Wow thanks Monica. Scary how similar our situations are. Fingers crossed James won't be *as* bothered by his casts, but I'm preparing for some definite disruption. He's fairly behind with his development, he's six months and not really rolling yet. He was a bit premmie but I s'pose the casts will put him further behind.

Reflux is awful isn't it? Its bad enough on its own but just seems to complicate and be complicated by everything else!

We tried James on solids (because everyone tells you life is SO much easier when you put reflux babies on solids) and it was a nightmare. Three days on a little bit of pumpkin and life was completely out of control - his milk intake dropped by half (and it was only half of what it should've been to start with). I've stopped completely now until we see the paed again, and probably a dietician.

Its so hard to get anyone to take your concerns RE: weight seriously isn't it? Until they start losing that is. I was trying to get help for the last 3 months because I could just see his feeding deteriorate (he developed a bottle aversion - he'd scream at the sight of it). But it wasn't until he started to lose weight that they paid attention to me, despite him gradually dropping through the percentiles.

I wish you heaps of luck with Hayley's feeding, and everything in general. Thank you so much for sharing your story with me!