Where to start? Breif history is ds was born with a hole in his bowel, has had surgery, has had digestive probs and allergies and intolerances, has been very unsettled little man, has had reflux and continues to have difficulty with sleeping and eating and constipation. At the moment we are day 5 into a "non specific virus". This has put ds off the very little amounts of food he was eating. Ds has not gained weight for 2months now.
Sleeping: Although he has never slept through ds is able to settle himself at times and we have has breif periods where he has only woken once in the nite. Since the virus has hit, ds sleeps for between 10 and 30 minutes and wakes very upset, it can take between 5mins -2 hours to settle him and then he will sleep between 190 and 30 minutes again, Im so exhausted I feel physically ill.
Eating: As said he is off food which has never been a strong point, he is also off water and bfeeding meaning he is getting slightly dehydrated making his constipation worse. Getting very worried about weight now and have tried everything, I offer regular meals, a mix of purees, mashes and finger foods, I let him feel food and play with it and lick it off his fingers, I have had picnics outside and on the lino with him, I eat with him, I try to sneak things like veges in via foods that he will sometimes have eg, he will generally eat crackers so I make vege spreads, hummus, pate, etc to pile on top. Doesnt generally work. He is bfeeding but has decreased this at the moment as well so I dont think he is filling himself up that way.
Constipation: He is on lactulose and coloxal sp? and when I can get them in him raisins, prunes, apricots, fibrous fruits and veges, he doesnt have banana and I try to get as much fluid into him as possible. The current situation is 9days without a bm and if no action by the w/e we need to take him in for an enema.
Virus: He just isnt kicking this virus, he is still getting temps on day 6, which are quite aggressive, he is on pamol 4 times a day and was on nurefen 2 times but as it is supposed to be taken wiht food was advised to stop as he is not eating. Temp goes between normal and 40. He has a nasty cough which is flaring up his asthma so is on 6 puffs of ventilin as needed. He is all blocked up which I suspect is why he doesnt want to bfeed much. In general he is miserable. We have been to doctors twice and hospital for observation once and go back to hospital on the weekend for enema if needed and admission if still no improvement. Help give me ideas how to help my baby, exhausted and worried!