Something has to change...

It is hard but because I can see the difference I do it. Giving up chocolate however is really testing me. Don't even mention Easter eggs...!

Allergies can present as reflux - I think it's attributed as underlying cause in a large proportion of cases. It's because the allergens irritate the gut. Other babies may present as lactose intolerant, when it's actually caused by colitis, due to allergy. Just for eg.
Do you have a family history of allergies?

Oh yes I forgot to mention that I done a full dairy elim with DS and saw big improvements. He still woke a lot, but was much easier to resettle and didnt appear to be in as much discomfort. It was hard at first, but after about a month and seeing improvements was great motivation to keep going. I done occasional tests with cows milk back in my diet, within a week he'd be back to very restless uncomfortable sleep. He is much better now he has gotten older, he can tolerate it much better. Cheese & yoghurt he tolerated well earlier, but cows milk took a while. And he was ALWAYS such a happy little dude during the day, and his day naps were pretty good most of the time. Which meant of course that well meaning people like family thought I was full of crap when I kept saying there was something more than just "bad" sleeping habits waking him at night (re co-sleeping and not letting him cry. All I needed to do was let him cry in his cot to get him sleeping better apparently *rollseyes*)

oh yeah, dairy is a trigger here too.

OMG!!!!
I settled her to bed last night, it took a few goes, but she was offically asleep at 8pm....she didn't wake up until 230am!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I bf her, she was asleep again in minutes, woke again at 3am for a quick cuddle and then she slept until 6am!!!!!!
=O =O =O
I feel fantastic =D
yesterday she had breaky, and we gave her a snack mid morning and she had a bigger snack at 430ish pm, but didnt eat much, I was worried she would be hungry, but she was fine =)
so maybe she isn't quite ready for solids yet. we will just cut back, ease her into it and go from there. I will tell the nurse all about it tomorrow though and see if she has any ideas.
thankyou so much for your help girls, its good to know I can keep coming back in here and throw some ideas around and get some support.

Yay for a good nights sleep.