Some more updates on the reflux

D had a pediatric gastroenterologist appointment on Tuesday. We had some paperwork issues that set us back about an hour (because we're foster parents -- ugh!), but otherwise it went fine. The GI ordered a LOT of new stuff to happen:
* A swallow study - this is another barium X-ray deal but studies her throat and upper esophagus, not her lower esophagus, stomach, and small intestines like before. This will be tomorrow.
* A food therapy appointment. No, not psychotherapy, more like physical therapy. Supposedly the therapists work "magic" to get the kids over their food aversion issues. And her food aversion issues are getting TERRIBLE! We used to feed on demand until she stopped demanding. Now it's so bad that we have to really push her to eat even a little bit at a time. One day at daycare this week she at 3.75 ounces the entire day! So we very much look forward to that, but it's about 2 1/2 weeks away.
* A referral to an ENT. She thinks the squeaking is not tracheomalacia, but laryngomalacia. They're very similar. In tracheomalacia, the trachea is "soft" and collapses on inhale. In laryngomalacia, it's the larynx instead. In order to diagnose, they'll have to do a nasal scope, so we're trying to prepare ourselves for this lol.
* And meds: She increased the dosage of Zantac slightly from 1.8 mL 2x daily to 1.9 mL 2x daily. She also increased the dosage of Prevacid from 1x daily to 2x daily, but we're still waiting for that to really start helping. It took 3 weeks for Prevacid to help the first time, but hopefully it won't take that long this time.

Say it with me, folks: Reflux sucks! It even rhymes! Seriously, the food aversion problems are the pits. The poor kid physically pushes the bottle away, turns her head, fusses, cries, even screams. It feels like we're force feeding her sometimes! But the doctors say we're doing the right thing and to keep it up. She's certainly gaining weight anyway! She is up almost to 14 pounds, which is near the 50th percentile for her age, which is awesome considering she used to be <5%.

Developmentally she's still doing great. She's a master unassisted sitter, and has started going from sitting to a belly crawl (on purpose). Yes, she's belly crawling. Like, a few feet at a time, to chase a toy. She's mobile! i am so not ready for a mobile baby! Thankfully she's also very, very slow right now lol.