Monday, January 11, 2010

Silent Reflux

Well, after a month of dealing with Quinn screaming a good portion of the night, every night & 3 trips to the doctor's office it's we're guessing that Quinn has silent reflux. Basically, heartburn in babies. With reflux babies tend to spit up a lot, but silent reflux is where the stomach acid comes up and goes back down so no spit up. As I've been researching it Q does seem to have a lot of the symptoms. I just didn't think anything of them individually, but when they are looked at collectively it makes sense. He's been arching his back during /after feedings, lots of gas, hiccups, coughing at the beginning of feedings. The doctor prescribed prevecid and it seems to be working. He's been a lot easier at night. Quinn may not be back to sleeping 12 hours like he was this time last month, but he's not screaming in pain either. Now when he wakes up he's happy baby & wants to play.

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