IAteRoseMaryConleyForBreakfast ·
31/03/2008 12:29
DS is 8 months old and I posted recently about him having diarrhoea for the last week. I've posted many times about him being windy and farty in the past.
The thing is, and I don't think I'm imagining it, he's getting worse. A couple of months ago he'd be waking 2-3 times most nights, which was really fine by me, and it felt like progress. He'd just BF back to sleep, or if he had trapped wind some massage sorted it quickly.
Last night: Bed at half 7, took half an hour to settle, woke at 9 with a sore tummy, after half an hour was obviously not going to settle, I went to bed with him where he groaned and moaned for another half hour, woke at half 12, groaning and moaning and writhing and crying until around half 2, huge squirty poo and farts, cried and writhed for another half hour then asleep, woke briefly at 5 then up for day at 7, will only settle on his side in the crook of my arm with me patting his bum.
That's fairly representative of most nights in the last month. I'm back to pretty much FT work now too, and totally exhausted. I've had one 5 hour and a few 4 hour stretches of sleep since he was born, otherwise 2 and 3 hour chunks every night. He's now painful during the daytime too, and massage isn't working as his tummy is too hard and sore and he stiffens his legs so I can't bicycle them. Due to his constant wind and crappy sleep I've tried Infacol, Colief, Dentinox, gripe water, fennel tea, chamomile tea, dairy free, gluten free, caffeine free, cranial osteopathy, tilting the cot, tummy sleeping, side sleeping, you name it.
We've got a doctor's appointment tomorrow but I am fairly sure we'll be told he'll grow out of it. I've been told this repeatedly since he was born and it's wearing thin, especially as things seem to be worsening. I'm sooooo tired, but worst is having to see him crying and writhing in pain with a tummy like a drum and being unable to help him. Most advice seems aimed at burps, which aren't the problem - it's like milk and food is fermenting in his gut and creating loads of wind.
I'm just hoping for an an answer, doubt it exists though