Hi all,
My 5 month old DD was fussy all day yesterday. I assume she was gassy as she pooped only once instead of at least 2-3 times and her tongue was sticking out a lot (or she may have been in pain).
Lately she falls a sleep on her own without a pips and usually wakes up once for a feeding at different times. Last night she was a little cranky at bedtime, but a little bit of back patting helped. She woke up at around 12 at which time I fed her (bf, she wasn't eating my throughout the day so I assumed she was hungry), she didn't eat much. She woke up again at 1:30, at which time it was very hard to put her back to sleep. We tried patting first, calming, breast. Eventually I gave her tylenol and my husband patted a little more on her back and she went back to sleep (it took almost an hour). She woke up again at 4 for a feeding and went back to sleep immediately.
I definitely don't want to make it into a habbit of giving her tylenol every time I assume she's pain because she can't sleep. I would be happy to get some advice on how to help a suffering baby go back to sleep without making it into a prop (that is no boob or paci).
Thanks,
Tuty
