My 8 month old ds is breastfed, eating solids well and generally sleeps well but we have recently had a new problem!
He has a long sleep after lunch but when he stirs during the sleep he is ..well..to put it frankly..doing a poo! This then stops him going back to sleep as he has already had normally about an hours sleep (where as he used to have 1 1/2 to 2) but he remains very tired all afternoon and this has occasionally led to overtired screaming come bedtime.
Today he slept for about 40 mins and was not going back to sleep so I guessed the dirty nappy..gone in and changed him and put him back down. Not sure if he has gone back to sleep yet...
This problem, although sounding silly and trivial I know, is really really getting to me and I don't know what, if anything I can do about it! He does a fair amount of poo throughout the day..he always has which I am told is because he is a breastfed baby. His baby friends (who are all bottle fed) only poo once a day I am told!!
Anyway...not really sure what I want from this posting...just feedback I suppose to get any ideas. It doesn't really make any difference what food he has (although if people have any ideas as to what foods may be "better"?) and I have mentioned to my hv that he does poo alot and she said that it isn't a problem. Well it wasn't until now! It is just so tiring for him and me and I know that when he has a bad sleep that I will have to go out for a mega long walk in the afternoon to try and get him to sleep so that come the evening we don't get the overtired screaming (which also is very stressful!)
Sorry for waffling on!!