Back to the doctors we go…I swear the nurses know my baby and I by name now! The past few weeks I have been concerned with Andrew’s excessive spitting up because it seriously looks like he is in pain and it breaks my heart! We tried mylicon drops hoping it was just bad gas but I didn’t see a change. We also tried Gripe Water with no change. I am going with my instinct on this one…my child is in pain and I have a feeling it’s acid reflux. I also wanted the doctor to check his belly button because I believe he has an umbilical hernia. Thankfully, Andrew had one of his throwing up episodes and crying fits when we were in front of the doctor so she could see what we have all been going through for the past few weeks. She had a suspicion it was GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease). Basically, he has horrible reflux and it hurts him a lot. She prescribed him Zantac and told me I should see a significant difference in him in a few days. She also checked his belly button and told me it was perfectly common for some babies to develop small hernias in their belly because the abdomen walls are not sealed yet (I actually had one when I was a baby). She said I should only be concerned if it hurts him or if we can’t push it in easily.
UPDATE: What a HUGE difference that medicine makes!! He no longer cringes in pain or cries when he spits up! Thank God for western medicine and thank God he doesn’t have colic like we initially thought!!