We are really struggling with Oscar at night. He just doesn't want to sleep. And worst of all, he screams like he is in major pain. Poor little guy. It seems to be worst between 9pm and 3am. Lucky us.
He's not a great sleeper during the day, either, and only sleeps for short periods before suffering from painful gas (we think), possible reflux, or who knows what else, but it appears to be some sort of tummy pain.
I think it's worse than it was with the twins, but to be perfectly honest, I don really remember those first four months to compare. I know Sylvia had her bouts with colic between midnight and 4am for a little while and that we gave both kids gas drops, so there must have been some tummy problems, but I don't remember exactly how bad it was. Either from sleep deprivation, I made no memories, or just god's little trick to convince us to have more children.
We're doing all sorts of things to try to sort it out and are still pretty confident that it will get better, hopefully soon. Until then, please forgive the sporadic posting as I'm trying to use every free moment to catch a few z's.
And, to top it off, Sylvia has suffered from a fever the past few days. We're hoping it's viral since she has no other symptoms except that she's only moving around 80mph instead of her usual 150.
I'm trying to think of anything to suggest that might help. We used probiotics drops with L, they seemed to help her with gas. These: http://www.walgreens.com/store/c/biogaia-protectis-baby-probiotic-supplement-drops/ID=prod6083377-product
ReplyDeleteAlso... L slept in our bed the first 2 months. That was just the way everyone got the most sleep at the time, although it kind of sucked and we were so glad to move her to the co-sleeper as soon as she was willing.
Hang in there!
Thanks for the suggestion! We got some sample probiotics from the doctor. If those don't work, we'll look into yours next. We had Oscar in our room until a couple days ago when we decided that we only need to get up for the big screams not all the other noises he makes. If it turns out he just wants to be close to mommy, he might end up back in our bedroom, but I think that we need to figure out the tummy issue first. One step at a time. And maybe by then he'll be okay not sleeping near me. We shall see!
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