Bendy

One of my favorite habits of this little boy is how he bends when he is waking up. This is why his nickname is Bendy. Unfortunately, he also bends (i.e., arches his back) sometimes when he is nursing, which turns out to be one of the several symptoms he has of acid reflux. We took the poor boy into the pediatrician today because his maman phoned to ask about making him more comfortable when he's eating (since he seems increasingly uncomfortable now) and the nurse suggested we bring him in and let the doctor take a look.

Benjamin's "well baby" one-month visit was already scheduled for a week from today. Saturday will be his one-month birthday. Since I wasn't worried about his "milk bumps" I figured I would wait until Tuesday to ask about them, but since we were in for the one issue, we asked about the other.

So Ben-ben is having these 2 reactions to his food supply:

1. acid reflux
2. infant acne

Poor little guy.

His face is all broken-out like the worst acne I ever saw in high school, but we're assured that he doesn't mind it and that it will come and go for another month or two and then go away for good. Meanwhile, you might be seeing fewer photos of him for a while.

The acid reflux he definitely does mind, and his mother is at the drug store right now picking up his prescription. We're crossing fingers and knocking on wood that the medicine will relieve him quickly. If it doesn't do the trick, then we begin to suspect colic. But I very much doubt it's colic.

- papa