Reflux

I never known such condition called gastro oesophageal reflux ever exist before.
I was like any other mother really happy, having my first baby, decorating his room, buying baby stuff.
Other things that i would never imagine is my baby will have condition that will never being cured with any medicine.
When he's about 2 weeks old, he got thrush in his mouth. After that something funny happened. Whenever its burping time i rubbed his back after breastfed, he will vomiting, i thought its normal for baby to vomit. Another thing that really odd whenever he's vomiting its projectile and once its splatter to the wall, and he always arching his back. I thought its ok.
When he was 4 weeks old i went to baby clinic to check his weight and he didnt gained any weight infact he's losing weight. Thats when alarm ringing.
Went to GP and they told me about reflux. Knowing nothing about reflux i tried to find anything about reflux and stocking up books about children.

I found this book what to expect the first year really useful. Which helping me out with list of medical situation, illnesses that your children might have.
Gp gave us gaviscon but still failed to keep things down. And we tried stay down milk.Yet at  the same time he developing eczema that so itchy, he kept scratching his face until its bleeding.
Whenever he drank formula milk or even being breastfed his skin will got red inflamation that really itchy for him. I started to put him upright on his pushchair and bought bed wedge under his mattress.
Then we tried ranitidine and LF milk plus double base cream.
The things about reflux that really frustrating for me, it made my son look really skinny. Whilst other baby having puppy fat, he didnt have that. Theres one point i got scared to weight him since it will gone stagnant or losing weight.
Omeprazole didnt do the job, nor LF milk, and double base.
Thing got much worst when he's about 4months old. That i decided not gave him any milk or dairy product on my diet and on his diet. Since the eczema got worst, nothing stay down.  Im also wean him from any smooth baby food and make the food more lumpy and thicker.
When he was 5 mos i lost trust to any gp, midwife, and got frustrated. I caught PND.
Hubby manager told him to go to Dr.Sonny Chong. He is consultant for reflux. So we went to New Victoria Hospital.
We tried ranitidine and diprobase cream. By the time he was 8 mos old, my son went thru endoscopy. From there we found that he got condition called intolerance to lactose that causing him refluxing and vomitting.
When he was 12mos old, things much better that he able to keep his food down but he looks really skinny. That time, i carry this big guilt that im failed as a mother.
Eventhough, he didnt vomiting again but he still woke up at night time arching his back.
Theres few episodes woke up night time cried for 1 hour and arch his back.
When he was 18 mos, his able to sleep thru the night, but still failed to gain weight.
I read this book all the time front to back "reality about reflux" and this book made me able to put myself together facing up reflux in my son.

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