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Evening nightmare with 5 month old

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Salhal · 22/08/2010 23:04

This is my first post on here so really hope someone can help.
My 5 month old DD is fine during the day but terrible on an evening. This had escalated from crankiness to screaming and vomiting. DD is BF and I'm starting to wonder if I'm doing something wrong (first time mum and all that), or if something I'm eating could be upsetting her. We've never had much of a routine but no matter what I try at bedtime the same thing happens. She usually has a feed at 8pm and falls asleep, I put her down in her cot, she wakes screaming, then pukes the full feed, screams and then following a further feed usually goes to sleep at about 10 ish. She doesn't sleep through and wakes during the night at least twice to feed.
Does this sound in any way normal? She is small but gaining weight and following her own curve etc. Everyone else's babies seem to go to bed at 7 ish, without all this screaming and vomiting and I just feel that I'm totally getting it wrong and by 10 pm I've pretty much had enough and feel like joining in the screaming myself!

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ThatDamnDog · 22/08/2010 23:13

Within the realms of normal, yes, possibly. Has she always been like this? Is it getting better or worse? Is she exclusively breastfed? And how is her napping in the daytime?

Salhal · 22/08/2010 23:19

She is ex BF and had always been cranky on an evening and also a sicky baby but she has got worse over the last few weeks. Her naps during the day aren't great but she usually has 2 or 3 probably of about 45 min to an hour. Thank you for the reply.

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Idrinkthereforeiam · 22/08/2010 23:28

My dd vomited every evening from around 5 months, was previously considered 'colicy' but nothing compared to that. We had night after night of the same and she only vomited the night bottle, used to fuss over the afternnon one and rarely took it. At 9 months finally had her refered as a reflux baby as she stopped gaining weight (from 6 to 12 months). Meds worked overnight, literally and symptoms only reappeared when she had a s&d bug.

I also found acidophilus worked really well to
repair the gut, after all that vomiting. Talk to the gp
but be firm and be ready for some foot stamping if required.

I thought I would end up on the funny farm at one point !

Salhal · 23/08/2010 07:45

I think I am heading for the funny farm! I spoke to hv last week and she said it was just one of those things! Which didn't help, I'll try the gp and see if I get anywhere!

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