Last Friday I took both the Knight and the Duke to their annual well checks. Both of them were declared "well". My poor little Duke got 4 shots... :(
I love our pediatrician. He has been our doctor since Princess was an itty bitty baby and he is wonderful. DadOf4 and I both went to the appointment because we had some concerns about the Knight and his not eating. We wanted to make sure that we covered all of the bases so the doctor had all of the information. I also brought a list of questions.
After talking to the doctor, he said that it appears that our little Knight has reflux and that is making his little tummy hurt when he eats. He gave us a prescription for a medication that the Knight will be on for about a month. The goal is to re-build the lining in the Knight's esophagus. The doctor said that the medicine would take a good week to start working. He warned that we would not see an increase in appetite for at least that long.
My little Knight has eaten more in the last three days than he typically eats in a week!
He is not gorging himself - he is just eating.
Instead of taking three bites of a piece of toast because I am standing over him, he will eat the entire thing by himself and ask for more! Music to this mommy's ears!
And get this - he is even eating the bread CRUST!
This is just such good news for us. Encouraging this kid to eat has become a daily struggle, and maybe, just maybe it does not have to be anymore!
I cannot wait to weigh him on Friday!!
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5 comments:
The crust too? That IS impressive!! I'm so glad to hear that the medication is working and working so fast. What a blessing!
I'm so glad the medicine is helping!
I am jealous that he is even eating the crust! Both my kids think they don't like the crust.
So glad he is starting to feel better, even if he didn't know he felt bad!
I've come over from The Zen of Motherhood for a visit. I'm very pleased to hear that your Knight is doing better. Nothing is more frightening than to have our children ill.
You have a delightful blog, and a lovely family. I enjoyed my visit.
My little Knight ate 6 pieces of (crustless) toast after preschool today. This is right - SIX! I think he is making up for lost time! I tried to talk him out of the last two but after he asked for a half an hour, I gave in. Wow!
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