Next thing I know I have a yeast infection.
Then the boys get unusually bad diaper rash's. We try everything to clear them up, but my little boy's just gets worse and worse. Soon the sores start bleeding and every diaper change is a poopy bloody mess. We took him to the doctor and he got some medicine.
Things just haven't gone well since then.
I mentioned my big boy threw up in the car on a family outing. Well we thought it was from getting car sick, but then he threw up twice that night. Then a few nights later his brother got sick and threw up all night long- sadly it was at grandma and grandpa's too. He threw up for half the next day too.
The twins stayed with my parents while we took the baby in for his circumcision. We tried giving him soy formula and he spit up twice that morning and once while we were waiting to see the doctor. We tell the doctor about our colicky, gassy baby and he recommends a formula called Nutrimigen. It is super expensive, but it has been working really well. Even though we buy the new formula the baby continue to spit up on everything. Blanket after blanket, sheets after sheets. We went through all of our sets of sheets, and both quilts for our bed. The laundry just kept piling up.
Here's the part where it gets confusing. Why did the twins both throw up? Did they have a virus? Their poop wasn't green and they never had a fever. Is it because of teeth? They are getting a couple in- and I'm hoping that is why they are so winy and unpleasant this week. Or could it have something to do with the 3 different yeast infections we all got?
Then there's the baby. First I thought he was grumpy because of the thrush. Then he continued to be fussy so we played the formula game. On regular formula he seemed to have bowel movements all the time, he'd never spit up and he'd have gas. On the sensitive he only poops once a day, but he passes the gas. Then we switched him to the soy. This time he pooped once a day, passed the gas and started to spit up all the time- but his brothers got sick and threw up around this time too, so did they all just have a virus? We put the baby on Nutrimigen and he still spits up a little, he still only poops once a day and he is passing the gas. Is it better to have him pass the gas, or is it better to have him not spit up? He seems to feel better on the Nutrimigen so I guess spitting up trumps having gas.
Was it the yeast that caused this downfall of not feeling good? Or is this the new standard for my children?
ugh! sounds very unpleasant! we're having a sick day today - we each have varying degrees of the barfing diahreas. It's been great fun. :b Good luck getting everyone feeling better!
ReplyDeletewow. M's issues sound a lot like Jennas. She spits up ALL the time. she's always constipated. She's on a prescription that minimizes the spitup, but she still does it. She refused Nutramagin. The stuff smells AWFUL and I'm pretty sure it tastes worse. i know it all tastes bad but that stuff is the worst i've seen. We still have a can of the REALLY expensive stuff she was on--its called Neocate--if you want to try it. Google it. its $35 for a 14 oz. can. its what Jenna was on for the first 3 months. she's on soy now. she's always constipated--only doing 1 bowel movement a day, she wasn't when she was on Neocate--but the soy is cheaper. i tried switching her to a regular milk-based sensitive formula and she still doesn't tolerate it. she threw it all up. just thought i'd share. :-)
ReplyDeleteI know! As I've been reading about your adventures with Jenna I keep thinking, "I can totally relate!" The Nutrimigen does smell awful, but it does seem to be working. He's been doing really well lately except at night. He gets really fussy while he eats and then he won't go to sleep unless we hold him.
ReplyDeleteBest of luck to you! I know you'll need it!