Hello. Sporadic lurker and poster here. Especially when this thread moves so fast!
chunky my EBF son was happily going from a dream feed at 10:30ish to 5/6am when he was 9 weeks old. Then he hit 10.5 weeks and was up in the night again and really fussy in the day. I was a bit at a loss to explain it as it didn't seem to fit in any normal growth spurt fussy phases but when he got to 11 weeks he stopped again and last night went to 6.45 before waking up - hurrah! Now I'm just waiting for the 12 week growth spurt, unless that was it early?!
I've got a reflux-y baby too. I tried gaviscon with DS1 and it was such a hassle I gave up and just did a lot of washing. This time I'm just going with a lot of washing as I don't think it's affecting his weight. My husband thinks it's not as bad this time but I disagree. The boy can sick anytime after his feed until the next one, the later sicks are just cheesier and smell horribly cheesy! Plus you can hear him swallowing it back down again and again. He is a bit bothered by it but not so much that I am going to ask for medication as theoretically 4 months is when it starts to get better. Although it took my last one until about 9 months before things stayed down more consistently.
Daytime naps are a bit hit and miss but we're managing to get him down for 7.30pmish and then with a dreamfeed, has done until 6ish for a few nights in a row. We're doing bath, feed, story, bed with a lot of shushing.
The swaddling debate was quite interesting. I've had two big boys (11.11 and 10.9) and both have slept better whilst swaddled. This time round, F struggled and so I didn't bother for the first 7 weeks or so but when we tried putting him down upstairs in a quiet room rather than just on his bouncer with us in the evening, swaddling definitely helped him to go to sleep and stay asleep. He'd just smack himself in the face otherwise. My Mum had made me big thin blankets the first time round so we use those. Putting him upstairs also put an end to cluster feeding in the evenings as I think he was just unsettled in the bright lights and I thought he was hungry but he was just finding it hard to sleep. At least, that's my best guess.
Bf is going better now but we're still struggling with thrush I think. I still have symptoms so am continuing to use the cream to keep it at bay. I'm going to go to a BF clinic on Thursday which is highly recommended but a bit further away than the ones round here. F is taking daily antibiotics now as he's been hospitalised twice for IV antibiotics for urine infections plus he washes away any oral medication with his sickiness. I've found nystatin more useful than the gel, but I can't say why. Fortunately his first X-ray kidney test and ultrasound came back clear of problems but it does still leave it all a bit of a mystery why he's been ill twice. Just waiting for our outpatient appointment with the urologist now. Glad I hung on with BF despite spending days attached to the pump in hospital when he just fell asleep on me but took a bottle.
I was happy to see babies sounding like they are more settled after the 12 week spurt - although I'm trying not to wish his life away, I am looking forward to having a bit more predictable days!