So we have been to the doc/paed today. No update on the reflux as he had never used zantac with a reflux baby and recommended another doc, one that we have actually seen before for ds and was also dds regular paed until last year when we moved.
Ds is 100% healthy and on the 96th percentile for weight and height and the doctor said if I hadnt told him about his eating habits he would never have thought anything was wrong. He weighs 9.9 kg. He really had no advice except to keep offering him food.
When I asked him about the night bottle he said "Why, do you want to stop it?" I laughed but then that is typical of his nationality where night feeding or lack of routine is their way of life.
He also said that it looks like his canine teeth are on the way. Yipee.
In one way I am very happy that that there is nothing wrong with ds but on the other hand I was really hoping he could say ok it's being caused by this....
We also agreed that if it was his reflux bothering him then he would be unhappy during the day and that is just not the case, he is one of the happiest smiliest babies I have known and he so just goes with the flow.
So I am no further near a solution to this problem. Dh was home today and he forced ds to start eating, held his arms while I fed him. I was so not happy about it, but after a few spoons he then took a few more voluntarily. Not something I will do but do you think maybe he has just gotten used to not eating?
After that he ate a yogurt for dh this afternoon which was great and drank more milk tonight for dh than he has for me in a week. Is it me? But then dh feeding him all the time is not an option. I really feel lost here .
Copied from my other post.
We now have several night wakenings for the last few nights. He goes back to sleep after whinging for a few mins. I am trying not to rush in with the bottle especially if its early in the night. Last night he woke around 1.30 for 2 mins, 3 for 2 mins, 3.30 ish for a few mins and again at 4.30. He cries at each wakening and while I lie in my bed and say ok I will be there in a minute he has gone back to sleep, but I definetly know when he is not going back and at 4.30 yesterday and today he has had a diluted 120 ml bottle, it was 3 am 2 days ago but with only 1 wakening.
He is tired all day and I have to wake him from naps, today he went down for his am nap after 2.5 hours cos he was so tired, yawning from when he got up at 6.30 and he slept for an hour, yesterday he slept 1.5 hours in the am and then I woke him and the same in the afternoon. He is a fab sleeper but I wonder if thats due to his lack of calorie intake and his energy. 2 days ago we had workmen in the house and I put him in the travel cot in the sitting room, bright room even with curtains closed, new bed for him cos he never slept in it, turned on the cooler and he turned on his belly and slept til I woke him.
It really p's me off cos I know he has and has always had the potential to be a good sleeper. And tbh these night wakenings are getting to me now, especially as they have multiplied.
Sorry for the essay, I just dont know where to go from here.
