GI appointment

Weight: 18 lbs, 3 ozs
Length: 28 3/4 inches

Good news is Justin IS growing. His body proportions fall in the average range, meaning he's not malnourished, just small for his age. Bad news is his growth has slowed down and we've yet to see his "catch up" growth.

For the most part Justin's reflux seems to be under control as he only tends to throw up after working himself up into a fit or gagging on newly introduced table food. So at today's GI clinic they made some minor adjustments to his medications. He'll continue with the Prevacid 15mg Solutabs once a day, but they upped his Lactulose from 2.5 ml to 5 ml, which should help him become more regular. I asked about discontinuing the Prevacid but they want to keep him on it until his weight gain picks up some.

For now we'll continue with what we're doing feeding wise (3-4 bottles of Pediasure + 3 meals of solids). But if his weight gain hasn't picked up by our next appointment we'll work with the dietitian on ways to increase his caloric intake.