Adin has a tough time pooping and passing gas. Now I know that that is not shocking for A) a baby his age and B) a preemie to boot. However his discomfort was extreme enough that Kara felt bad for him and suggested I call his pediatrician. I had every intention to on Monday, but he seemed to do OK (until about 4 PM when Jesse was home). Then he was "up" most of the night squirming and squeaking in discomfort. Tuesday was similar. Wednesday was similar. Add in some projectile vomiting and you have a good idea how my week went. Wednesday night he began his squeaking and squirming at about 11:15, was not hungry until about 2:00 and then did not go back to sleep until 3:30 or so. Guess what I was doing that whole time? I was figuratively on the edge of the bed listening/checking for signs of hunger or spit up. He also was doing some gagging and choking - the choking is the most scary and I am thankful for my infant CPR training.
I hit my mommy breaking point on Thursday. I was on the verge of tears for 2 reasons 1) I wasn't able to do anything to help my little man and 2) I was EXHAUSTED!!!! I cannot nap during the day because I'm not a napper and because I wanted to be awake and alert to hear if he was gagging and clean up any spit up so he didn't choke on it. So, I called the pediatrician. My voice was cracking holding back my tears when I talked to the receptionist and again when I talked to the nurse. By the time the nurse called back a second time after talking with his Nurse Practitioner (who had seen him for his 1 month and speculated that he had reflux based on the amount of spitting up he did and me mentioning choking and gagging behavior) I was feeling a light at the end of the tunnel so I kept my emotions in check. They prescribed Zantac and were able to call it in since the Nurse Practitioner had noted it previously.
That night was amazing! He slept squeak free until 2:00!!! Then was able to fall back asleep with minimal squeaking until 6:00. He had another big choke incident Friday night at 3:30 AM and then Saturday night ater at 10:00, fell asleep at midnight (we had a very busy day with lots of traveling and the evening spent in the carrier nice and snuggled against me so he needed some awake time), stirred around 1:15, then fell back asleep. When he was ready to be fed I nudged Jesse (he takes the middle of the night feeding on the weekends while I pump). Jesse got up and I said "You won't believe what time it is" - thinking it was 2:30. He looked at the clock and was quite shocked. I grabbed my phone and was more than shocked that it was 5:30!!!!! Last night he ate at 10:00 and slept until 3:30 - I'll take it!!! His spitting up is much less. He is still somewhat uncomfortable with passing gas/poop but that has improved minimally.
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