Andrew is a gifted, sweet, all boy 8 year old. The day he was born was another one of the most precious days of our lives. Besides the fact that he was huge, 10 lbs. 9oz. he was perfect. Madison fell in love with her "Ohjew" immediately.
Andrew was an extremely fussy baby. That may actually be an understatement. He cried most of time and spit up constantly. Madison had never spit up, so I didn't realize that this might not be normal. Finally when he was about 4 months a friend told me she thought he may have reflux. So I spoke to the pediatrician a couple of months later and she sent us to a pediatric Gastrointerologist (GI). He agreed that Andrew may have reflux, said babies usually outgrow it by 9 months and put Andrew on some meds. By 9 months he still had not outgrown the spitting up and was still quite a fussy baby. We went back to the the GI, who encouraged us to continue the medication, but now informed us that most babies outgrow reflux by age 12 months.
By 12 months Andrew would still spit up and could still be fussy. I would (and still do at times) call him lovingly, my temper tantrum baby. After he turned a year, we stopped giving him medication. The spitting up eventually began to subside around 18 months. However, during this time he would have chronic sinus infections and seemed to stay sick most of the time. He was (and is) prone to getting croup as well. I remember many nights sitting in the bathroom with the hot water running to produce steam, then either taking him outside in the freezing night air, or putting his head in the freezer if the temperature outside was not cold enough.
At one point the ENT told us to take him off all milk products to see if a milk allergy was causing his sinus issues. We did this for a month with no results. He spent a good portion of his first 4 years on anti-biotics.
