DS2 just turned 5 months old. He was born with a pretty tight tongue tie, but he latched fine and nursed great. He has been gaining lots of weight, growing well (he was 19 lbs 3 oz's and 26 inches at his 5 month appointment!!) and meeting all milestones on the early side. He is sweet, cuddly, very social, and loves to laugh and smile. However, starting around 2 weeks old he started to have the dreaded "witching hour" of inconsolible screaming for a few hours each evening. After a couple of weeks we took him in to see our ped and got him on some Zantac for reflux. The next 3 nights there was no screaming. 4th night- screaming came back.. so we upped the dose of the zantac and i cut dairy and it stopped again. He still had his fussy times but no more inconsolible, gut wrenching, someone-is-sawing-my-leg-off screaming.
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Fast forward about a month or two, and our house was hit with the flu, pnumonia, RSV, and ear infections all at once. Needless to say, DS2 was put on abx. Which totally killed his stomach- he was pooping 30 times a day, and didn't get back to "normal" for 3-4 weeks. During this time I was giving him 3 doses of probx a day. Then about 2 weeks later, the screaming came back. And instead of hours at a time, once a night- it was now 30-60 minutes a time, several times a day. We tried upping the zantac again, didn't work. Gave Prevacid a try- didn't work. Since then I've been doing elimination diets, and it has been a roller coaster of ups and downs.
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As of right now- I am dairy (2.5 weeks), wheat, soy, nuts, eggs, and beans free. Have been for a week and a half. He is getting 2 doses of probx (udos choice infant) and 1/4 dose Zantac twice a day. He is not screaming inconsolibly anymore, other than for about 20 minutes at night before he is out for the night. He is still super fussy during the day, and he is waking up a lot at night crying and passing gas. His poops have gone from very green and watery to more formed and greenish yellow. So we are getting somewhere, but he is still having issues....
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I am not sure what steps to take next, or to just wait until he outgrows this... any advice is appreciated!
Wonderful to hear!
