Today is Austin's 3 & 1/2 Year Birthday!!!

Wow!  Time has passed so quickly, too quickly, actually.  It's bitter sweet to see my baby has grown from a tiny baby into a boy, basically a man, in 3 and 1/2 quick years.  I am proud to be his mommy.  He talks too much, runs too much, and bumps his head way too much!  He can spell his name, write his name, and sing his ABCs.  He loves school, and is a social butterfly.  It's hard to believe that just 3 short years ago, he looked as if he was having seizures from simple baby acid reflux!  Now my son eats, and enjoys any food he wishes to!  Including his favorites, ice cream, candy, and Cheetos (lol, of course, on a limited basis).`

I must apologize, because I now see that other mothers have found my blog to be useful, and I have not been checking up on it this past year.  How quickly you forget the intensity of the Sandifers Syndrome when it's gone!  That's how it was for us too.  I was having trouble getting my sons prescription filled, as Prevacid Solutabs are very expensive.  I bought the Prevacid capsules over the counter, and made an applesauce mix for him at times, (this can be done, because it is the very same medicine, it is not prescribed, but a mother will do what she needs to do to keep her baby comfortable!), but I soon realized, he no longer needed the medicine!  I think I was more terrified than my son to stop the medicine.  I could  not bare to see him in pain like that again.

So I do intend to keep better tabs on this page, because I am more than happy to answer questions other mothers may have while trying to figure out what is happening to their sweet babies.  It is not fair, but babies are strong, and they will get through it.  Every experience brings a greater understanding to this thing we call "life," I am just grateful that my little man was able to get the treatment he needed by having a persistent mother who wouldn't give in.  We know more about our babies than any doctor.  At least that's how I feel :)