INTRODUCTIONS!

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  • momtograce
  on Feb. 24, 2007 at 6:45 PM
• Hi!
  
  I have a one yr old daughter who was born with reflux. I had a few dr's tell me it was colic and it was nothing. That I should just "deal with it".....
  that did not fly with me. I knew it was something more. I finally got a third opinion and found out about reflux.  This was something I never ever knew about until my dr. kept asking me about symptoms. My daughter fit the profile exactly. I could not understand how two other dr's brushed it aside when my daughter had ALL the classic symptoms. I met with my dr after 8 weeks of not sleeping.. AT ALL. He explained everything to me. I told him I wanted to know top to bottom what this was and what the meds will do ... I really did not want to put my 8 week old daughter on meds but I knew she was in severe pain.
  
  three weeks after we started with the medication she was like a new baby.  My husband and I really never thought we would see the day where she napped for more than 30 minutes at a time with out being woken up by gas pain.
  
  It was amazing.
  My reason for joining this board is to let other new moms know that 1 in 3 babies have reflux. It's very common but left untreated it can cause permanent damage. Not every child needs medication. It could be as siple as a switch in the formula or elevating their beds. I just hope I can help any new or veteran moms who never experienced this before.
  
  

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  • hpaterniti
  on Mar. 14, 2007 at 4:49 PM

• Hello, my name is Holly and my son was colicky form the age of 8 weeks to 9 months.  He is now 7 yrs. old and it is all past us now, but I would like to help out anyone who needs support with this.  I know exactly how you feel and my son was the 1st  child and I wanted to be the perfect mother.  But I had a hard time dealing with colic and did not receive any support from my family nor my husband's.  I would like you ladies to knwo that I am here for you if you need a shoulder to cry on, someone to just listen or whatever you need......believe me when I say I completely understand.  One night I was so frustrated when my husband was away on business that I literally broke a TV remote by throwing it across the room after placing my son back into his crib.   I thought I was losing my mind?!?!?!?

  
  

  I am looking forward to talking with all of you ladies!!! 

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  • RHIANON
  on Mar. 14, 2007 at 9:41 PM
• Hello my name is Shelby my little angel was well an angel for three weeks then all hell broke loose, pardon my language but there is no other way to describe it. I also had nurses and other moms tell me to deal with it but how do you deal with non stop screaming for 12 hours? So thats when i noticed she really looked like she was in pain and talked to my doctor and he gave her medicine for reflux. And thank you lord she is my little angel again! I also changed her formula to Nestle Good Start Supreme, it is the best for her little tummy. Life is good!

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  • newmom2nate
  on Mar. 27, 2007 at 8:05 PM
• The Dr,'s Nurses, Neighbors, and even strangers who tell us "deal with it" have Never gone throught the living hell that we have.  I think anyone who has truly  lived it hour by hour and day by day would never simply say  "oh just deal with it"  Something is wrong with these precious fragil little babies.  And whoever  discovers a Cure for "Colic" or Reflux, or Milk Allergy one day is going to be a Gazillionaire filled with money from the pockets of desperate mothers looking for a solution.
  

  Quoting RHIANON:
  
  Hello my name is Shelby my little angel was well an angel for three weeks then all hell broke loose, pardon my language but there is no other way to describe it. I also had nurses and other moms tell me to deal with it but how do you deal with non stop screaming for 12 hours? So thats when i noticed she really looked like she was in pain and talked to my doctor and he gave her medicine for reflux. And thank you lord she is my little angel again! I also changed her formula to Nestle Good Start Supreme, it is the best for her little tummy. Life is good!

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  • cowboyrose221
  on Apr. 26, 2007 at 9:51 AM
• Hello I am Kateri i am a 27yr old mother in Michigan.  My fifth child and first boy is almost 3 months old.  He is so fussy and I dont know what is wrong with him.  holding him doesnt even seem to work at times.  I just feel so helpless at times. 

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  • jennblayne
  on Apr. 26, 2007 at 11:56 AM

• Hey all...Jillian was only three weeks when she began to SCREAM non-stop! It was the worst feeling ever to listen to hours upon hours of crying and not be able to console her. After awhile, I became concerned when she began to spit up her formula non-stop...Low and behold, it was ACID REFLUX. We went to see a pediatric gastro. doc. and she told us that that was what it was...Now on axid, and special formula she is doing so much better. I really think that once the 3 month mark hits, it gets better and better. I agree with MamiAngi in that my daughter is a "high needs" baby as well...I read somewhere that that doesn't make them fussy and it makes them INTELLIGENT BECAUSE THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANT! (that should be on a t-shirt somewhere). But there truly is nothing like colic and when you are emotions are so erratic after giving birth, it is certainly not the cure...I really think we are a special group of moms to have endured this in our babies...i always felt when it was happening that i shouldn't feel so bad and that there are moms who have it far worse than me...but truth be told, it doesn't make what we have to go through any better and we are moms in a special category too...Hope to chat more and swap stories with all of you...

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  • awilde1274
  on Apr. 27, 2007 at 10:17 PM
• my lil boy is 2 months.  hes got the most severe case of colic.  it was sooo bad that i thought he just had to poo poo and so i gave him a supository and he had blood in it.  rushed him to the er to learn it was just his colic. they did xrays on his belly and u could literally see the gas bubbles it was like 30 of them in his belly. the doc gave me a precription that didnt work so a friend told me to try a mixture and its awesome.  he passes gass all the time now,  poops more often without being in pain, and hardly strains or anything.  the funny thing is you wouldnt think this stuff would work but it does for me.  i went back to the doc told him about it and he said if its working i can continue it for as long as i need and it wont hurt him.  i mixed a tbsp water, tbsp infant tylenol, tbsp childrens benadryl,  shake really well and give 1/2tsp every 6 hours no sooner.  dont doo this if you have any worries about it but mine does great all i can figure is it eases his stomach so he can pass gas better.

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  • Strwmattsgurl
  on May. 2, 2007 at 11:40 AM
• Hello. My name is Renee, I am a new mommy to an 8 week old little girl. She was awesome the first 6-7 weeks but this last week or so she has been a little more grouchy than normal. I dont know if its a growth spurt or colic or what? She almost seems afraid to fall asleep, she startles awake alot more than ever. She seems hungry all the time too. Constantly trying to eat her fingers! Do I just keep feeding her??  I cant figure her out this week??

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  • bergenbear
  on May. 14, 2007 at 10:48 AM
• Hi!  I am a new mommy and new to cafe mom.  I have a little girl 3 weeks old and she has colic and sleep issues.  I welcome any tips anyone may have:)

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  • micheledo
  on May. 14, 2007 at 4:54 PM

• I think my son has colic.  He cries so much.  The first two weeks were great but now his is spitting up ALL the time and cries constantly when awake.  He had me up for two hours in the middle of the night before I calmed him down and got him to sleep.  My firstborn didn't do any of this so I am looking forward to the help and suggestions on this site. 
  
  Thanks,
  Michele

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