Sorry lovely - haven't been trying to not scare you (or add to your fears maybe) by not telling you when E got better, its just that with her its difficult to pinpoint how much of her problem was the reflux and how much stemmed from the other issues we had with her.
If I had to put an age on it I would say it was probably about 9 months that she really turned the corner with her reflux issues. She was a precocious little miss and was up and furniture crawling by about 8.5 months and walking properly just a smidge over 9 months. Her self propelled mobility seemed to really help getting her little digestive system working better.
Like Trill said, that seems like so far away from where you are now but look at my ticker lovely. Not only have I had two babies with severe reflux, I'm back for a third who in all likelihood will have the same issues. As hellish as it is at the moment, you, Mr J and Miss J will all come out the other side. In the meantime, if you can afford it, get a cleaner so you know that at least one a week/fortnight your house is getting a good clean. Do your grocery shopping online. Get DH to take your little screaming miss for an hour or so on the weekend and take Mr J out for some special time just the two of you. And most importantly - get out by yourself once a week if you can. As stupid as it sounds, I think the 40 minute psych sessions I went to for PND were as therapeutic for the time out aspect for me as they were the clinical side of things. Even if all you do is head to the shops and sit down for a coffee with a book you'll get a bit of a boost to deal with it all again.
ETA: I have these little fantasies that I'm going to be able to dreamily push my new princess in her pram through a shopping centre. Then when I've had enough of window shopping I'm going to sit down at a cafe, give my girl a snuggily, quiet breastfeed and then put her back in her pram for a sleep while I relax and enjoy a yummmy coffee and read my magazine. I've seen actual real life people with babies do this!! ;-)
is your DD on medication? I know a lot of people dont like to medicate, but it was a godsend to us, that and solids. There is no way i would have coped nor would i have been able to continue bfing without medication, she got dehydrated from refusing to feed.
Even so, she was probably 9/10 mths before she eased up. she has been and is still clingy, even at 2.5yrs but is a lot better than when little.
I had her in an upright carrier, i found an activity table helped, then the jolly jumper and a walker. There was many a time when she simply came to the loo with me, i showered when someone was around to hold her, or put whatever activity centre was flavour of the month in the bathroom. fwiw she still comes to the bathroom with me and unpacks the draws while im showering.
It does get better though, and while it seems forever away, the time really does fly by. goodluck
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