Kaden will be three weeks old tomorrow…I CAN’T BELIEVE HE IS ALMOST A MONTH OLD! We are having a few issues and I just hope we can get them figured out soon!
Kaden has been making a lot of funny noises when he eats and then after he finishes a bottle, he coughs and gags and makes sounds like he is choking. This all sounds too familiar to me since we went through this with Olivia as well…here comes the Acid Reflux is what I am thinking! On top of all the scary noises he makes, he breathes really hard sometimes….like he is out of breath. Sometimes he gasps and then breathes really hard for about 10 seconds. This scares the crap out of me and I never noticed Livie breathing like this ever! We tried switching him to a Gentle Formula and at first it seemed to help but all the noises came back within a couple of days.
On Tuesday we took him to the doctor for his two week checkup and I discussed all of this with his doctor. I had made a video of his breathing to show the doctor as well because he only seems to do it in his sleep and I knew he wouldn’t be sleeping during his visit. The doctor thinks it is either Acid Reflux or a Milk Allergy. He put him on this special formula that breaks down the cows milk proteins (this is what people are allergic to when they are allergic to milk). We are going to try that for a week and if his symptoms don’t get better within a week then we are going to put him back on a gentle formula and put him on an Antacid. If the breathing issue doesn’t clear up with the Reflux medicine (or with this special formula) then I am not sure what the next step is. The doctor agrees that is not good that he is breathing like that but at this point we think that maybe it is because he is uncomfortable after feedings.
I watch him all day long and I am up half the night! It scares me so bad! He has never gotten sweaty or clammy and he has never turned blue so I don’t really know how concerned I should be at this point. All’s I know is that it is not normal and it worries me! I am going to give this formula thing one or two more days and then I am starting him on the antacid because I am almost 100% sure that is what is going on with him and I am tired of seeing him so uncomfortable!
Well, other than the reflux issues, everything is going great! At his checkup, he weighed 7lbs 12 oz and and was almost 21 inches long.
Olivia loves him so much and holds him several times a day. We are still trying to get her to understand that she cannot be so wild around him and that she needs to be careful and to watch out for him. So far he has been hit with a huge water filled bouncy ball and a sister foot to the back of the head! :O Oh…and mommy dropped the front pack on top of him while trying to get him out of the wagon at the zoo ( I had set it up on the side of the pickup). So far, daddy and gypsy still have clean records! LOL
These updates are gonna get long with two kiddos but we can’t leave out the special news of the princess! OLIVIA STARTED PRESCHOOL!! : ) She loves it so much and can’t wait for day number two! She goes two days a week for two hours. Right now I am driving her from Ogden, but soon we will be moved back to Salt Lake and then we will only be about 1 1/2 from her preschool. :)
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