Pukey-Duker

This is my new nickname for James. Guess why? At first it was a laundry issue. The kiddo would puke, sometimes large amounts, after eating. Now it is much bigger. Puking is non-stop during the day, and is surrounded by crying and pain. I went to the Dr before the pain thing was involved, and he told me it was a "laundry issue" only, tomorrow I go again and will insist we look at this further. It is turning my normally chill and happy baby into a real bear. If he is not sleeping, he is crying. This is not right. I miss my happy man!

He still appears to be gaining weight, though we will know tomorrow for sure. He still eats, though sometimes it is accompanied by both he and I crying. I wonder if it is a milk allergy? All I know is now it hurts his throat. We need that reflux medicine please!
Otherwise he is doing well in the sleeping department. Much better than his brother at this time, but I do not want to jinx it you know. Once you write about it, it is sure to change.

He is also growing so big already. Into 6 month clothes, and personality shining through. Once the puking has settled and happy boy makes a brief appearance, we find he is already fascinated by rattles and colors. Still refuses to take the bink though. We have tried every brand we can get our hands on... should we give up? Thoughts?
I am now back to swaddling him. At night for a while I just loosely (and safely) wrapped the blanket around him, leaving his arms free. This has allowed for lots of evening movement accompanied by lots of grunting. Now that he is in his crib, and I can see him on the monitor, I see how this is very disturbing to his sleep. So, binding him up it is! He seems to be taking to it even though when he first came home from the hospital he refused. He appears to be able to get out of it though - even the velcro swaddling blankets. I have to get good at burrito-ing him again. When he woke up last night he did not cry for food, and just made his grunting noise for about an hour before I finally went in to feed him, and re-burrito him. Once he was back to sleep he was good for the night and only cried at 6:30am. Could this mean that with a successful burrito he may go really long? Hmmm.
I am thinking about starting a James activity. You know, instead of just lugging him around on my errands. Maybe the infant Gymboree? Why not, I did it with Joel Andrew. Why should the second kid loose out?

Here's hoping tomorrow's Dr appt. fixes or helps the pukey-duker situation!