Home with the Baby

Dominic has been doing very well keeping his food down and having regular poopies =). He is hungry sometimes because he's still on the 45-50mL every 3-4 hours, but for the most part he seems pretty content. His little face is filling out more and he's just getting cuter and cuter! He's growing out of the newborn sized clothes and is now in the 0-3 month clothes which are still a little too big on him. One thing that worries us is his choking! He gets reflux and eventhough we keep him inclined, sometimes he starts flailing his arms and gets a terrified look on his face and then makes these terrible little choking sounds.... so we of course run over there and tilt him forward and pat him on the back and then he starts crying ad breathing again. It's VERY stressful and worrisome and it's hard to try to get any sleep because we're just always worried that he's going to choke on his own spit up and we won't be there to help him. I asked his GI Dr. about this and he said that reflux babies sometimes do this.... that doesn't ease my mind though.
Other than the choking, Dominic acts like any other baby- just smaller! He can roll from his tummy to his back and will sit upright leaning against us. He likes to watch everything- the TV, us, other people, the dogs, a fan.... he just looks like he's learning from everything he sees. We were at the mall the other day in the food court and Dominic just sat on my lap while I ate and he watched everyone, it was so cute. We have another appt with the GI Dr. next week and hopefully we can cycle his fluids so we don't have to carry it around all the time, and hopefully he'll also up his feeds- I don't see why he wouldn't with Dominic doing so well. We'll see!

Thanks for your continued support and continued prayers!!
Stephanie