losing it

[Anonymous]

Hey ladies. I just need to vent here a little.

Teo is 4 months, on 15mg of Prevacid for reflux, but I think he has MSPI. His medicine worked like a charm until last week. Now, not so much.

We co-sleep (out of necessity) and he comfort nurses ALL. NIGHT. LONG. I’m exhausted, frustrated (can’t get an appt. with a pedi GI until JULY) and am NEEDING some kind of relief.

My LO’s pedi keeps telling me that I NEED TO GET HIM TRAINED ON A PACIFIER! Ok, tell me HOW to make a little boy take a pacifier if he doesn’t WANT ONE. He wants the milk that comes out. When I give him the pacifier he gets pissed.

Ok, I’m sorry. Needed to vent. So tired.

xo Kristina

[Anonymous]

i used to stick the pacifier into my twins’ mouths and then i would turn them so that their mouth was against my shoulder so that they couldn’t spit it out. it took about 3 months to get them to take it—-plus we had to try several different kinds—of course, the ones they would use were the ugliest ones you could find!!!!

my sister was the one that told me that sometimes you have to “teach” them to take a pacifier.

all of my kids, except sylvia, gave up their pacifiers on their own before they were a year old.

[Anonymous]

Hi Kristina, my name is Ann. I have an 8 month old named Drew. He has reflux, and is also on 15 mg of prevacid like your little one.

His reflux has started to get better in the past few weeks. He’s only throwing up between 2 and 4 times a day now. I just had a follow up appt with his GI specialist last week, and he assured me we are over the worst of the reflux. It’s been the longest 8 months of my life.

Drew’s reflux was at it’s absolute worst at 4 and 5 months. I thought I was going crazy. I FEEL your pain. I truly do.

The nights were always the worst. Actually, the nights are still not that great. A tipical night, even now at 8 months, is putting him down around 9:00, he’s up by midnight. I send my very understanding husband to the sofa and have Drew lay with me. He nurses from me, and then falls back to sleep, but not for too long. Sometimes I find myself nursing him 5 times after that just to get him to relax and fall back to sleep. He might only nurse for like 5 minutes, but if I don’t do it, he would totally freak out. He will NOT take a pacifier. He wants to be comforted by ME, and only me. So, please know that you are not alone. I think out nights are probably very similar.

Basically, I’m waiting until I know his reflux is gone so that I can start to sleep train him. I don’t think his little brain ever really learned how to sleep through the night. It’s very frustrating, but I really feel for him too. His internal clock is all messed up. I feel so bad for all of our little ones that have to deal with this crap.

Anyway, I just wanted to let you know that your not alone.

Take it easy, and hang in there. Think of me at night when you’re awake. I’m probably up then too :o)

[Anonymous]

Ann, thank you for that. It was exactly what I needed 🙂
And I will think of you, an it will make me feel better knowing that someone can relate.
you rock! hang in there mama!

[hellbennt]

I feel for you! Jonah was Sir No Nap…well at the very beginning he was pure shrieking/howling…then night time got better! I also breastfed him and he was a comfort feeder, but he did take a pacifier. Ari never took a pacifier…

how are you giving hte prevacid? in two doses? on an empty stomach, followed by a ‘meal’ 30 minutes later?

how are baby’s poops? ‘normal’ mustardy/seedy breastfed baby poop? or is it green all the time (an occasional green diaper is normal)? mucousy (stringy or just looks like snot)?

does baby have intense foul-smelling gas?

these things can help you decide if it’s MSPI…

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