Bad Night

[Anonymous]

Hi All,

I’m new to the board as of yesterday. My 11 week old little one was diagnosed a few weeks ago with reflux (she’s also milk allergy), her sleep at night has always been great, but the last couple of nights have not been. Last night she woke at 1:30, 2:15, 3:30, then finally around 4:30, she had pooped, so I had to change & feed her then. I don’t know if this is the reflux or not, but I’m really upset! She doesan’t seem in real pain, but then after I fed her she fell asleep again, screamed a little while later & started to cry, I picked her up, and she threw up on me! She then fell back to sleep and may be waking up now. I don’t know what to do! I haven’t had this little sleep in so long! I know this isn’t nearly the worst or what many of you are going through, but she’s always been really good through the night, and if we lose that too (she’s a terrible napper!), I’m going to be at wit’s end! I’m hoping last night was just a freak, and that tonight will be better. I’m also going to call her pedi-again-and try to get an appointment with a specialist. I want to make sure she’s on all the right dosage etc…

Thanks for listening to me rant!

[Anonymous]

my son did the same thing last night!!! i have been crying all day and night. he woke up at 2? than 3:00 and wouldnt go back to sleep.. untill 3:45 than woke at 4:15.. went back to sleep woke up at 4:30ish! and i fed him which i never do and he went back to sleep till 5:15 and pooped too! and than went back to sleep at 6:00 for about 15 minutes!! and my son is 5 1/2 mos.! he has been doing this the past couple nights.. as well as litteraly flopping all over the bed all night from the reflux. i dont know what to tell you, but i am in the same boat.. and it seems like his reflux has turned into more of a silent reflux and is constantly bothering him.. probably your daughter too. also he used to be a great sleeper at night when he was younger and bad napper.. now a bad both! he doesnt seem to be in pain, just you can see it bothering him and waking him up in the early hours of the morning. hopefully your ped will give you more insight.. if she is on formula, what formula is she on? but my heart goes out to you, i know what its like

[Anonymous]

I sure remember those horrible nights and I really feel for both of you. My middle child was sleeping 10 hours a night at 3 weeks of age!!! I was in heaven. But then at 10 weeks she began waking frequently and it progressed to her waking every 20 – 60 minutes every night of her life from the age of three months until she outgrew her reflux at 9 months. I’m not telling you this to depress you but to urge you to meake sure you babies are on a high enough dose of a good PPI. Ellie was never properly medicated (she was on Zantac and it did not help her) and she was miserable (as were the rest of us) until she finally outgrew her reflux. Once her reflux was gone she slept all night again without a peep, so I know it was her reflux keeping her up all night.

Fortunately with my second refluxer I found this site and I made sure he was put on a good dose of Prevacid and he did so well on it once he was on a high enough dose.

The right medication and the right dose can really turn things around. Good luck to you both. I hope your babies are feeling better and sleeping better soon.

ndrose2006-12-1 9:53:12

[Anonymous]

hey christine.. i wasnt sure if he needs his meds upted or not because he is happy and great otherwise. he doesnt even cry from the reflux at night.. it just bothers him… i’ve posted this a million times b4 probably.. but if the reflux is still coming up w/o acid it in, cant that still be waking him up?? and soo how would meds help that? i am just not sure if i want him on more if that isnt the issue you know?

also i have read a deal about tremors.. what are tremors.. night mares? and what do they look and act like in a baby?

shanesmom2006-12-1 10:16:28

[Anonymous]

Oh my gosh, I’ve been in tears all day too! I feel so bad for her and also selfish for being upset over the sleep deprivation, but I know it’s bothering her more, and she’s so little! I just finally got her to fall asleep (I spent from 9:30-45 rocking, as soon as she hit the mattress, she woke up, same from 9:45-10, so i spent another 20 minutes rocking/holding, and put her in her vibrating bouncy seat, which seems to be doing the trick. We’re going to the pedi today at 11:40, and i printed out that marci-kids dosage chart to show him too. We saw the nurse practitioner the last 2 times, but this time we’re seeing the dr. I really don’t want to be a neurotic/hypochondriac mom if this is normal 11-week old behavior, but i want him to tell me that and to check the dosage too.

Thanks to everyone for all the support, I’ll keep you posted!

Denise

[Anonymous]

Lauren,

I’m not sure about tremors. I haven’t read anything about that or expereinced it with own babies (thank God). I think it’s pretty unusual for infants to have nightmares and night terrors. If I were you I’d just try a higher dose for two weeks and see if he sleeps better. He may be like my middle child who was up all night because she was uncomfortable but not enough to scream. She mainly moaned and groaned or cried softly because she was so tired and she desperately wanted to sleep but she couldn’t. Some babies have a higher pain threshold than others. I think this was true for Ellie. You never knew when she was teething…she’d just cut a tooth. My other two were/are miserable teethers. Shane may be hurting more than you realize; not to make you feel bad. I still feel bad and always will that I didn’t pursue better treatment for Ellie when she was so miserable, so I certainly don’t want to make you feel bad, but I think if he’s having a lot of trouble sleeping and he is known to have reflux, it’s worth trying to up his meds and see if he feels better and sleeps better. 15 mg is a pretty low dose and he may still be producing acid.

Denise,

Good luck with her doctor’s appt today. Let us know how it goes.

[Anonymous]

Justice has tremours. Well that is what I call them. They are not seizures and tremour is what other people have used to describe it. Basically for Justice when he doens’t get enough sleep his head will kind of vibrate. It seems for him to go hand in hand with not sleeping. I tryed to go back through and see what made you ask about tremours, but I couldn’t find it. Is your baby having tremours?

[Anonymous]

well i wasnt exactly sure what they are. i watch him through our video monitor all night..and he kinda jolts and has like spasms it looks like. they are out of no where.. but every couple minutes sometimes.. i always just thought it was the reflux.. coming up on him, which it still seems to be. but i did hear the word tremors on here, and wondered what those look like. i never see him jolt like that during the day, or ever indicate he is being bothered, only at night. and naps

[Anonymous]

Sorry it has been so awful- getting a goods night sleep or not really changes everything doesn’t it. Hopefully it is just an aberration and things get back on track tonight.

Could you try a little mylanta or = and see if that settles them a little?? I know it isn’t a long term solution but it might give you an idea of whether more meds would help?

Lauren- if he is refluxing and waking him, it is probably causing him some kind of pain. Its kind of like the day when the acid is under control with the meds and they reflux, they don’t even notice it and continue with what they are doing as if it didn’t happen- it doesn’t bother them. At the very least if he did wake, he should settle himself if there was no pain? If it is bothering him it is probably likely due to discomfort or pain.

I understand it is hard to give meds to such small babies, and it would be so great to do without them, I have agonised over it, but if you are sick you need medicine and not only medicine but the right dose of medicine (don’t take this the wrong way but an analogy is, if you needed 100mg Prilosec to get rid of your acid reflux, would you take 50mg?).

I hope you get a better nights sleep. Do you both have anyone who is helping you with the kids?

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