These past couple of weeks....

These past couple of weeks have been STRESSFUL to say the least!
 On July 3, I took him in for his 2 week appointment, and he weighed 6lbs 7oz. Which still wasn't back up to his birth weight. I know babies usually lose some weight after they are born, but my doctor was a little concerned that he was 2 weeks old, and still not back up. So we started supplementing him with formula, after I would nurse him. My doctor was afraid that I wasn't producing enough milk.
     Just after that appointment, he started spitting up, horribly. My doctor was out of town so I thought that I would get in first thing when he got back, but that didn't happen. On July 9, at 4:45 I took him to see another doctor in the clinic because I was worried. He weighed him, and he was up to 7lbs 3oz, which was good, but I was still concerned. This kid wasn't keeping ANYTHING down. So they wrote him a prescription for prevacid, and said that if he was still having problems, to bring him back in in a couple days. So then on July 11, and 9:45 AM I took him back in, and we saw, yet, another doctor. He was down to 6lbs even. He wasn't keeping anything down, at all. I got so scared. They sent us right away to do tests. They check him for pyloric stenosis, and it was negative, but they saw that he did have acid reflux, just worse than they originally thought. So they upped his dose of meds, and told me to feed him less, more often. So we started feeding him a half ounce every half hour. Then slowly upped up. Now we're up to 2 oz every 2 hours. On July 15 we went back in to see my doctor to let him know what's been going on, and he was back up to 7lbs 4oz. So we're on the right track, but he's still not where they want him to be for being a month old. We have to take him to do weekly weight checks for the next couple weeks, and if he's gaining what he should be, then we should be good.
     It has been so stressful for me. I'm his mother, I'm supposed to be able to feed him, and take care of him, and I felt like I was failing. I have been dealing with some postpartum depression, so that wasn't helping! But, he's doing much better, so we're feeling better!
Sorry, short post! He's waking up, and I need to go feed him!