Garrett's Story

AKA the "HERE WE GO AGAIN!" Document

On March 4, 2003 our second son, Garrett William, arrived!  Like many parents of reflux babies, one of my first thoughts ( after the obvious joyful ones ) was, "Oh no - I hope this baby doesn't have reflux!"  I kept telling myself, well if it does, then at least I will recognize it much sooner and I will know what to do.

The first few days were great!  My little munchkin slept all day and was so comfortable, even sleeping on his BACK, of all positions!  I thought maybe I actually was going to have that dream baby that so many people figured I would have since I was SUPPOSED to have "paid my dues" on the first go 'round.

Well, I should have known it was too good to be true!  Turns out our "little sleeper" had jaundice.  So much for the dream.  The jaundice peaked and was gone by the time he was a week old, but so was the sleeping!

Soon came the crying, the screaming, the non-sleeping, the spitting up.  One mother emailed me just as the reflux was rearing its ugly head and asked, "How can you tell the difference between gas and tummy pain?"  And I couldn't help but chuckle when I realized I was trying to answer that very question myself!  Here I was, a parent who had been through this before, who should have the answers, and I was asking myself the same questions as parents who are new to this.  So in some regards, I am starting over again.

Therefore, I have given Garrett's story the title, "HERE WE GO AGAIN!".  Since I am going through this "real-time" in relation to this website, I have decided to keep a journal so that everyone can see that even a seasoned veteran doesn't have all the answers when it comes to infant reflux.

So I invite you to go through this with me and welcome any suggestions you might have. (  Ironic isn't it?  The webmaster of an infant reflux website asking for advice!!  )

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