caz1221, our gas issues *seem* to have calmed down some at 6.5 weeks. We spend a lot of time in the evening before bedtime trying to work out any gas from the day. My husband is really good at this! After nighttime feeding, I hold E upright for about a half hour (I just got comfy in the rocker and dozed a little) and that seems to help the most. If I didn't do that she would strain in her crib for a half hour, spit up, and wake up again immediately. We were also giving gas drops at every other feeding and gripe water occasionally throughout the day. I think the gas drops helped, I don't know if the gripe water did anything for her other than stop hiccups. I did give the gripe water at night before I fed her for about a week and it's possible it helped to settle her stomach since she was going down a little better after nursing.
Probably not practical for middle of the night but putting R in the bath instantly calms him and stops gas pains. I imagine it's the warm water that helps.
I can't remember when the grunting died down with DS1. It is so crazy loud. Like I could hear him from the kitchen, which is on the other side of the house.
From some Googling, it looks like gas issues may peak around 3-4 weeks as they become more aware of the sensations in their digestive tracks (LO is only 2.5 weeks but was 10 days late, so maybe that's what's going on). He gets up around 3 am to eat for the second time but then refuses to go back to sleep, crying & straining despite my attempts to burp, massage, pat, do bicycle legs, etc. He eventually works it out & sleeps for another couple hours, but it's really frustrating to be up from 3-5 trying to settle him. Has anyone had success with gas drops and/or gripe water? If so, how often do you give it & at what time? LO seems fine the rest of the day/night.
We gave Target brand gas drops during every diaper change over the last week and they worked wonders! We haven't given any for the past 2 days and it seems that they've learned how to push out the gas (fart lol) so either the gas drops helped them figure this out or maybe their GI systems just developed enough to do so. Either way, they'll be 8 weeks on a Thursday and the grunting has gotten so much better!
I'm glad I'm not the only one with a loud baby. I've seriously thought about putting her in her nursery already. Anytime after midnight she gets so fidgety and grunts and makes whinny noises. She is SO loud it keeps me up. Sometimes I get her out of her bassinet to nurse or burp her just to see if that helps and it ends up being gas. But then I feel like I'm getting her used to more frequent night feeding because she isn't actually waking up to eat. I'm so tired this morning. jennybeans maybe I will try holding her upright longer, it sounds like I'm going through what you went through.
Back to normal tonight with a wake up after 5 hours. Disappointing 😪 but I wasn't expecting the magical sleeping baby to stick around too long.. at least I got 2 nights of rest. Hopefully the part where she lets me put her back in the crib with no issues stays!
Post by annapunkalunka on Oct 19, 2016 1:07:26 GMT -5
I keep hoping I'm going to get a longer stretch out of E, but so far no luck. Last night we were up every 2 hours and tonight we just woke after 3.5. Eventually it'll happen...
I keep hoping I'm going to get a longer stretch out of E, but so far no luck. Last night we were up every 2 hours and tonight we just woke after 3.5. Eventually it'll happen...
We've not gotten more than 3.5-4 either, but G is only 4 weeks old. I'm hoping for 5 by 6 weeks!
We're up for our usual 3 am feeding. LO went down pretty early and has done two 3.5-4 hour stretches, which is great, but this is the time he generally gets very fussy and refuses to go back to sleep, so I'm holding my breath.
DH is traveling today, so I have to manage daycare drop-off and pick-up for DD as well as dinner/bath/bedtime by myself. Last night, LO started going ballistic halfway through DD's bedtime routine, which caused her to also melt down. Hoping it goes more smoothly tonight!
Post by watermelonseed on Oct 19, 2016 2:32:31 GMT -5
Reporting in for duty. H made sure to tell me before he left for work how tired he is. (he works 4am-noon shifts) As I was up with the baby and always do all night time wake ups.... when he's working the next day. Really?!
Up every 1.5-2.5 hrs tonight. At least we got some RnP sleep instead of on me. I was hoping since he had a bottle of formula/breastmilk he would go longer but no such luck. Probably my own fault for letting him take a 3 hr nap.
Any recs for pacifiers? He was taking the Nuk ones but has been refusing them the past few days. The
R is only doing two hour stretches with gas attacks in between where he screams bloody murder. He's not releasing gas though. Worried about constipation or blockage and will probably be calling a nurse in the morning if he isn't at least tooting.
3rd night in a row of straight nursing/supplementing from 11pm-430am. Then I tapped out and woke dh. He gave her another bottle at 630 and she finally went to sleep. Like it cant be healthy for a baby to be awake for 7 hours
I started giving baby the Mommy Bliss probiotic on Monday and it's made a huge difference in his gas issues. I got it on Amazon, but I think they sell it at target.
danielle I bought probiotics but have never talked to dr about them. I never used them with DS, it's a NBD kinda thing, right? Maybe I'll start giving them to her. She is SO uncomfortable between 12-5am. I can't tell if it's gas or congestion she just gets so grunty and loud.
I broke out the RnP last night too. I was hoping it would help her if she is congested. I honestly can't tell if she is congested or just grunting. I've never heard a baby so loud before though.
danizee when I went to the pedi a couple weeks ago, she said gas drops and probiotics were ok. The gas drops are a pain bc you have to give them after every feed and the probiotics are once a day and seem to work better anyways.
Every night since our super long stretch she's been waking up earlier and earlier. Tonight she was up at 12 after just going down at 10:45. I'm still up trying to get her back down! Boo!
Well, the evening routine was a bit of a disaster with LO screaming and cluster feeding from the time I got DD home from daycare until her bedtime. Luckily my mom had come in to visit earlier in the afternoon and generously offered to stay to help with dinner/bath/bed (since DH is traveling). The excellent news is that LO finally passed out around 7:30 pm (allowing me a few minutes of snuggle time with DD before she went to bed) and just woke up at 2 am!!!! I doubt this will continue since 3-4 hours has been the norm, but I will absolutely take it for tonight! How's everyone else doing?
olive, is it possible you are in a growth spurt? 4-6 weeks is basically a constant random one.. there will be better nights again!
caz1221, good thing your mom could help! Bedtimes solo terrifies me! I've noticed that on nights E cluster feeds like crazy she tends to give me a nice stretch - tonight I let her nurse and comfort nurse for like a hour at 6:30 and she slept 8:30-2:30. Hopefully they grow out of that need soon and keep the long stretch though - I don't want to be stuck cluster feeding every night forever!
jennybeans I think we might be! We are still awake!! I just kicked my husband into the guest room so I could be in bed and cuddle her to try and get us both to sleep. Also I have a milk bleb.. the pain is unreal. I cannot get it out and she's frustrated eating on that side because my milk is really backed up. Even though it seems like I've tried everything to get it out does anyone have any tips?
R is not falling back to sleep either. I've been up for 2 hours now since he woke up to eat. He'll start to doze them wake up again. I'm really close to waking up MH to tag him in.
O will not latch on the right side at night. She's fine during the day but just licks out at night. So she's passed out in my lap after the left side, and my shirt is soaked on the right. Plus I bet she won't stay asleep that long only eating one side.
I don't understand how people cosleep - we nurse and she falls asleep but then I can't move her anywhere and she will just wake me every 40 minutes when she stirs and I end up having to resettle her. She woke after 2 hours anyways and the only thing that would settle her was nursing. Back in the nursery now since I made things worse by getting frustrated and hoping to at least sleep in the rocker. I wish there was a magic trick to just get babies to sleep.
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