Saturday night I actually thought I was going to get some time to myself to blog *gasp* while not at work! And I did, but I did it on my weight loss blog.
Sadly though the post that should have taken 15 minutes tops took me over an hour.
Starting Friday night I decided it was time for Laney to start sleeping in her own bed. I don't need 2 girls that won't sleep alone in their room and I swore I wouldn't let it happen. Well, at 5.5 months old I can see that I may have started a little too late. But I have been making Laney take her naps in her bed for a few weeks now. I even take her in and lay her down awake for her naps. Once in a while I have to go in and have to rock to her to sleep, but that's better than her being in my bed.
So anyway, Friday night went great, she slept in there until 1am when she woke up for her nightly meds and feeding. At this point I brought her back to my bed. I do this so that I actually have a chance to fall back asleep before my alarm normally goes off (at 3:30am).
Saturday all was good, except she seemed to be having some trouble getting comfortable and was acting as if she was fighting sleep. Now I learned with Lilli that if I laid her down before she was tired she would scream, talk whatever until I can in. But Laney was tired! Her eyes were all red, she was rubbing them and so on. But she couldn't get comfortable. Once she finally did, she slept for 2 hours. She was pretty good the rest of the day until it was time for bed. At her normal bed time of 8pm I took her into her room to feed her rather than laying in bed with mommy. After eating it didn't take long for her to fall asleep. Unfortunately within 20 minutes of falling asleep again she was awake and not going back to sleep. She'd start to fall asleep and would all of a sudden throw her head back arching her back. Then she'd try to curl right up into a ball or throw herself from side to side. Most of the time with her eyes closed and a thumb in her mouth. This went on until almost 11pm. She managed to sleep until 2, but it took longer than normal for her to go back to sleep then and then she was up again from 4 to 5. Sunday was filled mostly with eating, wanting to be held and some sleeping. She actually did quite well at the outside birthday party we attended my niece. Although I held her most of the time, she napped on my shoulder and didn't cry too much when I put her down in her seat so I could eat. On the 15 minute car ride home she fell asleep and even stayed asleep while I got her out of her seat and in the house. It wasn't until gave her meds that she opened her eyes and sissy thought she needed "watch" her. She has a very hard time understanding that no talking means NO talking. So again last night I was up with little Laney until 11 with the same screaming, as Saturday night, only this time my alarm was going off at 3:30 am!
If you do not wish to read about my daughter's bowel movements you may want to stop reading now...
So here's my worry, I don't know if all this is reflux related or not. Right now she is on 2 medications. One for the reflux (twice a day) and one that is supposed to help her digest faster and not spit up so much (every 6 hours). I think they are both technically working, but also causing another major problem. She isn't pooping. My poor girl is going 3 days without a messy diaper and even when they come they are not normal. The last decent one was like paste. As of right now the last one she had was Friday morning and that was more like a messy fart. And the one she had yesterday I can't even count because it looked more like a booger came out her ass. yes, it was even greenish and sticky.
And my poor girl can't get the gas out either! I've tried rice cereal and oatmeal (both made with apple juice), I've tried not giving it to her, I've tried diluted apple juice and tonight will be plums (prunes are just dried up plums). If this doesn't work I don't know what I'm going to do.
Sadly though the post that should have taken 15 minutes tops took me over an hour.
Starting Friday night I decided it was time for Laney to start sleeping in her own bed. I don't need 2 girls that won't sleep alone in their room and I swore I wouldn't let it happen. Well, at 5.5 months old I can see that I may have started a little too late. But I have been making Laney take her naps in her bed for a few weeks now. I even take her in and lay her down awake for her naps. Once in a while I have to go in and have to rock to her to sleep, but that's better than her being in my bed.
So anyway, Friday night went great, she slept in there until 1am when she woke up for her nightly meds and feeding. At this point I brought her back to my bed. I do this so that I actually have a chance to fall back asleep before my alarm normally goes off (at 3:30am).
Saturday all was good, except she seemed to be having some trouble getting comfortable and was acting as if she was fighting sleep. Now I learned with Lilli that if I laid her down before she was tired she would scream, talk whatever until I can in. But Laney was tired! Her eyes were all red, she was rubbing them and so on. But she couldn't get comfortable. Once she finally did, she slept for 2 hours. She was pretty good the rest of the day until it was time for bed. At her normal bed time of 8pm I took her into her room to feed her rather than laying in bed with mommy. After eating it didn't take long for her to fall asleep. Unfortunately within 20 minutes of falling asleep again she was awake and not going back to sleep. She'd start to fall asleep and would all of a sudden throw her head back arching her back. Then she'd try to curl right up into a ball or throw herself from side to side. Most of the time with her eyes closed and a thumb in her mouth. This went on until almost 11pm. She managed to sleep until 2, but it took longer than normal for her to go back to sleep then and then she was up again from 4 to 5. Sunday was filled mostly with eating, wanting to be held and some sleeping. She actually did quite well at the outside birthday party we attended my niece. Although I held her most of the time, she napped on my shoulder and didn't cry too much when I put her down in her seat so I could eat. On the 15 minute car ride home she fell asleep and even stayed asleep while I got her out of her seat and in the house. It wasn't until gave her meds that she opened her eyes and sissy thought she needed "watch" her. She has a very hard time understanding that no talking means NO talking. So again last night I was up with little Laney until 11 with the same screaming, as Saturday night, only this time my alarm was going off at 3:30 am!
If you do not wish to read about my daughter's bowel movements you may want to stop reading now...
So here's my worry, I don't know if all this is reflux related or not. Right now she is on 2 medications. One for the reflux (twice a day) and one that is supposed to help her digest faster and not spit up so much (every 6 hours). I think they are both technically working, but also causing another major problem. She isn't pooping. My poor girl is going 3 days without a messy diaper and even when they come they are not normal. The last decent one was like paste. As of right now the last one she had was Friday morning and that was more like a messy fart. And the one she had yesterday I can't even count because it looked more like a booger came out her ass. yes, it was even greenish and sticky.
And my poor girl can't get the gas out either! I've tried rice cereal and oatmeal (both made with apple juice), I've tried not giving it to her, I've tried diluted apple juice and tonight will be plums (prunes are just dried up plums). If this doesn't work I don't know what I'm going to do.
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