Reposting from the antenatal thread...
Ugh, got earache. Last thing I bloody need!
amber / essie / sybil It's just occured to me this evening to mention something which could help you guys with the difficult nights - having seemed to be a cheery soul storm had a few nights where she seemed almost colicky - definitely windy and unhappy.
I'd read that if you eat lots of dairy then your milk can have too much lactose in it and that can disagree with LO. So, I've had a pretty much dairy free few days since and, hey presto, no wind!
It's really hard for me as I'm a dairy fiend, but it really seems to have helped - just thought it was something you could try.
amber re the c section, I found it so hard carting storm around in the first couple of weeks. Don't forget that ibuprofen is fine while BF (or are you FF, can't remember?). I'm almost six weeks post op and still taking arnica daily, rubbing in arnica cream, scoffing paracetomol when it hurts and also applying ibuprofen gel around the wound area. Maybe these could help?
And don't feel like you're a bad mum. The first few weeks are so damn hard. Storm will be six weeks on Sunday and, while we still have bad days/ nights, it's nothing like as hard as those first couple of weeks, really. There is light at the end of the tunnel.