BS - I do keep Amelia up for at least 30 minutes after a feed. She hates sleeping on her side unless she's in bed with me, so we curl up together and I give her my finger to suck on if she's unsettled. I have lifted one end of the bassinet but I think she hates it because she can't see out of it, whereas the pram she can still see whats going on if she wants to (although, she is currently sleeping in her bassinet and has been there for over an hour now). I haven't really been avoiding any foods except cabbage. After a whole week without wind issues, I ate some coleslaw and we had issues again, so cabbage is a definite no-no. Since she isn't really having issues with wind anymore, I haven't bothered cutting out anything else, but I don't eat a lot of spicy food anyway. I don't think Amelia's reflux is wind related. It's to do with the sphincter between the throat and the stomach being immature so not keeping the food in the stomach. It's worse when she's stressed, ie right before a big poo or when it the weather is really hot (which it has been quite a bit lately). Today has been a pretty good day though. Well done Eva for sleeping so well. Hopefully its the beginning of a pattern.
Lord help you dealing with the first one after two weeks! Liam does at LEAST 4 a day, and they're beauties! This may be way TMI but it actually makes a Mum kinda proud. Ha ha!
Do you have her crib/bassinet up on an angle as well? We've found that this really helps Liam.
He was a complete angel yesterday, smiling, giggling, awake...just lovely.
I have all the baby einstein lullaby CD and classics (betthoven, Mozart, Bach, Vivaldi etc...) as well as some Cds a cousin got me where they sing and put her name into all the songs in hebrew...Or I play some pop or Bob Marley (she loves Bob Marley!) or the beatles or even some Beyonce and stuff like that...Basically whatever I listen too...I played baby einstein for her from when I was 4 months along so she calms down with it. I usually play her music during bathtime and during breakfast while she is winding down for her 9am nap...Sundays is always reggae though!! 
It's tough being a mum and having all the responsibility of another human on your shoulders but remember you are doing a fantastic job so don't beat yourself up lovely girl. It's fantastic Amelia slept 7 hours...I know you said her times are out of whack re day/night but it's a start and she'll get there. It's hard like you say with DH getting home late but if that's how it is for now just go with it. There's no rules or set times I reckon so do what fits in with your life. Who cares if you sleep till 11.00 am! Have you tried Amelia in her cot? I found my Amelia settled so much better in the cot as she was too cramped in her bassinette. I didn't expect to have her out of our room and the basinette until she was 3 months old but I wasn't to know she was going to be a long baby either ha ha. Just remember everyone has different ups and downs and positives and negatives, no-one is a perfect mum and no-one has a perfect baby, we do what we can, the best we can and personally as long as they have food and love that's the most important thing and you're giving her that so there you go! Don't worry about the dummy either, I use one to settle Amelia, she pops it out when she falls to sleep and I don't put it back in. There's nothing wrong with it and it's much easier to take a dummy off them down the track, you can't remove their thumb if they suck that instead! Feel better soon mate, you're doing great remember that. xx
Don't worry about the breakdown, we all have them!! Things WILL get better, I promise you. You just have to hold on to that thought. With the Happy Baby dummies...its the cherry ones. Tho I haven't tried Michael with the orthodontic ones. but he LOVES his "dodie" as I call it...when I first put it in he sucks so hard and his eyes roll around and he makes these cooing noises, he just loves it! But he's same as Alison's Amelia, he'll spit it out when he's asleep so I don't put it back in.
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