Hi All, just a quick post, as I think I may need to get an early night - DD fed and fell asleep at 6pm, woke at 7.10pm, fed and gone back down in cot!! Fear for the night ahead of us (Plus, DS is really ill with cough and cold - temp at 99/37.5 this evening and fell asleep during his first story at 6.40pm - unheard of), imagine there will be some bed swapping going on tonight again in the Star househould (was like musical beds last night, what with getting up to DD and then DS needing to come into our bed with DH - I ended up in DS' bed from 5am this morning!)
BNJP - so sorry for continued sickiness. I wouldn't worry too much about the time before feeding after giving meds - if that makes sense?! Just give them a little time to work if you can. Now, I am only saying this as you asked....
I am not a medical professional and don't want to contradict one, especially as I haven't seen your DS, but as you asked my opinion, I will share with you what I know from experience about dairy intolerance - it does not necessarily manifest itself as eczema, especially in bf babies. My sister and cousin both had dairy intolerance (as does DS), but did not have eczema - just sickness and squitty nappies. With DS, eczema did not come out until he was weaned. So, if you want to keep going with bf and you think it's worth a shot, you could cut out all dairy from your diet and wait at least a week to see if there are differences - if it is dairy intolerance you should see the sickness reduce (because of reflux, it won't disappear totally). You will have to cut it out of your diet totally - this means no milk in your tea, no butter, yoghurt, cheese, no foods which have dairy in them (I am being particularly pedantic here, as i've seen threads where people ask "can I still have milk in my tea?"). It will need time to clear your system and not be going into your milk - hence the need to wait a week before expecting to see results. It is absolutely a personal thing whether you want to go down this route and give it a shot. I know it's not what you want to hear, but the difference with my DS came when we first started top up bottles morn and eve (although it was hypoallergenic formula, so it may have been that, which made the difference) and then at 18 weeks went totally onto formula. But every baby is different and you need to go with whatever makes you happy - you are doing fabulously, it is bloody hard work with a baby and toddler even without the reflux. I really hope you get a better night tonight. I really hope what I write is helpful, give me a shout on fb if you want to talk directly.
Diege - did I mention that tomorrow is a fab day for a Birth Day?! Don't worry about mw - as Ses/Sorky(?) said - they're not good at small talk (or remembering much about you as a person in my experience) - she probably forgets you're on midwife care!
Jules - glad Britney was good.
Kayz - yay for car.
GYo - We've just gone from one arm out to two arms out, as DD was wanting to soothe herself on her fingers (she likes to get her right hand fingers in her mouth and hold them in with her lefthand - not sure what's wrong with a thumb myself!). Also, I was sleeping in her room next to her cot since she went in her cot, until 2 nights ago, but have moved back in with DH and just get up to her feeds now (we do have a rocking chair in her room) - I felt I was disturbing her unnecessarily by being in her room - anything to help her sleep better! Think it's a personal thing - with DS I had the monitor on right next to my head every night until he was about 5 months old when we forgot to take it to my Mum's and realised we could actually hear him if we needed to without it!
Gruff - good to "see" you back - sounds lovely having your Mum to stay.
Ses - glad you're not worried about weight and appt went well - think you should just relax and get on with it. DD has been sticking like glue to 9th centile and is perfectly healthy (well, you know what I mean!) - they have different centiles for a reason and 1.5oz in 48 hours is entirely normal!
Waves to LBOT, IDOB, Sorky, Kooky (sorry for anyone I've missed).