i am so disapointed w/myself :(

Don’t beat yourself up! You are a GREAT Mommy!!! It’s very hard to change the diet, so hang in there!

Forgive me if you have done this already as I am behind on posts, but have you seen an ENT? Dylan’s sleep did not improve until we got his tonsils/adenoids removed. He had 7 – 12 respiratory arousals an hour during the sleep study. You might be able to see if the restless sleep is due to enlarged tonsils/adenoids?

Just a thought. Hang in there!!!

An ent sounds like a great idea. I hadn’t thought of that either. Of course, I have no idea what an ent is, but looking into the tonsil thing might be a good idea.

Alexis was the same way with sleep, she would also snore really loud. We had her adenoids and tonsils removed when she was 22 months not only due to recurrent strep but due to sleeping problems. You only need a referral if you have an HMO, POS, or a EPO or something like that, they keep on renaming these insurances. So it really depends on your insurance. Is your peds MD willing to do a sleep study? They actually might be the first step prior to ENT. Some Peds MDs are willing to order the test and if that comes back abnormal then they typically will make the referral.

By the way, don’t beat yourself up, you are a great Mommy! Taylor was skin tested when she was 5 months old for allergies and it came back postive for milk, I thought the Allergist would retest her at 1 y/o but he said we should just slowly try to introduce milk to see if there is a reaction since he said that is the best way of telling, she has no risk for anaphylaxis reactions so give it a shot, since there is a lot of false negatives with skin testing. So I started with a little yo-baby starting at 1 y/o and now I have her on 2oz of Whole Milk and 2oz of RCF formula trying to wean off the RCF to see if there is any difference. So far so good! So really don’t beat yourself up, it is worth just trying it out.

Alexis’s mom2007-6-11 21:8:58

And ENT is ear, nose and throat doc…if someone already answered that, just ignore me…I am in a hurry to get to bed tonight after a rough day with Addy (and yes, its only 8:17 pm!!!!!!!!!!) Awful, I know!

I don’t think it would be a bad idea to just call the ENT docs yourself. Your doc has to listen to you if you insist. Trust me… we have a GREAT pediatrician who is totally on my side and he has given me comments like “oh it’s not that”… if I insist, he just orders the test and we have a great relationship. I think that may just be the way doctors are. Remember, you are the most important member of your child’s team. So if you suspect there is a problem with her throat, insist on getting it checked out. Our pedi has rolled his eyes at me when I insisted on testing Quinn. Most of our tests have come back negative, but it gave me piece of mind to know that I had ruled out that possiblity.

I don’t think your pediatrician would be offended if you just set yourself an appointment nor do I think he would be if you insisted on him ordering it. Our pediatcician didn’t think Q needed a GI doctor, when i just called to set up an appointment anyways, it turns out that our world would be upside down without a GI team. And he knows he was wrong… but he is still a great doctor. We have bumped heads a few times, but that’s how it is with these doctors. They live and learn too… which is why they PRACTICE medicine… right?

Go for it… call ENT or insist to have him seen by them. You won’t regret it.

Good luck to you. It’s ok to give in every once in a while… it’s so hard having a reflux kiddo. You just want them to be better.

-Sarah

I think the info in it sounds good. Hopefully you’ll hear a response soon! good luck!