did you save/close the table?
close all open objects
do a compact and repair
tools> database utilities > compact and repair database
now open table in design view and see if the field you added is shown.
close the table design view
open form in design view and see if the field is included in the drop down..
btw, what is the record Source of the form? table or query?
if query, make sure that the field is added to the query fields selections.