Just wanted to say Thank you

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I got a email from my aunt today. My cousin’s just had there second baby. There first child was a perfect baby, I didn’t think that was possible but it is. Now, there second is almost 2 weeks old and no problems, in my aunt’s email she wrote ” WE GOT TO SEE TRENT YESTERDAY, HOW CUTE, SLEEPS THRU EVERYTHING!!!

I broke down crying. I only have one and haven’t even been able to enjoy her b/c most of her life she was in pain/crying/hurting over something. (right now she is getting over a tummy bug, vomitting and diarrhea). I am so thankful to have her through (OK, crying again) and I am thankful to have found this forum and I wanted to let everyone know how much I appreciate you adding your stories to offer help. There is no one (except my mother) that understands what I am going through but you guys and that means alot!!!

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I just wanted to let you know that you that i totally understand. My son just turned one also and i feel like much of the first year was a big blur. I mostly remember how bad it was and how we struggled to get through it. I see other moms with their perfect babies and i just want to yell that it’s just not fair. You have this fantasy of being a mother and having the perfect baby who eats, laughs and sleeps and then reality hits, and you have the total opposite and you dont know what the heck happened. But after that long rollercoaster ride, there is light at the end of the tunnel. Although everything still is still not even close to being perfect, and there always seems to be setbacks, just seeming him laugh, smile or imitate me makes every second worth it.
And although not many people around us understand anything we are going thru, just remember we do! Good luck and I hope Emma is feeling better, lisa

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I know exactly what you mean, and I too, am so grateful for this site. My first baby was an absolute angel/easy baby. I had no idea how lucky I was.

My second and third children both had/have reflux, and boy can I relate to how hard it is, and how you wish your baby would just eat, sleep and play like everyone else’s baby. Ellie’s first 8 months are all a blur to me. I’ve blissfully forgotten most of it the way a post-partum mom forgets her labor, but I know I spent a lot of time crying. No body understood, including dh, and I didn’t know about this site then. I really don’t know how I kept my sanity.

My third child has reflux and before we finally got him properly medicated (thanks to this forum and MARCI-kids), I was lost in a world I can’t even discribe. I spent all day feeding him (I should say trying to feed him) and cleaning up puke. I used to think that my two older girls should just move out because they didn’t have a mommy anymore. I couldn’t do anything for them but make sure they were safe and alive at the end of the day because I was too busy with my sick infant. I cried alot. And again, nobody understood. No body except these mommies who visit this site and post their support, and answers to our questions. I don’t know what I would have done without this.

I understand what you mean about not being able to enjoy your baby. That’s what I cried the most about with my reflux babies. Let me tell you that you will have so many wonderful moments with your baby in the months to come, that it will more than make up for what seems lost now. My little Ellie is the most adorable, smart, funny, and delightful toddler that I barely remember the hard days and I no longer grieve over what I used to feel I missed out on with her. And with my son, now that he is doing better, I am finding that I am quickly forgetting how hard it was only a few months ago.

I’m glad you found the help you needed here, and I hope your baby ioutgrows her reflux very soon. Thanks for sharing.

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