Hello everyone, I am really struggling and hoping for some wise words from seasoned parents!
I have a gorgeous 11.5 month old breastfed girl. She is wonderful, bright, funny... Never been a good sleeper and never loved her solid food but managed. She's never been a difficult baby, very chilled, easy going and plays so well on her own for quite a while for her age.
The last week has been absolute hell on earth. She caught a virus from her cousin and had a high temperature, a rash and went right off her food. That was Tuesday night/ Wednesday morning and she has cried, whined and whinged ever since. Her temp was back to normal by Friday but she hasn't eaten more than 5 Cheerios in days, she won't settle to sleep at night (she is still fed to sleep but just screams and pushes me away, goes mad if I try!),
If she does go to sleep, she wakes either every hour or she'll have a long stretch then be awake and angry for 2 or 3 hours in the middle of the night.
During the day, she moans, whinged, hangs off my leg the whole time. When her Dad gets home from work, and i get away to put washing away or do something else, she just wails for me the whole time. She screams if she doesn't get her own way, she screams if we try and get her to eat, she just is so unhappy.
We have given her pain relief, made sure she naps well, she has plenty breast milk and looks well. She is perky, and active. She is just miserable and in turn, so am I.
I feel like my happy funny lovely baby has been replaced by this monster and in my head there is no end in sight.
Will I ever get her back?? Is this my life now??? Is it just the virus??
HELP!!!!!!