Just now while feeding the babies, little A proceeded to spit up buckets and buckets. Yep, you read that right. Not N, but A. What the freak?!! He has NEVER done that before and there was absolutely no warning that it was going to happen. He has happily eating and then just started spewing.
After stripping off his clothes (and half of mine), I had H get me a new towel (we pretty much always feed the babies with a towel at the ready because of N's issues) and we started up again. No more than 30 seconds later, N coughed, gagged, and spewed a bit of her own. I cried and had S get me yet another towel.
Please, please let this be an isolated incident for little A. We are finally getting N's eating issues somewhat under control. I'm not sure I can handle going through this again with her brother (though you can bet I'm asking the doctor for two prescriptions for Prevacid at their 2 month appt. on Thursday, just in case). N still spews about once a day, but at least she's eating most of her bottles without putting up a fight. It usually takes longer than little A, but she gets there.
There's a little voice in the back of my head that keeps saying, "They never had these problems when you were breastfeeding." I know babies can still have reflux when they're breastfed. Both of my sister's breastfed twin boys had reflux. But we never dealt with this until formula entered the picture. I keep silencing the voice by saying that it's because they weren't getting enough to eat to begin with back then, so that's why we're seeing the issues now, but I'm not sure I believe it anymore. I know that quitting breastfeeding was the right answer for everyone, but why, oh why, is nothing ever simple anymore?
I know that parenting in general has challenges, but it just seems like our lives have gotten infinitely more complicated in the past two months. Just when I feel like we've gotten a handle on things, something happens and we take a few steps back. These babies are so precious, sweet, and good-natured. And for the past two days of me working, they've been very well-behaved. But life would be a bit easier if I didn't feel like I was covered in spit-up half the time, and washing the spit-upon clothes the other half.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
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If it's not one thing, I guess it's another. It will all work. Yes, the dual prevacid doses definitely seem warranted. At times like these, it seems both particularly necessary and particularly difficult to thank the Lord for each small blessing (good natured babies letting you work) in the midst of big and difficult things (vomit, spit up and anything else that may come out of our children unceremoniously and not according to schedule) I love that you're able to see the good and try so hard to hold onto it all while wiping the curdled formula from everything you own! hold on!
hang in there, tennille. love you.
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but my 7.5 month old twins are still spitting up. And now that there is food involved it's orange and green spit up. Lovely! I keep wondering when it will stop and when I'll be able to stop spot cleaning my carpet every week. But they're still gaining weight and "happy spitters" as my pediatrician says... but that is no consolation when you can't make it through church without spitup somewhere on your outfit...
Keep it up. You are awesome!
Oh Tennille, I was really hoping all this feeding fun would be done for you...especially with you starting up work! I hope it gets calmed down soon! Love you girl!
Well, it could always be worse. You could have 3 or 4 or 5 babies spitting up all the time. I think your handling things very well, even if you have break downs, they are good for you.
All worries aside, you need a night out with the girls.
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