HELP!!! I don't think I can survive another night like that!

[chelled17]

Let us know how the Dr's goes, hopefully he can shed some light on this.

[Jiinx]

oh dear. Please keep us posted. You're in our thoughts. I hope you find some relief soon...deep breaths and it will pass soon *hugs*


I just went to the doctors too. She didn't want to prescribe losec for her. She said try prevacid again, but with prunes as I told she has night wakings on every hour bc of the stomach pains/constipation.

I have to choose between sleep or eating! Yikes. Maybe some prunes will help her with her solids as when she doesn't sleep..she is soo cranky. Can't take her anywhere without a meltdown.

[Britterbug84]

Sooo, I pretty much feel like the doctor was a waste of time and money.

She didn't seem really concerned about DD not eating, and basically just started to pass it off as teething. I told her that DD had been teething for a while and tablets had been helping and that I thought this was something else.

She didn't seem concerned about the fact that DD has been throwing her head back and forth in what seems like pretty severe pain.

I asked if her prevacid might need to be adjusted and she said "Oh yeah, I guess you can do that" and then started to explain to me what reflux is. Umm, I know what it is, my DD has it!

I asked her if it could be an ear infection so she checked and said that her left ear looked a little red and enlarged.....I think she was just saying that to try to satisfy my worry. I don't think she would have checked her ears if I hadn't suggested it.

I asked if the white bumps on her bottom gums looked like teeth, and she said "I don't know, it might be"!

When I undressed DD to get her weight I noticed a really light rash of red dots on her belly, arm pits, and thighs so I brought it to the doctor's attention. She wiped her finger over a couple spots and said "well sometimes they get these little rashes"......I was thinking "AND???" UGH, I think I need a new pediatrician!

They decided to combine this visit with her 4 month appointment, rather than having me come back tomorrow. So DD got her shots, and a prescription of amoxicillin for her ear. Hopefully it helps her. She finally nursed for a good 15 minutes when we got home, and then ate about 2 oz from the bottle. Then she went right to sleep and I am just about to get her up again. Thank you ladies for the good thoughts!

[Britterbug84]

Hey everyone!

Things seem to be getting better with the night sleeping. She was only up ONCE last night! The night before it was twice, so I hope this means she is back to normal for now. She is still having some serious problems during the day, but I am also hoping she does better now that she is getting better nights. I am trying to adjust to the fact that this pain stuff might be the new normal until she is finished teething. Ugh if it is!

Thanks for all the good thoughts and hugs and such! Hopefully I wont have to post again for a while *fingers crossed*

[Jiinx]

excellent news. *hugs*

[Britterbug84]

I just wanted to post that we are still having good nights and she has even gone back to eating her 5-6 oz during her DF! Days are getting easier, but she still needs teething stuff a lot and sometimes Tylenol when it gets really bad. Thanks again for all your advice and good thoughts!

[Jiinx]

nice!! Did you ever find out what was causing her nightwakings?? I'm so happy she's settled down and things are back to normal

[chelled17]

I'm happy to hear that!!  Keep it up!

[Britterbug84]

Yeah, I shouldn't have ever posted. I jinxed us and everything fell apart again about an hour after I posted.

No, I never did figure out what was causing the NWings. We got our first good night of sleep after she got her shots on Wednesday last week. Then I had my wonderful, mostly happy baby for a few precious days until Monday morning.

She slept well Sunday night, and was happy during the first awake time. Then she woke early from that nap, I resettled her and she slept until I woke her at noon for her second feed of the day.

About half an hour into that A time she started the screaming and crying. It hasn't let up for more than 1 awake time per day sense, and now her nights are getting worse again. Last night she screamed and cried for almost 2 hours before going to bed. She is once again only eating an ounce or two for her DF and is waking at least twice during the night. She is waking 45 minutes early every morning almost to the minute and wont resettle.

During the day for naps, she will fall asleep in my arms (APOP) and then will suddenly arch her back and start screaming her little head off and it is all I can do to calm her back down. Once she does calm down, she will take a paci and instantly go back to sleep and I can put her down in her crib. Then I am lucky if she sleeps for 45 minutes and am VERY lucky if I can resettle her. Needless to say, schedule is basically non-existent.

As of yesterday and today she doesn't want to nurse and will barely eat from a bottle. This morning she swallowed all of 8 times and then pulled off and wouldn't eat anymore. The only time she will eat is right before she falls asleep when she goes down for naps/bed. During her NWings she will nurse for almost 20 minutes straight, but she is basically eating in her sleep.

She is still being treated for her ear infection, but I decided that I couldn't keep her drugged up on Tylenol and Teething tablets all day long. She doesn't seem any better or worse sense I stopped giving them to her yesterday morning.

One new symptom is that she is now having BM's 4-6 times a day and once during the night. I actually think that is what is waking her up early in the morning. I think it may be because of the medicine for the ear ache, so we will see if after tomorrow she goes back to once every couple days.

She is pretty miserable, and I can't for the life of me figure out what is going on. I keep checking her gums and they aren't looking different at all so I don't know if this is all teething like the pediatrician said it was. I keep having a feeling that it isn't just teething.

We are going to a new pediatrician on Friday (that was the earliest they could get us in) so please pray for her and my sanity until then.

[Tweakster]

Hi there, hugs and sorry to hear it's all gone badly.  Did you end up increasing the Prevacid?  It really still sounds like reflux.  She could be teething yes (we didn't see anything in the gums for ages and ages and then two teeth just popped out like popcorn), the ear infection could also be bothering her, but on top of all of that her reflux could be flaring and if she's on the wrong dose it's not going to get better. 

[Britterbug84]

She has been getting double her dose of the Prevacid for a week now. That is one thing I am specifically going to ask this new doctor about.

[Britterbug84]

Well, I figured I would update this.

We went to a second doctor a week ago, and it was such a better experience! She listened very carefully to every concern I had.  She said that it doesn't look like she is teething, but said that doesn't mean that she isn't. She said that it DID sound like something was hurting her, but that it was weird that the Tylenol wasn't giving her any relief.

She examined her very thoroughly and couldn't find anything else wrong with her. Just to be safe she ordered some basic blood labs and all of those came back normal. She said for us to keep giving her the Prevacid twice a day and then to skip a dose or two and see if the problem got worse. She said that both her ears look great and that the extra BMs are probably due to the amoxicillin. She said that one thing that could be happening is that she originally had an ear infection and it got better with the medicine, and then the amoxicillin started giving her a stomach ache.

Kaylee was back to being pretty normal again after the appointment and through the weekend. Then on Monday evening we accidental missed a dose of her Prevacid and on Tuesday morning she was crazy again, and has been sense then. She seems a little better today, so I am holding my breath that keeping up with every single dose of Prevacid will keep her happy. If she doesn't stay better, I don't know what I will do. The doctor said to come back in two weeks if she isn't better, but I don't know what to do about her getting better then worse then better again every few days.

She is still waking up as much as 5 minutes after she is "asleep" by stiffening and arching her back and will start screaming. I laid down with her through one nap on Tuesday and every few minutes her breathing would change from the slow steady "sleep breathing" to very fast and it seemed like she was about to start screaming again. Really odd.

Now that she is off the amoxicillin she is having 1 BM a day, which is still a lot for her, but better that it was.

It turned out that her eating problem was just my accidental turning her into a snacker, and with some help from some ladies over on the BF board we have that under control.

So I am not sure if that counts as a good update or a bad one, but there it is.

[Britterbug84]

It seems that she is perfectly happy most of the time except when nap/bed time rolls around. I am going to be posting on the EASY board to see if it is a OT/UT problem. I just can't believe  my little angel has turned into a baby I don't know at all.