Sci Fi Pills and Prayer Meetings

"What's in that syringe?" Sprout asked me

"A Rapid Dissolve Proton Pump Inhibitor." I answered

"Cool!" Sprout exclaimed and sucked it up.

It's reflux, and there's no need to do any invasive tests unless he keeps on losing weight. He's going to take Prevacid - the Proton Pump Inhibitor - until the vomitting is under control, probably by age 2. It won't stop the vomitting, not at all! But it will help him sleep by reducing the acidity of what comes up his wee throat. Yesterday he vomitted 8 times, not bad!

Nature Girl had a sleepover with her friend the Rock Hound. I came down to find them huddled round the dehumidifier (?) discussing religion. They were sharing prayer practices.

Afterwards I asked Rock Hound about it.

"Hey RH I didn't know you were Buddhist!"

"Yeah! I just decided I was"

"Cool, how did you come to this decision?"

"Well, I believe in peace and reincarnation, and we found these prayers online. I think I'll become a vegetarian too."

His mom is an atheist...I wonder how she'll take the news that he discovered religion at our house, while I let them - unsupervised (a 15 yr old doesn't really count) - play on the computer after dinner.

So, fair warning: You never know what evil lurks out there on the internet!

My name is the Sprout...

and I am the pukiest baby in the world. I also hate to sleep. I have lost some weight too.

My papa has always said "That's not normal!" about my vomitting all over the place, and mummy has always said "Babies puke, get used to it." My big sister Nature Girl was a puker too, but she stopped when she was 6 months old. Since I started solids I've been puking just the same but I'm sleeping even less than before. Mummy's pretty relaxed, but she's decided "That's not normal!" too. On a good night I sleep from 9:30 to 11:00 and then I'm up every hour to nurse and fret and fret some more I hate lying down. On a bad night I sleep from 9:30 to 11:00 and then I am crying and fretting and trying to sit up and arching every 20 minutes.

So on Tuesday I go to see the pediatrician to figure out why I puke my body weight every day, and why I never sleep. Mummy thinks I might have reflux.

I'm not a cranky baby though...but then again I'm so tough I never complained about my broken collar bone either, so mummy is really worried that I'm so used to being in pain I don't know any other sensation.

Please pray that the doctors don't decide I need invasive scary tests. Mummy's really worried about that too.