...about our sweet little Lincoln!
After months of tummy troubles throwing us for a loop over and over again, two weeks ago I went in to talk to our doctor about the craziness that had become life. Avoiding milk, soy, tomato sauce, and chocolate (that's right, even the chocolate rice milk and sorbet I mentioned earlier...) kept him fairly steady, but even then he was having reactions now and again and so it was a shaky house of cards we were living in. She looked me square in the eye, after telling me that 99.9% of babies would do fine on the hypoallergenic formula, and told me "you need to wean him". Armed with knowledge and the support of my amazing doc, I set about transitioning him over to the formula with the goal of being finished by Thanksgiving.
Here is my Thanksgiving weekend miracle: yesterday was his first full day just on the oh-so-stinky but good-for-him Alimentum formula and guess what? He went 10.5 hours last night (and ate 4 oz and went back to sleep for a couple hours). WOW! The poor guy has had a fairly rocky first 4 months with all his digestive woes, I am so glad he is doing so well and feeling so good! This formula will truly be worth every penny - and although I fully support breastfeeding and know how wonderful it is, in this case, as my doctor confirmed and now Lincoln has confirmed, this really is better for him - as well as for our family.
Go Lincoln!
4 comments:
I'm really happy you were able to get this figured out for both of you! Sorry the first 4 months have been so rough!
Good for you, Jordyn. You gave it everything you had at a good go for breastfeeding. I gave my boys 3 months each, but the lack of milk production, at some point makes it much much much more work than it's worth. I'm glad, in your case, that you're able to make the Alimentum work for you and congratulations to everyone on some good sleep!!
I am so happy you got it figured out. You are amazing for going as long as you did avoiding all those foods. I love your attitude and am proud of you. It is always best to do what is best for baby and mom. Hope your success continues!
I am so so happy that it worked for you. You have put everything and more into figuring out his tummy problems more than most moms would have done. You deserve every bit of sleep I hope it conts. for you!
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