Hello All,

I posted an into under the introductions. I have a two year old refluxer (3 in August)

I look forward to chatting with all of you.

teresa

Hi,
I think I already mentioned somewhere (dont remember where) that Eli will be 3 in August too. He cant wait, he keeps saying "babies birthday" and "Happy birthday to you". He wants his birthday so bad :D

Anyhow, Its wonderful to have another mom of an older refluxer around Teresa. So, what day is Kats birthday?

Kat's birthday is August 4th. What about you little one?

August 23rd :D

My hisband is August 21st. :)

Hi Teresa and welcome!

I have a 3 year old refluxer and a 15 month old GERDling, in addition to my 5 year old.

Looking forward to getting to know you!

Leigh

Leigh,

You have two little refluxers?? Oh my! I can't even imagine.

I look forward to getting to know you too.

I go crazy when I hear people saying "all" kids grow out of reflux. Esspesually since many of us know this isn't true.

Teresa

It is really hard, especially when they are sick. The super frustrating thing about it all is that they have had this since they were born and I just had diagnosis in the last month for both! I look at my 5 year old and wonder about all his speech and language problems now as he had symptoms as a baby and toddler as well. We just dealt with it all as it came along the best we could, but when Iain became asthmatic, FFT and has food aversions it all came to a head and we finally knew what we were dealing with. It makes a huge difference for us and we look back now and say "that makes sense".

It infuriates me when people say, "Oh, just heartburn?" or that they will grow out of it. I truly hope they will now that I know what they have and can get them what they need to thrive. I told one person that if they thought it was "just heartburn" and no big deal to come to my house for dinner where she could see a 3 year old who is obviously hungry gag, retch and run from the table while we deal with a backarching and screaming toddler in the high chair who refuses to open his mouth for food. Thankfully we have a lot of good days now, but some days are still rough. I still have my angry moments and rants. :)

This board has been a blessing as I have had more information, guidence, and support than I have received from all the specialists that we are dealing with combined.

Leigh

"obviously hungry gag". That is interesting. Do you mean when his stomach is empty he starts to gag? Katerina does that. Really, really bad. First thing in the morning she wakes up and says, "meees hungry. belly hurts". If I don't race down to get her something in her stomach quick, then she starts gagging and retching. I thought I was alone with that action.

She does the same thing when she gets really upset. The other day she fell and started crying. Not a hard fall and not crying hard. She instantly started gagging and retching. I wondered if this was the reflux.

I am so happy to see I am not alone. It does seem you are alone when doctors and friends and family all give you the "it's just heartburn" speech.

No Teresa, you're definitely not alone! At 3 years, Evan still cries to the point of throwing up when he's hurt or really upset. On bad days, he'll still gag, retch and vomit at the slightest bump, or even when I walk towards him with his bowl and spoon.

Yes, Curran will do that on an empty stomach and also after a meal sometimes. He has not vomited up his food in about 6 months or so now, but still gags and retches. One thing that we noticed was his "hyper saliva" where his mouth seems to fill with saliva when he is really hungry. The GI said something like "waterbrash" and this can cause the reflux as well since their mouths fill with saliva and start the acid flowing.

When they are upset it is a common thing to reflux. I dread illness with Curran and Iain because of it. Iain has some gastro thing happening and Curran is off for the last few days with something I thought might be the chicken pox (but is not progressing like it, so it is likely funky hives), and both boys have had multiple obvious reflux instances. Iain was refluxing so bad tonight that it was so reminicient of before he started the meds. I was at the pharmacy with him to pick up more flovent and the pharmacist was wondering if he was prone to seizures. Nope, just refluxing. :(

When I first came on the boards and Janette mentioned in one of her posts how Evan reacted to the bowl and spoon I knew then before we had the firm diagnosis on Iain that we had found the problem. Incredible how many things are the same or similar for these kidlets.

Leigh

Hi Teresa, I have a 4 1/2 year old who is still a GERDling. She can stop herself from crying so hard she vomits now and she doesn't even recognize when she is hungry and never really has. We have had periods where she would ask for food thought. Very short lived but hay it's a light at the end of the tunnel hu?

I am sorry your little one has not "grown out of it". But the older they get the easier it does seem to get.

Leigh I to, feel for you in having two with the aversion symptom. I think that has been the hardest thing for me to deal with. And to have them so close in age. How do you keep your marbels :roll:

Sue

Leigh I to, feel for you in having two with the aversion symptom. I think that has been the hardest thing for me to deal with. And to have them so close in age. How do you keep your marbels :roll:

Sue

Mealtimes up until recently were always a battlezone. We still have nights where one or the other is "off" and I dream of Tijuana when both are "off"! It has been really tough at times and I know that my 5 year old wonders what on earth is going on and whether or not this is normal. Having non-eaters is definately the worst, although I am happy to report that we are having more up than down days lately... (searching for wood to knock on..)

I keep my marbles in a jar with a tight lid otherwise they would all be lost!

Leigh

Leigh I to, feel for you in having two with the aversion symptom. I think that has been the hardest thing for me to deal with. And to have them so close in age. How do you keep your marbels :roll:

Sue

Mealtimes up until recently were always a battlezone. We still have nights where one or the other is "off" and I dream of Tijuana when both are "off"! It has been really tough at times and I know that my 5 year old wonders what on earth is going on and whether or not this is normal. Having non-eaters is definately the worst, although I am happy to report that we are having more up than down days lately... (searching for wood to knock on..)

I keep my marbles in a jar with a tight lid otherwise they would all be lost!

Leigh

I can't believe that after 4 years I find someone else who's child vomits when crying. We are so careful with everything we do and say not to make her cry.... because only I know how hard it was to get her to eat those few bites. She’s been doing this from the very beginning is now 4 years and 4 months and still does it.