Where to start with this huge mess?!

[*foxy*]

Hi. Sorry for late reply. Didn't end up driving up to my parents - we were too shattered after being in A+E until midnight. Things pretty much the same really. Still getting the awful long waking from 4-5am. I don't know why he does it! It's the same no matter what his naps are like. I'm guessing discomfort?? Still waking lots. Still short naps. Trying to feed him more during the day to see if that helps. Just waiting for the paediatrician appointment on the 22nd to see if he can she's any light on things. I know he relies on me to get back to sleep so Im under no illusion that I need I change that. Im just so tired!!

[jessmum46]

was hoping things may have settled for you a bit.  Sorry to hear it's still bad.  It does sound like discomfort somewhere doesn't it?  You'd think if it was *just* tiredness he'd crash at some point?  What's the longest stretch you're getting at night?

[*foxy*]

3 hours at night - not always but he can do that much. For the first time in a long time he wasn't wide awake from 4-5am last night. No idea why! He was wriggly and a bit unsettled but wasn't lying there blowing raspberries! I hope it wasn't just a fluke. Naps were as normal - about 30-40 mins x 4.

[*foxy*]

Saw the paed yesterday. DS is back on omeprazole - the max dose and Im back on a dairy free diet. Last night was awful. He fed every hour and then was awake from 4.20-6.30! Guess there's not a huge amount I can do until he's more comfortable

[nurse2003]

Hi. Hugs to you!
I have had three reflux babies. LO #3  was the worst and the best thing I did was see a naturopath. With modern medicine and her help to find lots of food sensitives snd a drastic diet change on my behalf we were able to successfully treat him

Hth

Chantel

[*foxy*]

Hi Chantel. How did the naturopath rest for food intolerances? How old was your LO when you did that? And we they weaned when you had them tested?

[nurse2003]

He was 5 weeks and it's called electro dermal testing. Completely painless. He's now 6 months and I have reintroduced most most items except for dairy

[*foxy*]

Ok thanks. I'll look into it. Was your LO intolerant to quite a few things then? DS is so gassy at around 4am and is awake for ages - it's killing me!

[nurse2003]

Tons of stuff!  Theme of it all was a yeast imbalance between us. Went paleo and did a candida cleanse. He's doing really good now
We also did craniosacral therapy

[*foxy*]

Wow that's hardcore. Glad it worked for you.

I put him down for his last nap at 4.40 - he usually has 30 mins but it's getting on for 50 now. Do I wake him?! This is the child who never stays asleep!!

[jessmum46]

Sorry Kate just seen this - what did you do?

[*foxy*]

I woke him after an hour. Im just terrified of him being up for the day at 4am - he kind of is anyway but I didn't know if it'd give us an even worse night. No idea if that was the right thing to do or not! But he needed his meds and getting ready for bed so I did it.

[jessmum46]

Hoping the night was ok, or at least no worse than normal. We were up at 5.30 here too so feel your pain x

[*foxy*]

Made no difference really. It was still awful! It must be his tummy still that's making him so unsettled. I'm really hoping my DF diet will help soon! Although I tried it before and it didn't

[jessmum46]

Did you ever do the combo of dairy free plus effective reflux meds before?  If not it may not have made a difference on its own....