroll down a bit and read the other entries, you will notice i am scared to death of a colicky baby) now i have to trick my body into thinking i'm weaning the kid, so i don't feed him to death

moral of the story: having too little milk is bad, having too much is painful for the mom and baby and anyone else in earshot