Medicine

We recently found out that Katie has reflux. This just means that the muscle that keeps all the food inside her stomach isn't strong enough yet and sometimes food comes back up and burns because of the acid from the stomach. It is worse when she is laying down flat on her back or when she is curled up. She sits in her bouncer a lot and she sleeps on an angle (which has been a challenge since she wiggles a lot). We have been giving her Zantac. It comes in a very strong peppermint flavored syrup. She doesn't like it.

This is Kimball trying to give her the medicine. She thinks it's really funny. She usually gives us a great big grin halfway through as it all dribbles back out and down her chin. We have found that she gets the most if we give it to her when she is crying.

This picture is her with her medicine all over her despite our efforts to wipe it with the burp cloth or push it back in. If you notice her onesie is two different colors at the top. She usually smells delicious after the whole ordeal is over.

Also, if you look really close you can see bubbles foaming out of her mouth. She usually does that for a while afterwards. It's pretty funny.