Well, the good news is that we are pretty confident now that Sweet Pea is NOT dealing with reflux.

Our follow up appointment was at 10am this morning. By the time we were in a room and the doctor came in, it was feeding time (11am) so Dr M got to witness a feed.

Dr M saw that Sweet Pea had no problems starting the feed but then as I was feeding her Dr M pointed out the way Sweet Pea was pulling her legs up as her stomach started to cramp.

This made Dr M feel even further that Sweet Pea’s issues are gastrointestinal and not from reflux.

We discussed breastmilk since I had several friends offer to pump and give me breastmilk for Sweet Pea. (SO incredibly selfless and sweet.)

I was actually expecting Dr M to jump on taking them up on the offer since she is a holistic doctor and breastmilk is the natural food for babies!

However, she did not, and again, I totally understand her reasoning.

Dr M said that giving Sweet Pea breastmilk from multiple donors possibly would only complicate matters because if there was something in the breastmilk that Sweet Pea is sensitive to, we wouldn’t have a way to know which milk was causing the sensitivity.

Dr M wants me to put her on a prescription formula for now so that we can control what is going in her system to see if the prescription formula makes any difference.

The prescription formula can easily be controlled. It would be harder to do that with breastmilk coming from multiple donors.

Coming from a holistic doctor, I trust this reasoning and it makes total sense to me.

The new game plan is to put Sweet Pea on the prescription formula and go from there.

Dr M did say that if this formula doesn’t bring Sweet Pea any relief, then we will just have to wait this out until her system grows and matures and has time to recover from the drug exposure.

In other news, this baby girl is GROWING!

At one day shy of one month old, Sweet Pea is …

8lbs. 1oz!

She gained 10 ounces in seven days! (Another indication we are not dealing with reflux.)

Don’t miss Sweet Pea’s newborn photoshoot below!

- Elaine