Another rough few nights at the Meidam's. Alayna has been sleeping quite nicely for us since May. She had even stretched it to about 9pm to 5pm quite consecutively. Recently she has started to go to sleep closer to 8 so waking up a bit earlier is what I expected BUT...
Remember 3 weeks ago when I posted at 3am...well - we're back to that. We don't know what's going on. She sleeps like an angel from about 8 or 9 until somewhere between 12 and 2am and then it's all over. She cries and cries and cries. We get her to sleep by us and the minute we make a move like we are going to lay her down...she cries. It's a painful cry, not a "hey I don't want to go to sleep" cry. So - what could be wrong? Teeth, ears, belly gas, etc. Nothing seems to really help much. I try Mylicon for gas and give her Tylenol for everything else, but she still cries...breaks my heart. Two nights ago I finally laid her on the floor in her room. She cried for 2 seconds and then settled down. So I got my pillow and settled in for another night of floor sleeping - this time in Alayna's room.
I also thought we had the bottle thing all mastered, but the last two times I tried one she refused. We had some bad luck the last time she had a whole bottle of formula, so I've been wanting to try mixing formula with breast milk and gradually get her little belly used to the formula. It's not working though :( I'm so bummed!
Last Sunday we started Rice Cereal with Alayna. Sunday and Monday -hardly any actually made it in her belly (as it came right back out of her mouth once I put it in) but by Wednesday she broke out in a rash on us. Her skin was pretty blotchy. The nurse told us to stop with cereal for a couple days and then re-introduce the rice cereal...if she has the same reaction - stop the rice cereal and move on to something different. We shall see...
Sorry - the picture didn't post perfect, but you can see a bit of the blotchy skin here.
OK - I better be off to bed. Judging by the last 4 or 5 nights in about 3 hours I will be back up!
Remember 3 weeks ago when I posted at 3am...well - we're back to that. We don't know what's going on. She sleeps like an angel from about 8 or 9 until somewhere between 12 and 2am and then it's all over. She cries and cries and cries. We get her to sleep by us and the minute we make a move like we are going to lay her down...she cries. It's a painful cry, not a "hey I don't want to go to sleep" cry. So - what could be wrong? Teeth, ears, belly gas, etc. Nothing seems to really help much. I try Mylicon for gas and give her Tylenol for everything else, but she still cries...breaks my heart. Two nights ago I finally laid her on the floor in her room. She cried for 2 seconds and then settled down. So I got my pillow and settled in for another night of floor sleeping - this time in Alayna's room.
I also thought we had the bottle thing all mastered, but the last two times I tried one she refused. We had some bad luck the last time she had a whole bottle of formula, so I've been wanting to try mixing formula with breast milk and gradually get her little belly used to the formula. It's not working though :( I'm so bummed!
Last Sunday we started Rice Cereal with Alayna. Sunday and Monday -hardly any actually made it in her belly (as it came right back out of her mouth once I put it in) but by Wednesday she broke out in a rash on us. Her skin was pretty blotchy. The nurse told us to stop with cereal for a couple days and then re-introduce the rice cereal...if she has the same reaction - stop the rice cereal and move on to something different. We shall see...
Sorry - the picture didn't post perfect, but you can see a bit of the blotchy skin here.OK - I better be off to bed. Judging by the last 4 or 5 nights in about 3 hours I will be back up!
2 comments:
Goodness! I just don't get it. Keep us posted! I forget, when can you start oatmeal (instead of rice). I know you do rice first, but I don't know why.
I think you can do oatmeal as soon as you know rice is ok. Or as soon as you know rice is not ok. Ahhh... day one of the second round or rice is over. Day 2 is today - we'll see if she gets a rash. Her 6 mo appt is next week. I think I will have lots of questions...that's not supposed to happen as much with the second one this close to the first one. I feel like I was just doing this :) Oh well!
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