The weekend started with Luca's pediatrician calling me to check on him. (Luca was put on Zantac every eight hours to help with the acid reflux) He told me that he had to be at a conference out of town this weekend and that if there was no improvement with the screaming then I needed to get him down to Children's Hospital so that a G.I. specialist could look at him. He proceeded to give me his cell phone number and told me if they tried to send me home to have them phone him directly. This pretty much scared the crap out of me (pretty sure it scared my mom too.) Luckily, Luca had been getting better, at least when he was nursing, with the Zantac that was prescribed to him so I wasn't as worried about the situation just then.
After she was here a short while this is what we were dealing with. He pretty much did this all evening. In between him screaming and Hutch ringing the bell a million times, Ellie managed to have accidents on both the bed and the couch. It sucked.
Over the course of the weekend he continued to scream. We tried everthing. My mom, the woman who raised five darling children of her own, even tried to give
him one of her famous "talks."To say the least nothing worked. Finally when I thought I was going to lose my mind I called my Dubbemmons partner Sara who set my mind at ease a little. (She is a nurse and you all know how I feel about those lovely people!!!) I was desperately trying to avoid taking him to Children's. The whole idea of that just scared me. I was/am terrified to find out that there is something else wrong with him. I definately don't want them to run a bunch of uncomfortable tests on him if he is just a crabby boy. I guess what bothers me most is that I don't know if he is screaming because something is wrong or if he is screaming because he is just a spit fire.
The one VERY bright spot of the weekend happened during one of his rare quiet times. I had him lying on his changing pad kicking around and
he smiled at me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I couldn't believe it. I was so happy. He has been holding eye contact for about a week and that was great to see but he actually smiled at me. I felt like little Zachy. I wanted to scream ""He smiled at me I can't believe he actually smiled at me!!!"
So the weekend ended with Scott coming home early, a "Come to Judy" talk with Luca and the best smile in the world. I am not really sure what we can do about Luca being so upset all of the time. I guess I am just hoping that he will magically grow out of this stage.
Oh, Megan, I have SOOOOO been there! Bella was the exact same way. The only time she didn't scream was when we were up walking around so we literally did laps around our house, both taking turns so the other could rest. It only happened at night, and it was MISERABLE. Zantec worked a little, it took the edge off, but didn't solve our problems. We actually did see a pediatric GI specialist...and she had an upper GI done at 3 almost 4 months old and I CRIED. The results, she has reflux (DUH). Keep with the Zantec. They didn't do any other medicine to help. So, all they did was confirm what we already knew, but we had to pay around $400 for the upper GI. I was so upset.
ReplyDeleteSo, basically, just stick with it. Try at all costs to stay away from the hospital. That upper GI was miserable for her. I cried right along with her. And then to find out they couldn't do anything more was just horrible.
Does he like his swing? Bella was a big fan on the swing. I also let her sleep upright. My boppy had a T strap harness. I'd put her in that, strap her in, and she's sleep all night. It was similar to what a car seat would be like.
Good luck! I've totally been there!
We too have been there... Jack was a mess, he did have some other problems but all is resloved and things are so much better now~!
ReplyDeleteA friend of ours had a baby with reflux and they used a nap nanny positioner... not sure what it is but the website is www.napnanny.com
Seemed to help them...Good luck!!!!