4/30 Check-In

Alicia - can’t believe it’s already 6 weeks! The time is flying! I’m exhausted. Had the baby shower yesterday. All went good and everyone was having fun. So much that ppl stayed till pass midnight, lol. My husband family left at 3am! LOL! Now I understand why ladies doing it earlier and during lunch/early afternoon time. I’m actually really happy we won’t see anyone till she is born.

Hi Alicia! I’m sorry your little one is dealing with that. I know it’s so hard to see them struggle. Are you breastfeeding or bottle feeding? One thing I noticed with my baby was she was gulping formula from the bottle way too fast early on, so I switched the bottle nipples from newborn to preemie on the Doctor Brown bottles and that helped a lot. I didn’t switch back until about two weeks ago and it took a few days for her to adjust again. It might be worth trying if you’re not already doing that. We have been doing pretty good lately. Baby girl slept for a six hour stretch last night which felt amazing! Hoping this will be a new trend. We will be driving to Houston in two weeks so that will be our first road trip. Do you ladies have any advice for that?

Hi Alicia! I don’t have advice, but that valve is one of the last things to develop, so reflux is pretty common until the body catches up. My sister had to give my nephew meds for his when it got bad enough, and they weaned him off the meds as he moved into solids. We had our anatomy scan this week. Both girls are doing well; doc didn’t see anything concerning for either of them. They are both small (23rd percentile and 9th percentile), and Baby B is still measuring a week behind Baby A. He didn’t adjust Baby B’s age for the scale, otherwise she’d be 50th percentile. He assures us this is common this early (19w3d/18w3d at the time of the scan) and the important thing is that they keep on growing and moving up the curve. Hard not to worry about EVERYTHING, though. We’ll go back in 4 weeks for a closer look at their hearts. In other news: we had started tiling our floors at the end of last year/beginning of this year, but when morning sickness kicked in, I couldn’t do it anymore, so we bit the bullet and hired someone to finish the job for us. They finished yesterday, and I’m thrilled. They aren’t perfect, but they are finished and they look great. Next up: kitchen cabinets and walls! I told my husband we have four months (max) before these girls arrive, so we have to get things moving ASAP.

Hi Alicia and baby twins 👯‍♀️. We have the same issue it seems boys are more likely to have reflux. I tried everything ! The best thing is to feed them upright and not burp too much- one or 2 burps max when he signals he needs it. The baby bjorn is amazing for feeding upright though I usually feed upright in my lap. This means you will have to pump the breast milk then feed. Gripe water doesn’t work. It could also be food intolerance. So start eliminating things from your diet. For us I think it’s cows milk so I don’t drink it

Hi Ladies,I think all of us with baby boys are having a bit of reflux. Atticus has had a bit too, and my old wives wisdom friend also says that watching what we eat too in the fourth trimester can help a lot. There’s no science behind it, but from being a baby nurse and doula she believes that trying to eat bland foods, not too much spice or acid can really help. I dunno 🤷🏼‍♀️ maybe worth trying? I’ve backed off spicy food and raw fish and acid and it’s sad for me but I guess what’s three more months is not eating what I want lol Atticus has his VCUG where they check to see if he has urinary reflux back into his kidneys. We’re praying it all goes well and it’s not too painful for him 🤞🏻🙏🏻 the doctors aren’t worried, so we’re trying not to be, too. But it’s hard knowing he’ll be in pain today. Otherwise, he also has a posterior tongue tie so we have all kinds of crazy things going on!! None are serious and for that I’m thank ful but it is exhausting physically (pumping and breastfeeding all the time) and emotionally. Thank you all for the support ✨💛✨💛✨. We will get through this!!Xoxoxo

Hey Alicia sorry to hear LJ isn’t doing well. We are going through the same thing, Logan has been spitting up and vomiting after eating. We are bottle feeding breast milk and have tried paced feeding, sitting him up, burping often but he still throws up once in a while. Our pediatrician says it’s normal and will subside once he is able to sit up more. Sorry I don’t have much advice!

Ugh we had a big acid reflux problem too. We got her on baby Prilosec and it really helps. Our pediatrician was going to prescribe a small dose of Reglan but her situation doesn’t seem severe enough to warrant it. How amazing does a 2 hour worry free nap sound?? Ughhh a dream!!I’ll say I noticed a big improvement with Maddie’s sleep around 10-11 weeks. That’s also when we really looked into the “Moms on Call” routine too. Granted i imagine it’s so much harder with twins!