Zombie

Last week I took Ellie to the doctor for our 6 week checkup and I was told to try Gaviscon Infant for her reflux, so I bought it and started trying it but since then we've had a nightmare time. Her bad wind has returned and when she eventually poos they are monster!

We've gone from her waking three times at night for a feed and going straight back to sleep or needing a quick settle afterwards to spending anywhere from 40 minutes to get her settled and staying asleep in her cot. And it's started for her day sleeps, too. All the settling techniques I try don't seem to work... she even cries while I am patting her and soothing her in her cot, which she hasn't really done before, at least not to this extent. It took me over an hour to get her to sleep today and then it lasted only 20 minutes. So, now she's in her pram - fast asleep - and I am rocking her, which is the last thing I want to be doing but it's the only way she will sleep soundly at the moment. I was hoping to start her settling herself to sleep every sleep, so that it's a nice transition for her without crying and distress and here I am ...

The past two nights have been really tough, I have ended up in tears both times. It's been frustrating and upsetting, especially when I am unable to sleep in the day because I have to be physically rocking her for her to sleep. To top it off I have been feeling sick for the last two days. I feel like a zombie.

There are so many ideas out there about babies sleeping and settling.