Hi everyone
Can someone please help me...
My DD is almost 8 weeks old. She has been on EASY since the beginning, but not very consistently.
She has reflux and she is bottle fed with AR formulas. I started a new formula this week as well as domperidona.
And this week things have gotten worst:
Her EASY routine has a few problems to start with:
because of her reflux, I can't change her diapers after eating... it has to be done before that, otherwise she will spit-up/vomit – the EASY became AESY. Also, she sometimes wakes up before eating and wanting to interact.
and
she was a really fast eater – 4 oz in 10 minutes. That's all the doctor “allows” her to eat and she really doesn't take any more...
Her AESY schedule was:
09:00 – feed
09:10 - “stands up” - the doctor told me I had to put her in a upright position because of the reflux problem (She gets cranky and cries in my lap after 20 min. I try to keep her in the chair but she cries after 5-10 minutes. Same thing in the crib)
09:30 – I try to get her to nap. I do it in my living room, TV on and soft daylight. If she is to agitated I swaddle her (she gets very hot with it sometimes and I have to take it off) or take her to my room (no TV, only daylight). Try to do the 4S ritual.
11:30 – she is asleep (in the good days...)
12:00 – feed
this cycle repeats through out the day but she can sleep a little longer during the afternoon. When she stays with my mother or we go out she can do 3h naps. Usually naps vary between 45 to 1h30 to 2h.
6:00 – feed
6:30 – bath
7:00 – put her to sleep (the same thing as at 09:10...
)
9:00 – feed
9:10 – stands up
9:30 – sleep ( she usually gets to sleep on her own)
00:00 – dreamfeed
she may wake up at 03 and 06 am or only at 4 or 5 for a feed. She goes to sleep immediately after. I keep her on the upright position during the night and she sleeps in my lap.
Here is the problem now...
She likes a lot to smile and interact with people and the environment... she has been doing this more often and longer (which is natural) but she is also starting to get VERY cranky and do short naps.
Sometimes she would only take a few ounces and then cries very loudly. This could go on during the feed, for 30 minutes...1 hour. Since I have started the new formula, this happens almost EVERY feed...
She is eating different amounts: 2 oz, 4 oz, 3 oz... and she rarely asks for more than 4 oz. During all the formulas if have tested she kept on spitting and vomiting. Her crib has ~45º inclination.
She is refusing to go down for a nap, crying very hard and stretching her legs vigorously. She only sleeps 10 – 15 – 30 minutes naps. She wakes up frequently and I have to settle her down with paci and my hand over her legs/ shoulder (sush-pat really annoys her). I try singing, swaddling, letting her sleep in may lap... sometimes I take her to my bed and not even then she will sleep!
She sleeps weel at night.
Is she getting too much stimulation? Can the new formula cause these changes? Should I put her to sleep her naps in a dark room? (I would like her to settle in a “normal” environment)
Thanks for you help and sorry for the looong post....
I am feeling really sad and frustrated... I can't seem to understand her cues....
Desperate-to-sleep Mum
