8 month old=very tired mamma....

[Ollie76]

Hi,

I'm nearing the end of my rope with these NWs!!!  My LO used to sleep pretty well at night (waking once at the most for a plug).  Last week she got an ear infection (I didn't realize it at the time) and began to wake at night - multiple times, and sometimes for 2 hours at a time!  Well, we are on day 3 of antibiotics and the NWs haven't stopped.  Last night, it took me 2 hours to get her back to sleep   I ended up feeding her and she hasn't been eating in the middle of the night since she was 4 months old.  There has been some other AP going on too and I'm fearing that I may have "created a monster!"  I'm walking around like a zombie and I have 2 other kiddos to take care of...

I guess I don't know if she's in pain of any sort and that makes it hard to try something like pu/pd.  I even thought about setting my alarm for 1:00 a.m. and giving her some meds in her sleep!  My other thoughts are:  soother, teething....

Help!  I'm exhausted and not thinking rationally.

[ZacsMumme]

((HUGS)) Ear infections are awful. I would give it a few more days incase the ear infection is viral, or it is particuarly resistant to the antibiotics. I also noticed DS got a sore tummy on the meds so while the ear was better the tum was not

I would also feed when you think she needs it for another day or two as she could be dehydrated. Are you also giving pain relief?

[Ollie76]

I am but they tend to wear out by the time she wakes at night....that's why I'm thinking of setting my clock to wake in the middle of the night to give her the meds