Reflux Redux

**When I liked to I Heart Faces, I copy & pasted the link to my blog, not the post. The post link is. http://mcanallycircus.blogspot.com/2009/08/nostalgia.html ** Sorry!

The past three weeks have been.... interesting. I've watched my super chill and easy-going baby get more and more grumpy every day, to the point that she was downright inconsolable. It was sad. At first I just thought was just typical fussiness. Then I thought it was that she was still hungry (which was slightly ridiculous considering she was already a little piggy). And then this past week, the bottom fell out. Nothing helped. She was screaming bloody murder for the majority of the day. I started having flashbacks to Rory's early weeks, and that gave me a bad feeling.

Today, I took her to the doctor. Before I even dialed the phone to make the appointment, I was pretty sure what the outcome would be. Sure enough, I was right. Reflux. Ugh. I really thought that we were in the clear this time. Quinn isn't a spitter at all. So much so that I never even bother getting a burp cloth when I burp her. I didn't think we'd have reflux issues. But, of course, she has the silent kind. The doc said that her insatiable appetite was her way of trying to deal with her reflux. If she ate enough, it would help keep the acid down. But now, she's apparently gotten to the point that that's not working anymore. That's why it's just started presenting itself in the past few weeks and not before. The doc said there are babies that try to self-soothe and manage it by themselves for as long as they can by regulating their eating (Quinn) and those that scream and complain from the beginning (Rory).

So, anyway, here we go again. Even though it has manifested itself totally opposite of how we experienced it the first time, we are experiencing a reflux redux. It's okay, though. At least I know what was bothering her and we can move forward. Hopefully thickening with cereal will be enough to help her and we won't have to go to medication. But it's okay if we have to do that. As long as this cute face can stay happy.