Spit Up, Gas, and Mucus
Yesterday I was reading my friends blog about her new addition (he is just a little bit older then Aiden) and in it she spoke about how her little one has a bit of reflux and an unsettled stomach. It is interesting because I am sometimes at a loss for what to write about in these journals and I will read her page or someone elses and then I will realize that I have stories about something similar.
Aiden is doing well, he seems to have a bit of a bubbly belly. He needs to burped every 5-10 minutes of eating or after every ounce, and he is constantly gassy. He spits up regularly but is gaining weight at a steady pace so the pediatrician called him a “happy spitter.” (Which is basically a baby who spits up but still gains weight.) She wasn’t concerned and he isn’t on any medication for it. We do use Mylicon to help break up the bubbles in his tummy and that seems to be working pretty decently.
The only other thing is that he is constantly sniffling and snorting. He has pretty active mucus production. I called the pediatrician about this as well and aside from sucking the gunk out of his nose regularly (which we were already doing) she suggested having him sleep at a 15 degree angle, using saline drops, and a humidifier. Basically she chalked up all of the snorting, grunting, sniffling, burping, spitting up and farting to the fact that the his nervous system isn’t fully developed yet and that the nerve endings are still just firing randomly. Things are getting better though. So his nervous system must be continually developing. Babies are definitely a new adventure that I never expected, an adventure that changes every day!