July 2021 Birth Club


So I have posted before about little one struggling with reflux at night. He will go in his crib after his feed around 10/11 if he is in a deep sleep afterwards. He then won't go down at all in between feeds without a lot of squirming, gurgling, general noise and sometimes vomiting, he also won't sleep anywhere other than the pram in the day. I think it is a case of reflux, trapped wind and also a little bit of knowing that sleeping on mummy is so much better. He is only comfortable sleeping on his tummy on me but I keep falling asleep like this which is dangerous. Oh tries to help but is super busy at work and is also tired and there is no way I am handing baby over to someone who is even more likely to fall asleep than I am I have even considered bed sharing with him and making oh sleep elsewhere (he is a heavy smoker) but he still won't lie anywhere other than on my chest so is still unsafe. I am exhausted, I can manage a couple of hours in the morning but that isn't proper sleep as I know he is on my chest so try to stay half awake. I can't sleep during the day as he still won't go down. I try and get a little sleep when oh gets home but this is when we need to be doing dinner, bath etc, I have only been having one proper bath a week because its a choice between sleep or bath. I love baby and we never thought we would be able to have him so I'm trying to appreciate everything including the not so good bits but I am literally exhausted right now 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️
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  • Hey 👋 so sorry to hear your absolutely exhausted, my LG has bad reflux and is on losec mups for it have you been to your gp ? She was only settling on me and the nighttime’s were hard ! She’s a different baby now 🥰 still gets sick but no longer in pain . The sling is a godsend in the day and before bed I give her a bath and sing to her then put her in her co sleeper she settles once I’m lying next to her ! Oh I also bathe with my LG which she adores at least then I know I’m clean 😃 and it’s a beautiful bonding experience
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