the baby woke up around 2:00a.m. last night (this morning). she did not go back to sleep before 6:30a.m. i was wide awake with her for the whole four and a half hours. it was not fun or pretty. she was clearly in pain. whatever is going on with her stomach is not getting any better.
so, i woke up this morning (after finally sleeping from 6:30 to 9:30), and decided that things need to change- drastically. we've been using zantac for acid reflux since monday- this gave us one good night in five. when she was younger, i cut dairy out of my diet (which i had to do for M, also.) it didn't seem to change anything for B a few months ago, but i have to try again. i have to figure out why my child screams like she's being seared; why she arches her back and thrashes around in agony- many times a night. why? why? why?
so, it's back to the drawing board. i have had no dairy today, and plan to go at least two weeks without it before deciding whether or not that is the problem. i am going to buy the non-dairy formula tomorrow and get her to start taking a bottle more regularly, in case i need to ween her- in case i can't figure out what in my diet is causing this. or what it is at all?
we saw a gastro specialist with M, and i'm prepared to see her again. but i cannot go one more day without trying as much as i possibly can. because i don't believe this is just colic or simply gas. this is something deeper and harder. and as much as i hate not sleeping, i hate seeing her in pain- i hate it and i am vowing to figure this out, to fix her... soon. hopefully. very soon.
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