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Help with a dummy problem

Hi

This was us a few months ago! My little boy had severe silent reflux and has had a dummy to help neutralise the acid since he was born. His reflux is controlled by lansoprazole but he's growing out of it now. I remember being at my wits end, the same as you, when Alex was about 5 months old as we were also constantly getting up on dummy duty endless times a night as Alex LOVES his dummy. Anyway, no advice as such as I didn't want Alex to be weaned off his dummy due to it helping so much with his reflux...however I do want to say there's light at the end of the tunnel and you're not far off your little one being able to put it back in themselves!! From about 6 and a bit months Alex could stroke his hands round his cot and find and put back in his dummy. Not all the time mind...but we just had to make sure there were plenty scattered around his cot!

Another thing I've just discovered is the sleepytot. Not sure if you've heard of it but it's a little cuddly rabbit with Velcro paws that you attach dummies to and you train your baby to feel for the dummies on the end of the paws. I've read that it takes about a week and they're only about ??10. Might be worth a shot??

Anyway, hopefully you're not too far away from your lo finding their own dummies and I'm afraid I've not really got any helpful advice as I didn't want to get rid of my lo's dummy and just endured it for a while longer!! Good luck
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Baby won't sleep on back

Hi hun

Your story sounds identical to mine with my little boy Alex. As he was our first, I didn't really know that all of his sickness wasn't quite normal...he was sick all the time and if we put him on his back at night he was just vomit and choke and he made these awful noises he ended up sleeping on my chest in bed for about 10 weeks until we hit breaking point And friends and family told me this wasn't normal for a baby to be so sicky! Anyway he was finally diagnose with reflux and silent reflux and for us, our only route was quite strong medication called lansoprazole...but this is only because
Alex's case was so severe. I just wanted to echo what others have said about tummy sleeping though. Even though everyone frets about it, it is actually the best way for a reflux baby to sleep as in terms of how the tummy is set up, sleeping on your front means that the milk (and acid in alex's case) can't escape back up the pipe. Alex was never ever sick on his front but we did buy an angelcare baby sensor monitor just in case. He finally started sleeping (although he still doesn't sleep through!) but putting him on his tum helps so much. Oh and he couldn't roll either when we started putting him on his front. The hv used to freak when I told her he slept on his tum and couldn't roll! Alex is now 10 months old and still loves his tummy sleeping all the best xxxx

Sleep help- just don't know what to do

Thank you all I went back to bed 7.30 - 8.45 so feeling less like my life is about to end now! It always feels so much worse when you're in the middle of it all and it's an obscene hour and no one else is up!

He's been chewing his muslin like mad this morning, cried through his breakfast and I remembered he'd done two bad poos yesterday do maybe it is teeth? Who knows!

Hes been crawling a few weeks now but only the last few days has learnt to pull himself up and he's just started moving his legs when you hold him up in a walking motion.I suppose could be another possibility why he's so unsettled.

And I agree kayecee that maybe I'm picking him up so much that he's associating his cot with crying so I think leaving him might be the step I need to take once I've initially calmed him down. And good idea about the snoozeshades - I hadn't heard of those.

Thanks again for your replies. I'm going to get an early night (again!) tonight and start prepared to hear some crying!!

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Thanks again for your replies. I'm going to trial

Sleep help- just don't know what to do

Thanks ally. I just feel more exasperated by it all as im back at work next week and after months of a routine....its all gone to pot!! Argh.

Thanks for thinking of me xxxx

Sleep help- just don't know what to do

Hi girls

I probably shouldnt be writing this when I'm so upset as it's probably just going to sound like a big emotional rant and I should probably wait til I'm more clear headed. I've had yet another horrendous night with my 9 month old baby and I was wondering whether anyone can give me any tips or advice??

Alex has never been a great sleeper. I believe part of this is due to him having such severe reflux which he is medicated for. He was sick a lot in his sleep and couldn't sleep lying flat so spent many weeks asleep on my chest whilst I sat upright to stop him vomiting. He also had lots of feeds through the night as he could never take more than a couple of ounces at a time through the day because of the reflux so would need feeds in the night as he was never full enough.

Anyway, we cut out his night feeds about 7 weeks ago and for a time he was sleeping great. Not quite sleeping through as he still needed settling/dummy a couple of times a night but I was able to get more than a string of 3 hours asleep!! Hes also weaned (although is still only ok pureed food as he can't tolerate lumps very well without vomiting)

My problems really started about a week and a half ago. He's started waking up literally every hour screaming. When I go in he's in floods of tears and is sat bolt upright and he looks so scared. It really upsetting to see him like it. I've been picking him up as I was upset seeing him like that too but he then just won't go back to sleep or if he does it's for like 50 mins then the same thing happens again. Are these night terrors? I'm just confused though as I've read that when they cry they are still asleep but Alex is very much awake?

I thought maybe it's because I'm picking him up but I tried last night to just shush in his ear and stroke his back but when he did eventually stop crying (15 mins) he woke up again an hour later crying and sitting upright again. I'm so confused. I thought maybe teeth but he's fine once I pick him up...he just doesnt want to go back into his cot. He's not showing any signs of teething in the day either and is eating fine etc.

The only thing that's sort of changed is that he's been having longer naps in the day. He will only sleep in his cot (sigh) and when we're out he just refuses to sleep and gets overtired. When he does nap in the afternoon though he can sleep for about 2 hours so it's quite a big thing for him not to have this but apart from staying in every afternoon (which I can't always do) I can NOT get him to sleep (pram/car seat/on me etc) could losing his nap disturb his sleep so much??

Sorry this sounds a bit like clutching at straws and I really hope it's maybe a phase...but I'm just really struggling to cope at the min Im also 15 weeks pregnant and don't think pregnancy hormones help with me getting upset a lot!! I am married but i don't oh helping in the night time mainly because he works a stressful job and I want him to rest but also he normally does the opposite to what I want him to do and I'd rather just do it myself!! And I do keep going to bed early to try and get some sleep in before Alex does all his waking and crying...but I'm feeling like Im
Not spending anytime with oh as he gets home from work, we have tea and then
I go to bed!!

Any advice greatly appreciated...do you think it could be night terrors? Do I need to be more strict and stop picking him up when he cries?? Should I make sure he gets the second nap? I just feel so lost with it all

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Grrrr

I know exactly how you feel chick.

My lo is only 8 months old so the few people who I've told have assumed that this baby is an 'accident'....which it certainly is not!!! We very much planned this baby as I've always wanted children close together. I'm sick to death of adding 'yes, it was planned thank you very much' to the end of every conversation.

In fact, most of family's comments were 'oh my god, you're not are you'??! Are they bringing up this child? No. Have they been involved in the upbringing of my son? No. So what has it got to do with them?? David had to tell his boss the other day as we needed to go to an appointment and he said that his boss slapped his face in shock and then went to say something along the lines of 'unlucky mate' before David pointed out that we'd been trying to get pregnant. Bloody cheek!!!

So annoying isn't it! Xxxxxx

Antibodies in blood - any experiences?

Hi girls

Well had a bit of a stressful day yesterday I'm 11 weeks pregnant and had my booking in scan 2 weeks ago when they took my blood.

Basically, a woman from the hospital rang me yesterday and asked me
'if i was driving, because if I am I need to sit down as they needed to talk to me about a problem with my blood' !!!! I thought she was going to tell me i was seriously ill or something the way she started the conversation..I started crying straight away (in the middle of marks and Spencers cafe!) anyway, she eventually said it was because they had found antibodies in my blood. They need my husband to for blood tests next week too.

The reason that I'm confused is because my blood type is O+ so the antibodies I've got aren't the rh- ones that would mean I need the anti d injection. I did have a blood transfusion after the birth of my son last year (3 pints) and I can only assume it's something to do with this? Everything I've seen on the Internet is about rh-, which I'm not. Does anyone have any experience of this?

The lady on the phone said we need to come and see a consultant straight after my scan on the 28th and wouldn't tell me what the implications of these antibodies are on my baby.

Just thought Id ask on here to see if anyone knew anything? I ended up going to bed at about 8 last night as she'd stressed me out so much thinking i was terminally ill or the first 30 seconds of the conversation!!!

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Sleep help- just don't know what to do

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