Ideas needed on recording feeding times in the night

kre776

We also tried cranial osteopathy but didn't really notice a change in our son's tummy & wind troubles. But I've heard lots of people say it's made a world of difference to their baby, perhaps ours would have been worse without it?!

shebrett

Call a friends work number and hang up after 2 rings so you don't get charged if voicemail answers. That way you don't wake anyone up and your mobile will record it as an outgoing call.

LilacPixie

My DD1 had reflux and colic, she used to feed constantly because the milk calmed the burn but then once feed over the burn started up again. I wonder if your son is doing similar and come morning his little tummy is just too full so you get the stressy pain when all he can do is manage a few mouth fulls before tummy full again but not enough to stop the burn and then an uncomfy overful tummy too.

pigpen

mumof1and1ontheway wrote: »

I have a lady from home start come once a week which is a great help.

What are the symptoms of dairy intolerance? He has very bad wind down below.. he trumps everytime he feeds. He is also constantly snuffly and coughs and chokes frequently.

When I take him out in the pram he normally settles until I stop pushing. Its just harder to do with a toddler lol

My little one is just the same.

I've had DS3 with lactose intolerance and reflux and DD5 with just reflux.

DS3 was sick.. so very very sick.. he constantly had a sore bloated tummy and woud choke on the gas bubbling up from his gut. He did green water instead of poo and simply did not gain weight.. he was 3lb 10 at birth and 10lb at 6 months. Removing dairy from my diet made no difference.. that just makes a difference if it is cows milk protein intolerance.. lactose intolerance is not improved as ALL milk contains lactose.. we lactate therefore produce lactose.. milk sugar..

DD5 was gassy.. and would gag on nothing, though it was actually the mucus and gas from the gut bubbling into the oesophagus. She wanted little feeds every 2 minutes it seemed as the milk calmed the burning sensation in her chest.

kre776 wrote: »

We also tried cranial osteopathy but didn't really notice a change in our son's tummy & wind troubles. But I've heard lots of people say it's made a world of difference to their baby, perhaps ours would have been worse without it?!

I took DD5 and it made a massive difference to her sleeping-feeding patterns and she also slept so much better. We had a VERY traumatic birth.

LilacPixie wrote: »

My DD1 had reflux and colic, she used to feed constantly because the milk calmed the burn but then once feed over the burn started up again. I wonder if your son is doing similar and come morning his little tummy is just too full so you get the stressy pain when all he can do is manage a few mouth fulls before tummy full again but not enough to stop the burn and then an uncomfy overful tummy too.

Mine just threw up everything in their tummies at that point.. and this morning DD6 woke me up by vomitting all over hersef, me and my bed.. I think I have a third with reflux!

esmf73

Mumof1and1ontheway - my second was exactly like this - and my eldest was only 18 months old. I also think that I suffered from a bit of PND. I found it remarkably hard to cope with the the demands of my toddler AND the demands of my screaming unsettled baby.

Eventually (after 2 weeks!!) because of thrush and oncoming Christmas, I just decided to bottlefeed - mainly because I could go to bed very early to catch up on my sleep and leave my OH to bottle feed until he came to bed. I also used Colief which I used to put in the bottles when I made them up. I did think that it wasn't working very much - but one day when I ran out of it, I very quickly learnt that it did seem to make a difference. Please feel free to PM me anytime as I found Ben screamed until he was about 6 months. When he was settled onto solids he settled really quickly. He is now a healthy (yet sometimes stubborn) almost 5 yr old who has started in Reception this year.

Before anyone mentions that he might have been hungry - yes I did think this, but he was regularly drinking 4 - 5 full 9oz bottles a day - he had as much as he wanted, when he wanted. I also had a lady come in from Homestart from when Ben was about 6 months old, which meant that I got to spend some time with my eldest.

Best of luck xxx

skintchick

I totally disagree with the advice to enforce a schedule, You don;t need to allow your breastst 'time' to make milk because they make it as baby feeds, as well as storing it, and feeding on demand is the best way to ensure you have a good supply.

As for recording feeds, whct I did was have a really big piece of paper and a pencil as I found it wrote better any which way up lol, and then I just scrawled the times vaguely in the right place on the paper by a very low light I had on all the time, and then in the morning I'd rewrite it so it looked tidier and easier to follow.

My baby didn;t have reflux or colic, so I can;t help on that, but I'd definitely say a schedule will create more problems than it will resolve, especially if baby is very little.

pinkpig08

I have to agree with skintchick re: the schedule. Little babies aren't programmed to need feeding at x o'clock. They need feeding when their little tummies are empty, be that 1, 2 or 3 hours or whatever after the first feed.

For recording the times - do you have a headboard? Could you blu-tac a piece of paper there and keep a pencil under your pillow? You could write the times down as has been suggested before. Other than that I've no idea! I co-sleep with my 14 month old and to be honest I don't think I could tell you how many times she feeds in the night. She too was an unsettled baby - still is sometimes. She used to hate the pushchair, the car and anyone elses arm except mine. Even now she hates it if I leave the room. She's getting better at being with other people - but even that can be hit and miss. I just think to myself that these early weeks/months pass so quickly just make the most of it. I understand you have it harder on your own with a toddler too. We are trying for number 3 and I'm worrying already!

mumof1and1ontheway

The reason I am thinking of routine is because I think feeding him when he is not hungry is causing more wind. Because he is a very very sucky baby. Will suck ANYTHING for comfort. So if the breast is offered he will take it.. take 2 or 3 mouthfuls.. then cough, choke and cry which causes more wind.

I was considering 3 hourly feeds.. in hopes to then determine easier when he's really hungry and when he's not. But obv if showed signs of hunger before 3 hours I would feed him.

His feeding times from yesterday lunch to this morning were..

12.40-12.55pm, 4.25-4.45pm, 7.05-7.25pm, 9.25-9.35pm, 10.40-10.55pm, 4.05-4.30am, 7.10-7.30am

Its now 10am.. he is currently sat on my knee content after crying since 8am.
Though if I try and feed him then he sets off screaming again.

I am so confused. In the day he is constantly passing wind (even more so when he feeds), screams for most of the day.. is always congested, coughing and sneezing.. and cannot lie or sit without a dummy or without swinging in the swing otherwise he will scream and cry.

Yet at night he will feed perfectly and sleep really well! And its not that he is fed lying down because from 8am I will feed him in the same way and he will still scream. He feeds better when half asleep. He is also drooling, bubbling at the mouth alot too. But surely if was a dairy intolerance then he'd be bad all the time? rather than perfect at night?

Gingham_Ribbon

There seem to be a lot of posts drifting onto medical advice, which I don't recommend, particularly as the team will remove the thread as it's against site rules.

To answer your original question - I don't know of anything you can just click, but if you try to record the time before you start feeding, that will eliminate the falling asleep issue.

And the various breastfeeding advisors around can give sensible advice about this. Try the La Leche league, your local maternity hospital or the NCT.

Good luck. My friend's baby had colic at this age and it's exhausting. But it doesn't last for ever. x

mumof1and1ontheway

Sorry I have just stumbled across a really good baby minder on Amazon so have ordered it it has 4 different timers... feeding, nappy changes, medication and another one. It also has alarms that you can set as reminder and a button that can be clicked to left or right to remember which breast you last fed off it will take up to 5 days for delivery, but will hopefully be more helpful at night than trying to find my pen and scribble while half asleep.

Thanks for all the other advice too. I have babys postnatal check up at the gp on weds. So will be mentioning a few things that have been suggested.