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4.5 month with terrible winds

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1:56 pm
July 31, 2010

nicola

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Hi, my second daughter is 4.5 months now and I have started sleep coaching. She has a good daytime routine and has 3 x 1 hour naps in the day. My problem comes in when I try to get her down for the night sleep. My evening routine is as follows: wakes from last nap at 4:30, I feed her (exclusively breastfed) and then bath her. I give her a nice massage and dress her warmly. On her tired cue, I gently rock her to drowsy and put her in her cot. She sleeps for 25 to 30 minutes and is then wide awake. Do I pick her up and treat that as a last cat nap or do I let her cry it out and make her sleep for the night. I have tried both versions, but when I let her cry it out, I find that she sounds like she is in pain and I pick her up to burp her. I can do this every ten minutes for 2 hours and every time, she has a wind.

I give her Zantac in the mornings for reflux and colix twice a day for wind. Is there anything else I can give her for cramps and winds? I tried to not give anything today and had a terrible day with plenty cramps, no sleep and winds that I couldn't get out of her.

4:46 am
August 2, 2010

Miriam

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Oh you poor thing. Both my kids were/are colic and reflux kids and I know it's not much fun! I assume you're really careful what you're eating and passing on through breastmilk? I know I couldn't have dairy, broccoli, beans, cauliflower, anything spicy etc etc. I also tried Infants Friend (homeopathic) with great success with one child and no success with the other. Also tried Gripe Water (very very effective at getting wind up but not very nice to taste), Infacol (didn't really find this helpful but some people swear by it) and Donnalix (found this very effective for stomach cramps as is an anti-spasmodic but you wouldn't want to use this all the time). All these are over the counter things from the chemist. I just got so desperate I would try absolutely anything. Also, try tilting her mattress so head is higher than feet, and/or try sleeping her semi upright in pram, carseat, infant chair or whatever you have. If she is refluxy and colicky, I personally wouldn't let her cry it out but I totally know that there's a fine line between responding to a medical problem and causing a sleep association one! Good luck and let us know how you go.

Miriam

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