Hi, my son is 5 weeks and he never sleeps for long. He is often grunting and trying to poo (usually from mid after noon to 6am is worse). At night he literally just grunts and strains all night long. We usually (touch wood) get one sleep at night of about 2-3 hours sleep but that' s it, the rest are shorter and are on me, or are when he and I fall asleep feeding. In the day he just doesn't sleep. IF Im lucky i might get one 45 min sleep, the rest I put him down and he's crying within 5-10 mins.
He feeds fine and seems to need feeding every 2.5 hours, even though he feeds for about an hour each time. He doesn't grunt when feeding (except during early hours as I dont burp, Im too tired and half asleep). He doesn't arch or anything and is happy if I pick him up and feed. He has runny mustard poos and lots of them!
Just wondered what other people do in this situation> I am cutting out dairy which is hard, and eggs, onion, choc, cafffeine, as my chiro told me to.
I also have a HUB but don't use it all the time (not alot actually) as I find Im trying to settle in his bed, then its' feed time and it's a vicious cycle.
My girls were also similar but I can't remember what I did and when it got better. Thanks
I am wishing you all the best. I am pretty much in the same situation during the day too. And same as you, I am managing a toddler as well.
Sleep school????
I am thinking of trying to get into the one around here.
my DD1 was like that. we just co-slept and fed on demand over night, it was the only way either of us got any sleep. she had silent reflux too, which the GP said was probably the reason for her unsettled sleep and wanting to sleep on me all the time. i cant quite remember when her day sleeps got better, must have been around the 6-12month mark.
I hope no-one takes offence to this, but isnt it normal for a 5wk old to have a sleep pattern like this?? I mean, I know its awfully hard (ive been thru it!) but gee 5 wks is still awfully young...
hang in there mumma2three - youre doing a good job
Yes we've tried the dummy!! Spits it a mile!!
As for sleep school Megie, I took both my DD's and after DD1 (whom it was the best thing ever) I felt I could've done a better job at home with DD2, so I will do it at home when he's older, I would like him to be at least 10 weeks as I dont think it would work when he's younger. I do gentle settling and at this point patting him while he's in the cot does nothing!! When I did it with DD2 at 9 weeks it worked a treat.
As for it being normal at 5 weeks to be like this, I dont know that there's a normal! But I do think for the babies wellbeing, it is nice if they get a stretch of sleep. So Im talking here maybe one 2-3 hour stretch every 24 hours. The rest 20 minute catnaps, maybe 1 45 min catnap. That means he's getting 5 hours every 24. Recommended I believe is at least 16-20 in a 24 hour period. So just going on that, no it's not normal what J is doing!
Also if there's a prob, like silent reflux, I guess it's good to hear from other people these are possibilities, I dont want him to be suffering unnecessarily.
But I do understand what you mean SS, I dont' really think anyone knows what's normal or what to expect!!
And this is number 3 for me, so Im well aware as my last 2 were not happy sleepers, but it's nice this time even to know there's others out there experiencing the same. Kind of lightens the load IYKWIM.
And also if people have had experiencing with dropping things from their diet while breastfeeding and it worked, I'd LOVE to know. I feel Im giving up everything incase it upsets his tum, and really Im just hungry and want to eat what I want!!(and I am still eating alot, just not exciting foods, and Im a foodie, Easter will be hard with no chockie)_!! So if someone has experience it might save me the trouble!!!
Thanks everyone for your input, much appreciated xoxo
Really really hard to settle...
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