Update on Parker

Well, things finally seem to be settling down here in the Veary household. 8 days ago Parker was diagnosed with GERD (or acid reflux) and they prescribed him Pepcid so take to help with it which unfortunately didn't seem to really help. So we switched him to a hypoallergenic formula (the milk proteins are already broken down so it is easier for them to digest) and it didn't help either. So we tried adding cereal to it and it seemed to help, so we decided to try switching him back to the regular formula with cereal added to it and nope...definetely didn't help...started spitting up again and getting fussy and cranky. So since we had figured out that the regular formula and the hypoallergenic formula weren't really doing the trick we decided to start him on soy formula with the rice cereal added to it and BINGO...I think we finally found the right mixture that works for him. The medication still needs to be tweaked a bit because it seems to wear off too soon and he ends up being cranky for about 2-3 hours every morning and evening. We have a follow up appt. on Tuesday so hopefully they can figure something out for the little guy. I did breast feed him for the first two weeks and even then I wondered if he was allergic to my breastmilk. I stopped because he was eating so much so even after 20-40 mins of feeding he would still take 1-2 oz of formula and because of this he was getting nipple confusion and starting to kill me. So I decided to stop...which didn't bother me too much because I wasn't even planning on breast feeding...I was just going to pump, but he latched right on so I decided to give it a go. Now I wonder if my first instinct was right and he was allergic to it. Oh well, as long as he is feeling better now. :)