I am absolutely shattered.
7 week old Baby goes to bed at 8.30 after a feed and wakes midnight-1am. He's FF comfort milk. I did breastfeed but a combo of poor latch, reflux and slow weight gain meant I had to introduce a bottle and even with my electric breast pump my milk dried up within a few days. I already feel guilty enough for not being able to BF as long as I was planning to.
It is literally every half an hour. I feed him at 12.30 say, it takes half an hour to feed the milk, half an hour to burp him. Then I put him down and he's awake 30 mins later and the process starts all over again. I'm not sleeping as he grunts and fidgets the entire time he's not lying on my stomach.
Shushing, patting his bum, replacing spat out dummy doesn't work. He grunts, fidgets until he eventually cries out. I tend to him before he starts really crying.
He then wakes every half an hour until 6am when he has his morning poo.
He has been diagnosed with silent reflux, have tried everything except Zantac but the dr wants to wait until the end of the week to try it.
His bed is raised at the head, he is held for 30 mins to help him sleep and to let the milk down after every feed. Gripe water worked for 2 weeks then seemed to lose its effect. Infacol is a faff to give and doesn't work for DS. He has gaviscon, carobel and his comfort milk.
I am literally at my wits end. I just spend the day crying as DS doesn't sleep during the day either. DH is at work and my mum is on a 3 month holiday so I have nobody to have him to catch up on sleep. I also have an 8 year old to look after.
I am not exaggerating when I say he doesn't sleep. Car rides and long walks do nothing. Hours in the sling don't work. He has his morning poo at 6 then he is awake until 1pm when he has a 30 min nap. Then he has an hour nap at 5pm. That's all.
Sorry for long rambling post I am in tears wondering what I have done to deserve this.