G.E.R.D and Goobers

Caution: The following post talks about baby barf and burgers of the eye variety. Please proceed only if you think babies are cute no matter what they do... including bodily functions and secretions.

Kevin had a well baby check up today basically for his 2 month check up but because of our vacation we were a little late in getting in there. I had quite a few questions for the Doc today. First Kevin has had problems with spitting up (o.k, well vomiting) since he was born. If he doesn't puke immediately after eating he will spit up multiple times which makes us very anxious when we feed him. We have tried everything including, stopping nursing, a soy formula, a sensitive formula, and keeping him upright for an hour after feeding. It's like playing throw up Russian roulette when we feed him and especially more so in public. Which of course means that when I take him to talk to the Dr. about this I get thrown up on after a waiting room feeding, only made worse by the fact I didn't have my usual huge burp rag or husband to hold the baby so I can clean both of us up after ward. As I'm sitting there cursing the fact that I have baby barf running down my cleavage yet once again today, I notice the baby rubbed it all over his face, eyes, nose and everything. So being the mommy I am, I continue to let the puke run down my shirt, hurry and grab a wipe (more like 10) to clean Kevin off only to have my name called by the nurse letting us know it's our turn. I'm really hoping they will address this issue this time. Last appointment we had the Dr. played it off as a normal baby thing. This time though they can see the amount of throw up that comes up, as there is evidence clearly on and running down my shirt. Not to mention that when they check his weight and height he has spurted percentile wise for his height but has remained the same for his weight. The Dr. (obviously I requested a different one) totally agreed something needed to be done so he was diagnosed with G.E.R.D (gastro-oesophageal reflux disease) and he was prescribed Zantac. Hopefully this will help our little man.

His stats:
Weight 12 lbs 12 oz (75th percentile)
Height 25 inches (90th percentile)
Head Circumference 14 inches (65th percentile)

We also wanted his tear ducts looked at. He was born with clogged tear ducts which makes for a lot of eye goobers which we continually have to wipe away. We were also told massaging them would help clear them up and that they should be cleared by about 1 1/2 to 2 months. Well, they haven't cleared up and in fact they seem to be getting worse. The Dr set up a referral to be seen at the Naval hospital by an Ophthalmologist to possibly have Kevin's tear ducts surgically opened. Not opening them can lead to infection and the longer you wait to surgically open them the rate of success drops. We have to wait two days before scheduling the appointment and I'm hoping surgery won't be needed but I don't want infection to happen either.

Poor baby, look at his red, goopy eyes!!

In case he didn't have enough going on with the reflux, and eye goobers, he also had his 2 month immunizations done today. Three, yes THREE shots and an oral vaccine. My poor baby had such a rough day and we both cried. Now he is sleeping, which on a side note he is up to 8 1/2 hours through the night now. I think I am more traumatized by this day than he was.