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My son has an eating disorder. All along, I thought it was breastfeeding related, then choking related, then reflux related. Now, I have no idea. I know he has reflux, but is that why he vomits (and I'm not talking a little spit-up here, people) at least once a day? He can literally lose almost a whole feeding after one of these incidents (I know this because I am so f*cking neurotic that I have weighed clean clothes/burp cloths and the wet vomited-upon items and compared them!
I am in the medical field, so I take my children to the same office in which I work to see their pediatrician. You know how some people can hide their neurosis (ses?) at work, no matter how insane they are at home? That would be me, until now. See, something happens when you take your children to the doctor as a new parent, at least it did for me. Hmmm... let's just say all of my neurosis (I really should check the plural of that) came out of the closet.
So I have taken my son to their poor, sweet, he is SO ready-to-retire-and-we might-just-push-him-over-the-edge, pediatrican several times about the reflux/vomiting/choking/anorexia thing. The man has given me a referral for a barium swallow AND a special swallow evaluation AND an occupational therapist evaluation (the latter two I never used as I paid for an outside OT and she solved our choking while eating problem by teaching us to feed him his bottle sidelying), meanwhile NOW I want a referral for the gastroenterologist because last week there were five days where he WOULD NOT EAT for g-d's sakes. I mean, what kind of baby won't eat, then bends over and cries his pain cry EVERY TIME YOU GET NEAR HIM WITH A BOTTLE. THIS IS WHY I QUIT BREASTFEEDING, people and I have to feed him somehow.
He had no wet diaper from 10PM Friday night until 3PM Saturday. So I called the advice nurse who called the doctor on call whose advice was, get this, PUSH FLUIDS. Really? Really? Do you think I should try to get him to DRINK something because I really hadn't thought of that one myself. I mean, I truly thought offering my 15 WEEK-OLD-SON M&Ms and cookies would whet his appetite, then we could move on to popcorn and spareribs. Do you think I should try offering him fluids? THAT JUST MIGHT SOLVE MY PROBLEM!
SO now everyone knows just how neurotic I am. I am afraid they will begin to suspect I am a Munchausen Mom, sticking my finger down his throat to make him throw up, just so that I can go to the doctor and get lots of referrals I may never use.
And to top it off, the icing on the cake, every time we take him to the exam room with the doctor, he acts hungry and CHOWS down his bottle in record fucking time.
So, am I overreacting, worrying about his eating about half of what he should a day, and rarely having enough heavy wet diapers, etc... The docs don't seem to be concerned at all (ok, maybe just concerned about me).
Any cyber advice?
