{"id":2084,"date":"2007-10-24T20:53:34","date_gmt":"2007-10-25T03:53:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/2007\/10\/24\/one-step-forward\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T20:58:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T04:58:38","slug":"one-step-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/2007\/10\/24\/one-step-forward\/","title":{"rendered":"One Step Forward"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So we went to the doctor today, and she agreed that the colic symptoms could also be infant reflux. She prescribed Zantac (generic form) and said if it <em>is<\/em> reflux, it may take 7-10 days to see results. We administered the first dose tonight (twice a day, we squirt .8 milliliters of grape-flavored medicine in her mouth). Oooo, she <em>did not want!!<\/em> She made the oddest face, a puzzled, startled expression, and then cried out her protest. I&#8217;m getting better at soothing her. Or maybe she&#8217;s responding to me more. Or maybe both.<\/p>\n<p>Bean had gained nine ounces from her visit two weeks ago and weighed in at an even nine pounds. The doctor was pleased and said she looks beautiful. She also said that an average of 18 ounces a day of formula is great, and not to focus on the Similac and other brochures that predict what an average infant should eat. (For her age, according to Similac, she should be consuming 4-5 ounces at a time, eating 5-6 times a day, for a total daily intake of 20-30 ounces. Not our Bean!)<\/p>\n<p>The doctor was also generous in handing out samples of Alimentum, the hypoallergenic formula we use. At $28 for a 16-ounce can of powder (which lasts us about 3-4 days), every bit helps. If the Zantac works, maybe we can return to the regular formula later.<\/p>\n<p>I feel reassured and better, though Bean continues to dawdle at the bottle, gum the nipple, and pull away crying. But she did it less today. And she also had a really good day again, eating and sleeping and not crying inconsolably (fussy starting around 7 p.m., but it&#8217;s a vast improvement).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So we went to the doctor today, and she agreed that the colic symptoms could also be infant reflux. She prescribed Zantac (generic form) and said if it is reflux, it may take 7-10 days to see results. We administered the first dose tonight (twice a day, we squirt .8 milliliters of grape-flavored medicine in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-motherhood","category-science"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2084"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13799,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2084\/revisions\/13799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}