My god - sleeping standing children sounds scary! My friend says she went in to check on her DS last night and he was asleep with eyes open. Wouldn't have been too bad if he hadn't had a nose bleed so was surrounded by blood!
After our awful hideous screaming meltdown last night I managed to get him to take 40ml of formula which calmed him enough that I could bf him. Had to hold his hands and give dummy until he went to sleep, but he then slept for 4 hours - must've tired himself out. He then woke at 2am for a huge feed, which he then vommed over the whole bed. My fault - think he had a wind bubble I'd not got out before feed. Today he's been fine. We are winding him throughout each feed and he has Infacol before the feed. I have gripe water and really want to give it to him but it says not before 1 month and he's not 1 month until Friday. Reckon it's ok? My mum's put fear of god into me saying it's really harsh stuff and I should wait. Think she is maybe harking back to days when it had alcohol in it, rather than lovely apple flavoured stuff.
I think the key to our problems is winding him loads and getting on top of the over-tiredness by trying to spot it better before it goes too far. I've been following the EASY system (eat, activity, sleep, you) and it works as long as I don't get thrown off it. But if I put him down to sleep and he then wakes up only after 20 mins, he will then want food. If I then feed him then he needs burping and usually changing, by which time he's too tired and won't go for nap, then wants food again. So it all ends up topsy turvy and that's when I realise he's not slept for a few hours and he then screams the house down. The screaming is when he then takes in loads of air which causes the wind, plus he gobbles loads when he feeds and I have fast flow - both of which contribute. sigh it all gets a bit much but I'm trying to stay positive that we've at least cracked the sore tummy thing - as long as I keep on top of the leg bicycling, massage, winding often, feeding above the nipple so that the fast flow doesn't pour into his mouth and choke him, putting him down to sleep before he's overtired etc etc.
I really struggle to find time for no nappy time and tummy time, which I'm aware I should also be doing. His bum is sore at the moment because of the runny poo and he wees all the time. We change him every hour or so but he still has a sore bum. Trying to do as much no nappy time as possible.
Putting sleepyhead in snuzpod has totally made a difference, he doesn't wake up as much. He still does wake up in sleep lots though - the legs come up and he squeals in pain. If he does that then I try to burp him again and do some bicycling of the legs.
Will write more later - have to catch up with posts!