The flap/valve thingy is called the oesophageal sphincter (there's one at the top of throat for swallowing and one at the top of the stomach, which is the one that's often a little underdeveloped in bubs - the muscles that control it don't have enough tone yet in the early days)... so my incomplete medical degree has come in handy for something now... hehe DD had lots of vomiting/posetting up until 6 months or so because of it too. All good now - she grew out of it as we started solids.
Sazz Happy Birthday to Celeste! So much to celebrate and remember, and I know what you mean about seeming like she has always been here, but also still pinching yourself that she is here in the first place.
Grub - welcome! I have to agree with Sazz - time is the biggest thing. DD had awful colic and wind, and I did my head in trying to fix it for her, but in the end time was what fixed it. I used Infacol to help get her burps up, lots of tummy massage and leg-bicycling, which all helped relieve bad bouts at times, but in the end she just had to grow out of it. Hang in there - by 3 months things started to change and by 6 months wind was almost a non-issue and now she doesn't bat an eyelid as she burps/farts her way through the day (sorry for the TMI lol). It feels like a long time when you're going through it, but in the scheme of things if you can say to yourself - this will pass soon, it helps. I'm so happy that you got through your first public feed - it's a big milestone and I still remember how proud I was of that moment too. Congratulations!
BW - I'm sorry to hear about Sam's problem. I hope it doesn't leave you feeling to stressed - you are doing all the right things to deal with it and weighing up the options and effects are important. Perhaps you can get that referral and have a chat to the surgeon about the cause and effects of it all rather than just booking him in for surgery? BTW I could have written your post word for word about teeth - DD is identical to Sam
Janie - Jasmine sounds beautiful and so very sweet! Hope the wait for your holiday goes quickly - how exciting!
BG - now I'm completely sure that E could teach my DD some stuff! She needs to learn to be more social around other people and your little charmer would teach her all about it, by the sounds of it! Ah, I'm sure it will come in time though.
to Neptune, Kelly, MissM and everyone else.
Just found out today that DH is very likely to be out of job at the end of March, so feeling a little down about that. He has priority for interviews for new positions in his organisation (a large government department that employs about 20,000 around the country) so hopefully we won't be in too bad a position coming up to March. On a positive note, DD slept through from 7.30 - 7.30 for the first time in her life, bless her. You could have knocked me over with a feather this morning. We've had pretty awful night time sleep issues recently, but all I did last night was not offer her a dreamfeed, and she slept... and slept. I'll see what happens when I do the same thing tonight and then I can work out whether it's a coincidence or not! I woke up several times wondering when she was going to surface, but nope! What a strange feeling lol!
DD had lots of vomiting/posetting up until 6 months or so because of it too. All good now - she grew out of it as we started solids.
So much to celebrate and remember, and I know what you mean about seeming like she has always been here, but also still pinching yourself that she is here in the first place.
I have to agree with Sazz - time is the biggest thing. DD had awful colic and wind, and I did my head in trying to fix it for her, but in the end time was what fixed it. I used Infacol to help get her burps up, lots of tummy massage and leg-bicycling, which all helped relieve bad bouts at times, but in the end she just had to grow out of it. Hang in there - by 3 months things started to change and by 6 months wind was almost a non-issue and now she doesn't bat an eyelid as she burps/farts her way through the day (sorry for the TMI lol). It feels like a long time when you're going through it, but in the scheme of things if you can say to yourself - this will pass soon, it helps. I'm so happy that you got through your first public feed - it's a big milestone and I still remember how proud I was of that moment too. Congratulations!
to Neptune, Kelly, MissM and everyone else.
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