Monday, April 30, 2012

too good to be true

Yeah, so, turns out it WAS too good to be true  :(  the last few days have kind of sucked in regards to napping and night sleep.  Asher's been having a hard time... not sure if it's teething, stomach issues, and/or just sleep struggles, but he's fighting sleep again which sucks for all of us.  The good news is we know what to do and also know he has the capacity to do better.  Still puking.  ugh.  He had visitors all weekend (thanks for coming, Grandpa, Gigi, and Mimi!!!), and was a champ for most of it, saving all of the puking for AFTER they left.  Anyway, in some respects (generally) he's doing "better", but the reflux is in full swing still, unfortunately.  I've read in more than one place that if babies are "thriving" as evidenced by development and weight gain, reflux, even severe reflux, is simply a "social problem and laundry inconvenience".  Yes, that's not a ridiculous understatement at all!  It's true, he is growing and developing fine.  It's true that it is a HUGE social problem, in that it inhibits our ability to take him our too far to too long (because he will puke all over himself more than once.  It's true that it comes with an insane amount of laundry.  It's very true that it's incredibly frustrating and horribly inconvenient for us as parents. But mostly, it causes him to suffer.  People keep saying, "well he's happy, so it's NOT THAT BAD".  You have no idea, nor are you qualified to judge "how bad" our situation is.  It causes Asher daily discomfort, and that in itself is not OK. That's why it continues to be a burden and way more than a social problem or laundry issue. It's a struggle that I am DAILY trying endlessly to solve, so he can be free of pain and have a "normal" life.  He's the sweetest thing you will ever see, and a complete joy to be around most of the time, so I can't even imagine him without pain/discomfort/eating issues/sleep interruption all caused by the reflux.  STUPID REFLUX!

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