Help me out here girls,
Since so many of us October Moms have already had their babies, I thought I'd post this here.. I did post a similar thread in the 'life with babes' section, but didn't have very many replies.
I'm trying to figure out if my son Samuel born 10-1-08, might have more then just your 'normal' amount of infant reflux going on ?
My middle child Ian had reflux really bad for his first year.. so that does make me jumpy I'm sure. Ian's started out as silent reflux btw.
Samuel frequently makes spit up sounds, or wet throaty sounds, with even his stomach heaving some, but nothing comes up. He may.. or may not cry after this happens.
He does spit up.. but more like 3-5 times a day, not seemingly excessively to me? Though he's usually very fussy up until the spit-up.. then relaxes after?
Biggest issues I'm having come in the night time, after we've had a few hours of horizontal sleep together, and usually at least one feeding lying down. He will start to root around and make a lot of noise (though not necessarily be awake), then he gets fussy and wants on and off the boob... and it can go on into full blown screaming.... this is typically happening every night.. for 2-3 hrs straight!!!!!!!!
Whereas if I sleep with him on our reclining sofas, aka I'm in a recliner and he's upright, he typically just wakes to eat and have diaper changes, and goes back to sleep at night.
He also has 'wet sounding burps' .. where nothing comes out.. most of the time. He has huge and frequent burps too, even hrs after/between feedings?
I think he's growing well, but then so did Ian (Ian nursed to comfort his pain.. and got huge/fat quick).
I don't know....
Maybe I'm just an over tired Mama grasping at strings..... but I definitely do notice in the daytime he does better (sleeps almost all day, between feedings/changes). But he's pretty much always held upright in the daytime, we nurse upright, he's carried either on our shoulder or in a sling.. upright etc.
Samuel like Ian hates to be laid down.. and will not sleep laying flat (unless he's just nursed in bed and falls asleep that way by accident).
I didn't 'catch' the reflux in my older child until he was 3 months old, and he screamed most of his first three months.. till we started changing the way we worked with him (doing everything upright, sleeping him at a 45degree angle, and having him on meds). I only figured out he had reflux because of other Mommies telling me about it.. then I told our doctor.. sigh
Anybody want to tell me he's normal .. or that we should be looking into reflux more.. ?? I'd really prefer him to be normal, but just in the past day or so I've started treating him 'as if' he had reflux, and he's becoming a much milder child. Granted I haven't given him any meds, only done home measures.
Are your babies doing this same stuff, or is mine 'different' .. aka should I be concerned.. or am I freaking over nothing??
Thanks, I'll add a poll to make it easy for us tired PP Mamas to participate.. but please feel free to leave detailed replies as well!
Since so many of us October Moms have already had their babies, I thought I'd post this here.. I did post a similar thread in the 'life with babes' section, but didn't have very many replies.
I'm trying to figure out if my son Samuel born 10-1-08, might have more then just your 'normal' amount of infant reflux going on ?
My middle child Ian had reflux really bad for his first year.. so that does make me jumpy I'm sure. Ian's started out as silent reflux btw.
Samuel frequently makes spit up sounds, or wet throaty sounds, with even his stomach heaving some, but nothing comes up. He may.. or may not cry after this happens.
He does spit up.. but more like 3-5 times a day, not seemingly excessively to me? Though he's usually very fussy up until the spit-up.. then relaxes after?
Biggest issues I'm having come in the night time, after we've had a few hours of horizontal sleep together, and usually at least one feeding lying down. He will start to root around and make a lot of noise (though not necessarily be awake), then he gets fussy and wants on and off the boob... and it can go on into full blown screaming.... this is typically happening every night.. for 2-3 hrs straight!!!!!!!!
Whereas if I sleep with him on our reclining sofas, aka I'm in a recliner and he's upright, he typically just wakes to eat and have diaper changes, and goes back to sleep at night.
He also has 'wet sounding burps' .. where nothing comes out.. most of the time. He has huge and frequent burps too, even hrs after/between feedings?
I think he's growing well, but then so did Ian (Ian nursed to comfort his pain.. and got huge/fat quick).
I don't know....
Maybe I'm just an over tired Mama grasping at strings..... but I definitely do notice in the daytime he does better (sleeps almost all day, between feedings/changes). But he's pretty much always held upright in the daytime, we nurse upright, he's carried either on our shoulder or in a sling.. upright etc.
Samuel like Ian hates to be laid down.. and will not sleep laying flat (unless he's just nursed in bed and falls asleep that way by accident).
I didn't 'catch' the reflux in my older child until he was 3 months old, and he screamed most of his first three months.. till we started changing the way we worked with him (doing everything upright, sleeping him at a 45degree angle, and having him on meds). I only figured out he had reflux because of other Mommies telling me about it.. then I told our doctor.. sigh
Anybody want to tell me he's normal .. or that we should be looking into reflux more.. ?? I'd really prefer him to be normal, but just in the past day or so I've started treating him 'as if' he had reflux, and he's becoming a much milder child. Granted I haven't given him any meds, only done home measures.
Are your babies doing this same stuff, or is mine 'different' .. aka should I be concerned.. or am I freaking over nothing??
Thanks, I'll add a poll to make it easy for us tired PP Mamas to participate.. but please feel free to leave detailed replies as well!
