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January 18, 2010 at 5:51 pm #65561AnonymousInactive
hmmmm. How do I even reply. His dh thinks nothing is wrong with him, he thinks he is spoiled and just wants to wake up and eat for no reason. He thinks we should put him on formula. I’ve tried to explain to him but he just doesn’t listen. It so hard because Connor really is so much better then he was when we first put him on medicine. I feel so blessed because I know how much worse this could be. Connor use to be just like what I read on here, he use to refuse to eat but be so hungry that feeding him would take 2 hours because he would have to break to scream. Besides the spit up…..(or now the lack of spit up but the noise of spit up) he is such a happy baby. Feeding is never ever a issue anymore. Its all bed time thats the problem, waking up crying then feeding then waking up again 10 minutes later. I do understand he is waking from pain. I do plan to call the doctor in one more week if I do not see a change. Its hard to understand, sometimes I wonder if it is something else waking him up…..and I only wonder this because he is so wonderful all day.
I think you are all so wonderful! hugs!
January 18, 2010 at 6:28 pm #65562hellbenntKeymasterplease read this:
https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5793&KW=dr+searsyou CAN NOT SPOIL a baby. MAYBE when they are old enough to have enough reasoning to manipulate you, MAYBE then you might have an issue and to ME, that age is about THREE YEARS OLD. you cannot SPOIL a baby, as you are MEETING THEIR NEEDS.
January 18, 2010 at 6:59 pm #65563AnonymousInactiveI understand you worry about spoiling. I’ve worried too. Don’t worry too much. He’s under 6 months still and even after… it’s hard to explain but it passes so fast. If you do think that you should try formula, try. I had the horrible realization that I had to with my second at 4 months. I pushed to 5 months but I had basically dried up. Doctors are really into breastfeeding here and tried to push me more but I knew I had nothing. I breastfed my first until 9 months and he was the one that stopped on his own. It took me months to dry up. With my second. After 24hrs of stopping I wasn’t even engorged. I knew I was right at that point. I know what it’s like to stop. Do what you think is best. Try to supliment one bottle and see if it makes a difference in him and in your breastmilk. Tell your husband that one experimental bottle with not kill the baby. See if he sleeps better, see if you get engorged. That’s what we did. My baby slept 6 straight hrs and I didn’t get engorged. Ok, it didn’t stay that way. He was waking up again the next night. None the less, he was at least being fed and gaining a little better.
I agree with Hellbennt, you can’t spoil your baby. I also see where you’re at with advice, your experiences, etc. Don’t be afraid to try what you may think is right and don’t be afraid to be wrong. You aren’t spoiling him. You really can’t spoil a reflux baby (and or babies under 6 months). Ok, the last part is up to debate. You can’t let him cry it out. He does feel pain even if he’s not vomiting. And thank goodness he’s wonderful all day. My little refluxer is the same way. My brother’s little girl wasn’t. Thank goodness our kids are blessed with good dispositions dispite what they are feeling. You have months of guessing ahead of you. They always seem bigger when they are your first. Since Rafa is my second, I realize how little they are and how fast phases go by. Regardless of “training”, you have to do it again and again. I did with my first. We CIO and we had to do it again and again in all the phases. I realize that, even though it’s exhausting, you’d have to re-train anyway. It’s hard but before you know it they will be 3 and you’ll be asking where it went
January 18, 2010 at 7:36 pm #65564hellbenntKeymasterI appologize that I have perhaps come across as being mad at the mama. I am mad FOR her! I get so frustrated
FOR people…this poor mama, her husband is telling her he thinks the
BABY is spoiled…~laura
ps: night time things are worse because there are no distractions.
if you would like to try cutting things out of your diet to see if it helps anything, now might be a good time. however, I worry for you to try this bcse I don’t want any more pressure put upon you like you’re odd for altering your diet, etc…January 19, 2010 at 11:56 am #65572AnonymousInactiveThank you all again for all your kind words! I know I am a first time mommy, but trust me I know that you can not spoil a baby and heck if you could I totally would ….I was just explaining that his dad thinks he is spoiled. I told him there is no such thing and that connor is not spoiled but in pain. He just does not understand. And I totally tried the TED diet and of course dh thought I was crazy for doing it. I only lasted 10 days, my milk supply went down and I just can’t lose any more weight. But for that 10 days nothing changed in Connor. I did try formula one time but my timing was totally off. I feed him the bottle at 4:00 pm and 2 hours later he was really fussy but Connor is always fussy at that time due to being tired, so I need to try it again. My goal with breastfeeding is 6 months. But if Connor does not do well with formula then I will try to go longer. My supply just keeps going down. (I know this because I have to pump at work ) Its funny how every baby is different. Connor drinks 4 oz every 2 hours. I tried to give him 5 oz but he will never finish. other moms say their babies drink 6 to 7 oz by this age. Connor is 17 pounds so he has never had a problem gaining weight. I know things will get better! I also know god would never give me anything I couldn’t handle.
ps: Laura, I didn’t think you came off as being mad at me. Your such a great support here!!!! thank you!January 22, 2010 at 7:36 pm #65632hellbenntKeymasterjust seeing this now- you don’t have to try formula if you don’t want to, but if you are losing supply, etc, and YOU want to try then of course do what you need to do! I would call la leche league and see what they have to say to help you re: supply…
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1-877-4-LALECHE (1-877-452-5324).January 27, 2010 at 12:39 pm #65656AnonymousInactiveOk so I want to ask more questions….so now it is week 3 of Connor being on prilosec and again there is no change in Connor besides that the spit up is not coming out, you can just hear it come up but nothing comes out. He never crys so I assume that it is not causing him pain. So this last weekend I finally agreed to let his grandma take him over night. I have never been without him over night so this was hard, but I needed sleep and I wanted to see how he would do with someone other then me. Well he still woke up about 4 times…she feed him 2 times but the other 2 times he woke up and she burped him and he went right back to bed. So I know I will probably never know the answer but it really seems like its his tummy waking him up at night. Hes not arching he is squirmy. What do you all think. Oh and I tried Mylanta the last 2 nights and I think maybe it helped a little. I only gave him 1.5 ml should I try more?
My milk supply is still low but Connor is not acting like hes hungry after he eats so I will continue to bf for as long as I make enough for him. -
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