Please help - I'm feeling at a loss...

[Welshthang]

Sorry for long moan, and i dont know if this is the right place to post this thread, but i feel a bit at the end of my tether. My DS is 9 months old, and was diagnosed with silent reflux at about 2 weeks. He's always been a bit of a touchy baby, but in recent weeks i feel like things are falling apart - he currently has a chest infection (he was prescribed antibiotics) after having an ear infection (for which he was also prescribed antibiotics- idiot mum here administered the first lot incorrectly, which meant he was getting a tenth of the dose he should have had!), he's teething and NOT SLEEPING - I'm at my wits end through lack of kip, and feeding him is really difficult (its never been easy with a reflux baby, but now he vomits when he coughs, and gags and vomits copiously if he gets even the tiniest amount of something thats not the consistency of puree. Is this normal with reflux babies? When does reflux start to improve? Can someone reassure me that there is light at the end of the tunnel - I'm currently getting up about 5 - 10 times a night with the little man, before bringing him to bed with me. My husband has been brilliant, but I'm on easter hols at the moment (I'm back at work full time) so i've tended to bear the brunt in the last few weeks. Someone PLEASE tell me he'll sleep a bit better son, that his cough will eventually stop, and that he'll start eating something approximating normal food soon. On top of my growing feelings of inadequacy, i've also received bad news about my mum's health, which i cant even begin to process at the moment as it seems that every waking moment I'm anxious about my baby. I'm so crap at the Mum thing - I've started to second guess every thing i do, to the point where i dont feel i'm enjoying having my baby at all - all my friend with babies of similar ages seem to be coping brilliantly and having a marvellous time - what's wrong with me???

[MrsBadger]

have you ever offered him finger food?

the introduction of lumpy stuff on a spoon causes problems for a lot of babies, refluxy or not