At Kiah's last doctors appointment I mentioned that despite her girth she often refuses to feed and unlike most babies she cries and fusses after she eats, sometimes for hours. The Dr. recommended we wait another week to see if i was just developmental and if she continued to be upset after eating that we should try a baby antacid. I guess it's fairly common for the muscle that generally keeps stomach acid in its place to function poorly in newborns. The common term for this behavior is colic. After some debate we decided to give it a try. Nick's out of town for all of next week and if there's something that can alleviate Kiah's daily crying spells it would go a long way to maintaining my sanity. So far things look promising, she almost always cries from 6am until 10-11am in the mornings and today she did fine. She was also awake for an hour without crying (which has never happened before). Hopefully this will help my little girl out. It sure was nice to get to hang out with a happy smiley baby.
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