Mystery Dalen
I'm not sure what to do anymore. I said before how Dalen was doing so much better and sleeping well, I'm going to retract that statement. He did good for about 2 days, but all week he has been feeling so bad and crying almost all the time. I feel horrible because I don't know what else to do for him. I've called his dr. just about every day this week. She thinks he has an allergy to milk so she has switched him to Enfamil Nutramigen. It's a special type of formula that is hypoallergenic. By the way, it is $26 for a 1 lb. can!!! He has been on it for about 3 days now, and is still fussy and will not go to sleep for more than 20 minutes at a time. It says right on the formula can that it will greatly reduce or stop colic within 48 hours, not 72, so I'm not sure it's doing him any good. I think that his regular ped. has him all screwed up because she has so many patients that when I call she doesn't remember who I am or what all she has already told me to be doing. I really don't like that. I think I might've mentioned before that her office is smaller than my living room. I can't even fit Dalen's stroller in there because it is always packed! I was told yesterday that there is a new clinic in Middleport and that the dr. there is really good, so I called them just awhile ago to check out what kind of people they were and how their office works especially if I would need to call to talk to the dr. after hours. I am desperate for some help for Dalen at this point. I was told that the dr. is very nice. He is a young dr. from Huntington and is married with children and one on the way. So knowing that he not only has been medically trained, but he has real experience with his own children makes me feel better. I was also told that they have an answering service 24/7 where I can talk to an on call dr. or have him paged. I like that too. So I went ahead and made Dalen an appointment for this afternoon. Maybe I am just overreacting to the whole situation, but I don't think so. Even if I am I would feel so much better knowing that he has been checked over by a dr. and I've been given advice on what to do by someone who has time to think things through. I am hoping that something will be figured out for the poor little guy by this afternoon.
Crying baby = very stressed out and unhappy Mommy!!!
2 comments:
I'm so sorry hon! Are you still using rice cereal in his bottle? Ben acts like that when he has cereal right now. I think maybe their bellys are still too young to handle it. I went through major colic with Ben from 2 weeks until he was about 8 weeks old. Try giving him a little bit of nursery water or distilled water(I never use tap water). He might just have a lot of gas. The forumla we FINALLY were able to use is Similac Senisitve - no crying no fussing. He still has reflux, but at least the other belly aches are gone.
Good luck and keep us updated.
I'm so sorry you're having so much trouble. I don't think you should be afraid you're overreacting - you're his mother and if you feel in your gut that something needs a second opinion, you should get one. No one knows him better than you. I hope that the appointment went well and that they gave you some advice that works for little Dalen.
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