meds working or just good day

[Anonymous]

Today is my 2 yr olds birthday and my 5 wk old is actually sleeping today. Yeah!!!!!!!!!!! I hope it’s because the meds. have finally kicked in, but I’m just happy that I can be in a good mood and spend some time with my other son. My 5 wk old has only been on prevacid for 5 days as of today and I hear it takes 2 wks, but I still hope that’s it. God is good all the time! Even if this is just for a day I thank God for it.

Just wanted to share. I actually have a moment to myself. Crazy huh?

Shelby

[Anonymous]

Good news!! Myles did improve some in just the first few days, and was much better after 10 days. So, maybe some babies respond more quickly. I hope the trend continues for Justice!

Happy Birthday Luke!

And yes, I agree that God is good. Even on the bad days. You have such a good outlook. My attitude is not always great, though I do try.

[Anonymous]

Good news, Shelby! Enjoy those precious moments of mommy-time. It’s great to get a bit of time to yourself. Hope it continues. And happy b-day to Luke!

[Anonymous]

Thank you both. Don’t give me so much credit. I am usually not positive, but I am really trying. Last night I wanted to give up. To get Justice to go to sleep I have to bounce him in his bouncy seat for anywhere from 30 min to an hour to get him to go to sleep. On a positive note, at least he will usually go to sleep. I do get some sleep with this one. With Luke I didn’t get much. I don’t get as much as I would like with Justice, but at least I get sleep. Also, nights are his good time. Luke didn’t really have good times. It’s easy for me to be positive when things are going good.

Thank you both. I really love hearing from other moms going through the same thing. I haven’t gotten out since he has been born except to go to the ped. so I really love having someone to sort of talk to. Not really talking, but you know what I mean.

Thanks, Shelby

[Anonymous]

Hope it continues to go well and happy bday to the big boy!

[Anonymous]

Yeah for sleeping!!! I hope he keeps it up!!! Happy birthday Luke!!!!!

[Anonymous]

Shelby, Luke sounds a lot like Hailey. I’m glad to hear that he outgrew it… it offers me some hope. She also has a lot of difficult moments, even now. Nights are horrendous… try not to think about it too much. Right now dh is with her holding her- I just finished my turn for an hour. Does Luke sleep now? How did you get him to finally start sleeping? And boy can i relate about not getting out much…

[Anonymous]

Shelby,

I never left the house except for doctor’s appts and mad dashes to the grocery store for the first six months of Myles’ life because his reflux was so bad that I spent all day feeding him, cleaning puke, doing laundry and taking care of my other two. So, I can definitely relate. The cabin fever was terrible.

Just know that Iit will pass, and you will enjoy getting out more than you ever thought you could. When I first started getting out, even a trip to the park for 1/2 hour was heaven! Now it’s already beginning to be routine and I have to remind myself to enjoy life with my beautiful children because I already “forget” how bad it was at one time.

I’m glad you found us and glad it helps to have someone to “chat” with. It sure helped me when things were terrible, and I still like to check in and see how everyone is doing.

Christine

[Anonymous]

Luke does sleep now. Actually he loves to sleep now. First of all he was sleeping with us in our bed because I thought it helped. It didn’t! Not that I’m saying it’s bad for anyone to sleep with their kids, it just didn’t work for Luke. He has a sound machine that plays white noise as does Justice our baby. That helped because with the reflux any little sound woke him up. We finally took the advice of a friend and let Luke cry it out at about 7 months. It was amazing after 3 days he would sleep for 12 hours straight without waking and would take 2 naps that would usually last for 2 hours. I don’t like the whole crying it out thing and I hope I don’t have to do it with Justice, but we were desperate and it worked. With Justice he sleeps in his bouncy chair and I usually have to bounce him to sleep or nurse him and put him in it. If you have any more questions PLEASE let me know. I want to help. I feel like God gave me 2 babies with reflux for a reason and it might just be to help other moms going through the same thing. I know everyone that has posted a reply to my questions or comments has helped me a lot. By the way, once Luke started sleeping things were actually normal. He was just tired and cranky.

Shelby

[hellbennt]

I have one word for you:

BABYWEARING!!!!!!!!!!!!

from my welcome/intro (you have it bookmarked, right?)

you can read all about it

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