Our week of Doctors appointments is over. Isabella went to stay with her grandparents for most of the week, which really helped out, but boy was our house quiet! Jaymes did great for his upper GI series, I was worried about how that was going to go with an 8 week old, but he didn't even let out a single cry. And he was hungry enough when we got there that he drank the barium from a bottle no problem. It was really interesting to watch, as he was drinking the barium, we were watching everything that was going on inside of him on a monitor. We could see it going down into his stomach, then they had me stop feeding him, and sure enough within a couple of minutes, everything started coming back out of his stomach, and sitting in his esophagus, he also started to get fussy just as that was happening. Poor guy, but I'm so glad to know all this! There were no abnormalities that showed up, which is what they were looking for, but hoping not to find, so we can let out a sigh of relief! The pediatrician thinks his long episode of not breathing was just a one time sort of thing, and that his very short episodes of not breathing while he's eating is definitely related to his acid reflux. He changed his reflux meds, so hopefully that will help. He also said he should grow out of it around 6 to 9 months.
Jaymes is 9 weeks now, and he had is two month checkup two days ago. He weighs 12 pounds 2 ounces (60th percentile) and is 22 and a half inches long (50th percentile). I was thinking he was going to be really on the top end of the charts, but I guess he's more average than we thought. :) He's filling out 0-3 clothes quite well right now. Now hopefully we can take a break from Dr.'s appts for at least a little while!
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Glad you made it through the week! (and I hope you had a nap or five in there.) Here's hoping the new meds help tons. Six to nine months will be here in a blink, won't it? Blessings!
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