For the past couple of weeks Logan has been really fussy when eating and at times in between. I can hear big gurgling in his abdomen and even feel tiny bubbles. He cries out in pain during eating even though he is still hungry and tries to eat again. So, we went in to the doctor today to get checked out. He is having Logan tested for reflux and lactose intolerance.
The lactose intolerance test involves providing a stool sample. You might be wondering how this is done on a 6 week old? I was wondering the same thing. It is gathered by putting saran wrap in his diaper and then putting it in the container provided to take to the lab within 1 hour. Woo hoo! I also get to go on a lactose free diet right away to get that going if that is the problem. This will be interesting. I have only briefly looked over the chart of allowed and not allowed foods, but no chocolate caught my eye! Bummer. We also are giving him a little formula, so I bought some lactose free formula too.
The reflux test is tomorrow morning. This is called a "Barium Swallow" test. They watch him eat a certain type of food and see where it goes in his body. This will tell whether he has reflux or not. If he does, he will go on medication.
He weighs 12 pounds 6 ounces, which is the 88 percentile! In 4 weeks he gained 3 pounds, well 1 ounce shy of that. He is still getting in the food!
He is 23.5 inches long, which is the 90 percentile. In 4 weeks he grew 1.25 inches!
I will keep you blog readers posted!
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