OMG WORST NIGHT EVER!
Oliver still gets bad wind pain. He screams and squirms and his tummy gets rock hard and he's just miserable. Last night he screamed for 12 freakin hours! I'm 99% sure it's wind because, basically, he stinks. That, and when he fed overnight (in the short, short breaks from screamfest '09) his tummy was gurgling and rumbling as the milk went down.
I tried - gripe water, bicycling his legs, tummy massage, warm compress, "colic" hold, panadol, brauer's colic relief, bouncing him and 2 warm baths. He'd finally drift off after about 2.5hours of crying, then would be awake 20minutes later, starting the whole saga all over again! I can't think of anything different I've eaten. Am wondering if perhaps his gut flora is all out of whack from the ab's he was on for his ear infection, coz when he did a poo this morning it stunk! He's finally calmed down but jesus! I'm thinking about taking him in to see a baby chiro next week, there's one that's supposed to be really good in the next suburb, and I figure it can't hurt.
Sorry, I'm no help with the sleep, Oliver really only sleeps for 45mins too. The only time he tends to sleep longer is if he's swaddled (which I'm trying to wean him off of). He's asleep atm, in his sleeping bag, with his arms inside (I figure it's similar to swaddling, but his arms can move a little more). The nurse recommended to me to go in after 35 minutes and wait until he showed the first signs of waking, resettling him before he was completely awake. Apparently most babies wake somewhere between 35 - 50mins after going to sleep, and after a few times, you'd know exactly when to go in. Supposedly this only takes a few days until they learn not to wake at this time? Dunno, everytime I tried it Noah had to come in to see what was happening so it was a dismal failure. Also I still hold Ollie to sleep 80% of the time. Not a habit I want to get in to though, Noah had to be rocked off to sleep until he was enormous, like 15months I think.
About to lose (what's left of) my mind.