Fastest way to improve a sick baby??

Take them to the doctor!

We made an appointment for Miss Emma Leigh to go see the (new - yeah!!! and we loved her) doctor today. she was supposed to go in for a weight check and to check on her jaundice, and we asked to see the doc instead of a nurse so we could discuss her super fussiness.

of course - Emma Leigh slept like a dream last night and has been on her best behavior today - barely crying at all. She did projectile vomit on me right before we walked out the door (which of course required a change of clothes for both of us!), but other than that - she's been a peach.

So - how did the appointment go??

First of all - the good news - she's up to 9lb 4oz - so she's gained over 2 lbs in 2 1/2 weeks!! yeah (she was down to 7.1 the Thursday after she was born)!!

Other news - this doctor suspects she either has reflux or colic (as we have been thinking). She is leaning towards reflux with her symptomology. She said she feels bad since she's going to come across as a drug pusher when she's not. But she wants to start her on a low dose of Zantac and see if that helps give her some relief. If it works - then great. If in 2 weeks we haven't seen improvement they will try Prilosec - and if that doesn't work then we'll call it colic for a while unless her symptoms become more classic reflux. She just doesn't want to have to test for reflux (the barium swallow) and feels that treatment of it is less invasive then the testing.

Emma Leigh also has a heart murmur, but they feel she'll grow out of it.

So - there ya go. Oh yeah - the doctor confirmed that she's just precious - but I didn't need confirmation on that.