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Just wanted to update as we seem to have had a switch and thought I’d update on what’s changed!
So yes Mum has been dairy free for 1.5 weeks but also it appears we don’t have a baby that will fall asleep by themselves! We have always been told “be baby led” so although this wake windows are meant to be quite short before another nap he’d go four hours sometimes without a nap, be cranky constantly and be extremely hard to manage.
Well now when he gives tired cues we give him a dummy, lay him down and he’s asleep after rocking for a minute! We never wanted to rely a dummy but if he won’t go to sleep on his own then it’s our best option. He’s really good though as will spit it out when he has done with it and keep sleeping!
That and the bedtime routine where when he’s asleep I now turn off the nightlight fully, three nights on the trot he’s gone 8-9 hours after that final big feed and half hour resting him, then sleeps until about 5am which is incredible!
It seems that when he stirred during the night if the light was on it was enough to make him active, turn that off and although he does wake around 2 and grumble briefly we just let him drift back to sleep.
Anyway much more positive, we don’t think it’s the dairy free but in less than a week she’ll be back on dairy and will see if same routine gives the same results!
If not then he’s going onto formula, she really misses chocolate!! 🤣
Good news. Not wanting to piss on your chips; all the good phases are just phases as well so don't be despondent if it turns again. Just know it'll then turn again again.
Nothing wrong with a dummy - in fact, they can be advantageous as you can just take them away from the kid when the time's right, but if they've learnt to suck their thumb...
Our little boy doesn't nap in the day at all and never has. My wife was worried at first as looking on the internet when he was first born everything said he should feed and then nap but he never ever has. The only time he will nap is if his has had a cold or he is in the car.
Ha I have also read all over that phases constantly change so we’re just making the most of it at the moment! The real challenge is being SO quiet when we both come upto bed like now in a weekend when I’ve fed him to sleep around 8:30…. Can’t risk him waking up as you know it’s then a cycle to get him back off to sleep again!
I'm amazed ours was never woken by their own farts 😄
Baby groups for us were a nightmare though as you can't say that your baby regularly sleeps for 12 hours without being ostracized 😂
True !
So I just wanted to share a further update in the hope it may help other new mothers and fathers in future.
So we were noticing that he was still being very high maintenance and it was really taking its toll on us, also his ecszema was getting out of control on his legs and tummy and arms so we knew something wasn’t right. Finally at 7 months Mum decided that it was time to go dairy free after an appointment with the hospital dietician for him.
So finally has stopped expressing for him, and we have now been prescribed dairy and soy free formula and have seen such a big change!
When he just wouldn’t before, now enjoys tummy time etc…, ecszema nearly all gone (they said it’ll take around 3 weeks ) and he’s just so much more placid.
So so far the cure, off mums milk and on prescribed dairy and soy free formula!
We already tried making her go dairy free for her for 1 month which was hell for her, so when the dietician said you need to do it again AND cut out soy that’s in a huge amount of things it forced her hand to go formula but wouldn’t look back now!!