I’m so frustrated with people telling me how to raise my kids. They have not gone through what we have gone through. I wrote a Facebook status about it lately, it said:
RANT: I'm sick of people telling me to feed my son formula, I'm sick of people telling me to only feed my son breastmilk, I'm sick of people telling me to wean my toddler daughter off of breastmilk, I'm sick of people telling me not to feed my son cereal, I'm sick of people telling me to feed my son cereal, I'm sick of people telling me to stop co-sleeping with my children, I'm sick of people telling me to give my son a soother, I'm sick of people telling me my son cries too much... Walk in my shoes and maybe you will understand my choices... End rant.
If you read my Facebook page you have noticed that the struggle to feed Lil Bub has continued. His weight gain is still fairly low (he is in the tenth percentile) and he cries all the time. And when I say cries, it is a scream like someone is trying to kill him. He will not sleep through the day. Almost two weeks ago I came to the realization that he has reflux! I don’t know why I thought to look up reflux on the internet, but when I did it was so him! He spits up a lot, has a hard time sleeping during the day, burps a lot, low weight gain, hiccups, etc, it was him! We went into the doctor demanded a prescription to help and a referral to a pediatrician. Lil Bub is now on baby Zantac and a lot happier, though his spitting up seems to be getting worse. Wifey has also tried going off of several different foods (dairy, wheat, etc.) but it did not seem to make a difference.
We also started to feed Lil Bub rice cereal and omg everyone and their dog has an opinion about that. I myself am a huge proponent of baby led weaning, Happy Baby did not try food until she was 6 months old and then only vegetables cut in chunks to start. Our goal for the cereal is twofold, one to help him gain weight and two help him keep the medicine in his tummy (he spits it up otherwise). I honestly don’t think it is all the great for him, but it is the best of the options we have at the moment. EVERYONE will tell me what THEY think I should do though. I should put the cereal in a bottle to feed him, I should not feed him until he is 6 months old, I should not feed him cereal (fyi we tried other foods, cereal stays down best), etc. etc. etc. DID I ASK FOR YOUR OPINION?!
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| First time feeding Lil Bub! |
Sorry, I know, I write a blog, I should expect people to have an opinion right? I write this blog mostly for the purpose of helping other people not feel alone and also because I think my life is kind of crazy and interesting lol. It is just so frustrating sometimes that instead of support I get why didn’t you try/do this? GAH!
Anyways, we are living half time at my mother in laws and half time at our house (about 1 hour half apart). It is hard. We miss home and consistency. We are doing it for my mil though, she has a hard time when we leave. Wifey is working on my mil house, making it easier for her to take out the trash by herself and fix a couple problems here and there.
So I wrote that about three weeks ago now and in the last three weeks we have seen a pediatrician who proscribed another medication and Lil Bub is doing WONDERFUL! We thought Happy Baby was a happy baby, but Lil Bub is the giggliest, happiest baby ever! He has gained about a pound and a half in the past three weeks, rolled over both ways, and is almost sitting up. With this other medicine he is able to keep down everything with vegetables so no more rice cereal, yay! Life has been pretty good lately with two happy children who are both breastfed!