15 Month Well-Visit

Hey Family and Friends!
Connor had his 15 month well visit today and we have some updates to report on. Connor has dropped almost 2 pounds since his 12 month well-visit which certainly caused alarm for all of us and if you know our history with Connor than you know why. Connor is now 32 1/2 in. tall though so that was super and is still in the 99 percentile for his height. Eric and I attemped to take Connor off of his Prevacid last week which turned into a nightmare for all involved. His acid reflux symptoms did not take long at all to reoccur. We started him back on the Prevacid but it will take about another week to build up in his system. The doctor was also concerned that Connor primarily eats baby food and other than a few exceptions and does not want table food and will refuse it even if it means he goes hungry. Dr. Clifford believes the texture aversion to the table food is caused by his reflux, so he is setting us up for speech therapy. The goal is to help Connor learn how to relax the sphincter of the esophagus which is over working right now to protect itself, so that Connor will want to eat table food and also to help him get over his texture issues. His weight loss is more than likely happening because at his age the baby food does not provide enough caloric intake. Until we can see the speech therapist, the doctor said to feed him anything he will eat but to try and avoid baby food..even if it means all Connor eats is ice cream (I wish I could have doctor's orders that said that!). Also a side note, the doctor said the reason that Connor will eat bread and plain chicken cut up is that it can be soothing for the acid reflux (and we thought he just loved bread!). SO, for lunch Connor shared a milkshake with his new best buddy, Randy (our pastor from Indiana), and ate a chicken strip from Chick-fil-A. The goal right now is to just try and put some weight on him no matter what it takes until the speech therapist has time to work with him.
Other than that, Connor looks great and will go back in 4 weeks for a weight check! We will keep you posted!
Love,
Becky, Eric, and Connor