We have allowed some cheats this season for Curran and he has paid for them. :( But sometimes you just have to try as this kid is so very limited on foods and rice cakes, bread, and rice get a tad boring sometimes.

Today he was telling me he was really hungry and the following converstation occurred:

Me: I can get you a bun, if you would like
Curran: But I throwed up on one already
Me: **remembering he did yak up this morning on bread** Sorry, how about some rice cakes?
Curran: No, thank you.
Me: Bagel? Crispy rice? (a cereal like rice krispies without all the sugars)
Curran: I throwed up on bagel yesterday.
Me: Oh, yeah. Ok, how about Mommy gives you a treat and we get some Mc Donalds?
Curran: NO! I throwed up on that! I do not want McDonalds! **looks sick**:sad5:
Me: **wondering what child would ever refuse the Golden Arches as a treat** What do you want to eat?
Curran: I can't eat ANYTHING! My tummy will blow up and I will throw up.:sad5:


We went to the grocery store and he chose some organic pretzels that are fine for him. And he did not throw up.:smt041

Poor kid. He has been throwing up a lot lately (thankfully only refluxy pukes, and not blanketing my house as he used to) and that is tough to see. It really turns him off the limited foods he CAN actually eat.:sad2: He is on prevacid 15 mg 2X daily and I think we are about to start some zantac with this one again. Tis the season for puking, I guess. :sad3:

Oh poor little guy. :(
And, knowing Curran is all to much like Gabby, he doesn't forget a thing. :sad3:

((hug)) Curran :hug:

Oh Man
poor Curran :(
Sorry he feels so crappy Leigh.
and yes, REAL words sometimes hurt more than the crying
they did when they were newer. Eric has broke my heart
quite a few times with things that he says. I'm happy he can express himself, but when it comes to talking reflux... UGH! I just wish he didn't have to talk at all.
(((BIG HUG)))

Eric went through a spitting thing a while back and we had to remind him constantly not to spit, and we talked about how bad it was, especially inside. Now that he's actually spitting up, that whole thing is blowing up in my face. I wish I would have never addressed his spitting at all. Now I got a little guy feeling badly about himself and saying "sorry bout spitting." all the time. He keeps trying to put it back into his mouth before I notice. LOL I guess it's time to talk about the difference between spitting on purpose and throwing up. This is not a convo I ever pictured myself having with a child. LOL Not funny but you have to laugh KWIM?

:hug: Leigh, that made me really sad! Poor guy! I hope the Zantac helps a little!

Dinner was uh, "neat". You all have been here or are here so I feel a bit weird complaining as we have been so much worse, but it just gets to me that the kid is back to yakking up again. For 3 plus years he would puke right accross the table and onto the floor and then we caught a break for about a year and a half once we got the meds going for him.

Tonight, he yakked up 5 times on his plate. :sad2: It rather turned Walker off again, even though he is a bit used to it. It actually surprised me that he did it so many times. Maybe we are better off with one big one rather than clear the plate 5 times. :hairpull: And he is happy as a clam now. Just not so happy when it happens. Why on earth can food not go down and STAY down?! I guess if I had the answer to that I would be a millionaire, right? Judging by how dinner went I am banking on it being a hot water bottle for the tummy night.

Minnie, I hear you on the addressing issues such as chewing and spitting. Iain is the only one who has done this and we can not get him to stop at all. There is a complete lack of understanding there yet wtih him and I know he is doing it because he can not help it. When Iain does do it, we know it signifies he is at least interested again in food. Odd way to look at it, eh?

Curran loves food too much to actually give it up willingly, so he has never chewed and spitted. ;-) Curran however feels guilty about puking. :sad3: I do not know what to say to him as it is not something he can control so I tell him that and give him a hug. That is all we can do. I know what you mean about having these conversations as they are definately NOT in the Parenting Expectations Handbook 101.:hissyfit:

In addition, we had Iain chewing and spitting and dripping fluid out of his mouth like he could not swallow. Great. Why do we bother with dinner again?!

:hug:

Man that does suck, sorry Leigh. Maybe he is getting sick and that is why he is extra pukey...I don't know how you do it, and am quite glad I have a silent one.

I hope he gets some foods he can eat soon that don't make him puke.

Oh Leigh,
I tell ya, wouldn't it be nice if we could just hire someone to get us through meal times? There's been a few times a didn't bother with dinner just because I couldn't go through it, but really we HAVE to do it. We are striving for some kind of normalcy. We are trying to do it right. We are trying to kick GERDs but, and we can't do that without going through the motions.

As hard as some of our meal times have been... I think this one takes the cake. I know it's nothing you haven't seen before, but talk about breaking your spirit times 3!!!!!
I just feel like screaming to the GERD Gods:hissyfit: "O.K. Leigh has had enough!!!!! Now lay off for a minute or too, and give the kids and their mother a break! PLEASE!"
(((BIG HUG)))

Leigh, your story was just heartbreaking! Brenna still yuks off and on. I don't think I could handle it if we have a conversation like yours. I pray that this is over soon - for all of us!!!!