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Update - WWYD
I saw the doctor. He's clueless. I have a referral to a pediatric specialist who was able to squeeze me in tomorrow morning and an OT who said she's going to try to squeeze me in next Thursday. Which is awesome since she is technically booked until after the 1st of the year. Their receptionist said something and I totally cried so they're trying to sneak me in.Yay for inappropriate crying!
It looks like DS will probably need more blood drawn too 
At least this time I know to go up to the peds floor and have them do it.
If I like the doctor I see tomorrow I'm totally switching to him. I realized today that I like my doctor as a person. I'd love to be his friend. But he's kind of a clueless doctor.
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Re: Update - WWYD
I really think the inappropriate crying helped speed things along.
It was something along the lines of
: he won't 
: EAT 
: babies are ::supposed:: to do that.
Seriously. The more I think about it the less I understand how he can eat so little comparatively speaking. Sometimes he'll eat 24 ounces of solids and 12 ounces of breast milk. Other days he'll eat 4 ounces of breast milk and refuse everything else. It makes no sense.
11 months
wow. i read your other post earlier but didn't get a chance to reply. the arching really sounds like reflux. in fact he could have had silent reflux for a long time and not shown many symptoms other than the lack of eating. i know w/ds it was a huge factor in his lack of weight gain.
anyway, i'm so glad that you're able to get into see a new doctor. that's really great that they're going to squeeze you in! i hope that you get some answers soon!!!
The more I read the more it sounds like he might have silent reflux. He does the back arching, poor sleep habits, refusing food, only eating small portions (he usually eats 2-3 ounces at a time), he has anemia, wakes up every 2-3 hours at night and always has, red throat, and has sudden bursts of painful crying. I'm thinking maybe he has always had silent reflux but it is being exacerbated by his new diet. I'll definitely bring it up with the doctor I see tomorrow. THANK YOU. Seriously. Thank you. I'm thankful for every small step I take to finding out what is going on with DS.