Sunday, July 10, 2011

Life is Good...

For the last couple months we took a refrain from most activities (including blogging) because Morgan was having lots of problems with reflux.  For about 4 weeks she was up about every hour at night.  Morgan has a milk and soy protein allergy which means that I avoid all dairy and soy products.  It turns out that it is common for babies with this allergy to also have reflux.  To make a long story short, we opted to see a GI Pediatrician because our general pediatrician wasn't super helpful in trying different medications that may help.  So, after seeing the GI Pediatrician in Round Rock, we found a dosage of medication that worked.  She started sleeping longer stretches but was still up quite a bit.  At that point, we had no other choice but to do some sleep training.  I have never been a proponent of letting her cry but fortunately it worked and wasn't nearly as dramatic as I thought.

I'm happy to say that she is sleeping from 9pm to 9am and get up only once at night to eat.  She is also eating solids 3 times a day (2-3 jars) and has her fourth tooth coming through.  She is even out of the bouncer at night and is in her very own crib.  Most importantly, her overall mood is better.  She is a very happy little girl during the day....unless I am making her take her reflux medicine.



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