I posted in the night-time parenting forum about whether people thought the # of times my DD wakes in the night is normal, but haven't gotten a response, so went looking into allergy info. I'm thinking she might be reacting to something, but would appreciate your advice. The suggestion has come up thru out her short life multiple times, but never anything so bad that I really looked for more info.
When she was a newborn sometimes she seemed to refuse to latch and would just scream, and I did a diet dairy for a bit to see if that had anything to do with it, but I was dealing with a lot of other issues with our bfing relationship and when they resolved I forgot we'd ever suspected allergies and no one ever analyzed the diet dairy.
I think she may have eczema behind her ear. I've never seen it IRL and the pics Ive found on the internet are hard to compare, but it cycles thru bloody-crusty to yellow-crusty to slightly red and back again. It's been going on for 3 moths now and everything I've tried to heal it has only worked for a day at the most. There is only the small spot in the crease behind her ear though.
She wakes on average every 40 minutes thru-out the night. She will wake with a cry and the boob will get her back to sleep easily, but it's still a lot of waking. She's very restless at night too and quite gassy. Often she'll squirm around until she farts and will either then wake up crying or will (rarely) go back to sleep on her own.
Other than that though, she seems to be a happy, normal baby. There's nothing that screams allergies at me, but if she does have even a slight intolerance I'd rather cut that out of my diet. I feel a little silly even posting this though!
I had a respiratory allergy to wheat that was treated with shots (and no wheat while getting them) for 2 years when I was a kid, if that makes any difference. They then pronounced me "cured" and I've eaten wheat ever since.
If you *do* think my very limited list of suspicions are enough to warrant an ED, I'm worried about what I'll eat and if I'll lose too much weight. I've already lost *so* much weight from bfing, I don't have any to spare. I'm a lacto-ovo vegetarian, so if I cut out dairy, eggs, nuts, and soy... where will I get protein? I know I can cross those bridges if needed, but I need to decide whether I even have to go there first.
Thanks in advance!
When she was a newborn sometimes she seemed to refuse to latch and would just scream, and I did a diet dairy for a bit to see if that had anything to do with it, but I was dealing with a lot of other issues with our bfing relationship and when they resolved I forgot we'd ever suspected allergies and no one ever analyzed the diet dairy.
I think she may have eczema behind her ear. I've never seen it IRL and the pics Ive found on the internet are hard to compare, but it cycles thru bloody-crusty to yellow-crusty to slightly red and back again. It's been going on for 3 moths now and everything I've tried to heal it has only worked for a day at the most. There is only the small spot in the crease behind her ear though.
She wakes on average every 40 minutes thru-out the night. She will wake with a cry and the boob will get her back to sleep easily, but it's still a lot of waking. She's very restless at night too and quite gassy. Often she'll squirm around until she farts and will either then wake up crying or will (rarely) go back to sleep on her own.
Other than that though, she seems to be a happy, normal baby. There's nothing that screams allergies at me, but if she does have even a slight intolerance I'd rather cut that out of my diet. I feel a little silly even posting this though!
I had a respiratory allergy to wheat that was treated with shots (and no wheat while getting them) for 2 years when I was a kid, if that makes any difference. They then pronounced me "cured" and I've eaten wheat ever since.
If you *do* think my very limited list of suspicions are enough to warrant an ED, I'm worried about what I'll eat and if I'll lose too much weight. I've already lost *so* much weight from bfing, I don't have any to spare. I'm a lacto-ovo vegetarian, so if I cut out dairy, eggs, nuts, and soy... where will I get protein? I know I can cross those bridges if needed, but I need to decide whether I even have to go there first.
Thanks in advance!
And then they let me eat wheat again. I don't cough all night long anymore... but I do still have migraines. Go figure.
Her night waking, however, has not improved. We've had 2 amazingly good nights this past week where she only woke up 4 times, but the average for a 10 hr span of sleep is still 10-13 wakings. 
