Hi all, I'm new to this forum but have read a couple of the BW books and used some of it with my first DD. She was a great sleeper and slept through the night by about 8 weeks . She was BF for only about 6 weeks as it didn't go very well and then was on formula.We didn't wake her to feed her we let her sleep as long as she wanted and fed her when she woke. Both day and night.
Now.... DD #2 is 7 weeks and I'm having a heck of a time with sleeping.I've been trying for the 3 hour easy, and I have to wake her during the day for just about every feed ! Then at night she wakes every 2 to 2 1/2 hours to be fed !!!!! Also she seems to go to sleep fairly well during the day but at night it takes forever to get her down. What am I doing wrong?She is BF and we started giving her 1 bottle of formula at night when she was about 3 weeks. I thought the routine would be easier with having a toddler in the house too . But I expected a little more sleep at night.
And to top it all off she now has a milk allergy and possibly reflux. So needless to say she's miserable, not sleeping well day or night and vomiting lots of what she has eaten.We've been to our Doc. who said to give up the formula and for me to give up dairy as well
. So after a few days there was some improvement but I went out for dinner a couple nights ago and forgot and had some cheese , The next day she was miserable again, vomiting , loose stools etc. I tried giving her soy formula which I maybe should not have because now I don't know if that's bothering her too ! So I thought I'd just BF and see what happens. We do have another Doctors appt. next week.
My other concern is that I really did not want to BF for more than a few months and I'm worried I'm going to be stuck doing it for a year because of her allergy.
So I guess my question is... should I still be tryig to get the easy routine going or just focus on getting the allergy thing under control?
I thought the second time around I would be much better at this , But I still don't know what to do and starting to feel very overwhelmed by it all.
Sorry to be so rambling but I'm desperate ! Anyone else experience anything similar or have any suggestions