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May. 13th, 2005 01:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rivkaAlex is asleep in her sling. She has had five feedings in a row without reflux symptoms.
Oh please. Please. Please.
(My post of last night had a math error in it. At the time she had been on Zantac for 28 hours and four doses, not 16 hours. She'll get her sixth dose when she wakes up from this nap. Maybe it really has had long enough to work. Oh please.)
It occurs to me now that she's been just as sleep-deprived as I have, from the reflux. Before it got bad she napped after most feedings, but when the reflux is in full swing she starts to drift off to sleep and then jerks awake, screaming. Poor kid, she wound up overtired as well as in pain. No wonder she was so fussy. Today she's been sleeping well. Of course, I haven't tried to put her down, or anything. I have no problem with having someone hold or touch her 24/7, at least until she's feeling better and stronger. It makes sense to me that she'd have a very high need for contact just now.
She nursed moderately well last night and this morning. This morning I felt like the feeding was satisfying enough that she didn't need a bottle added on immediately - although I did need to pump afterwards to drain the mastitis-y breast. It may actually be plausible to have her start getting every other feeding exclusively from nursing, as the lactation consultant suggested. (We'll try again when she wakes up.)
This morning, while I was reading all of the wonderfully encouraging responses to my last post, I heard a gurgle. I looked down and Alex was smiling up at me. We grinned at each other like crazy fools for a full five minutes.
I am feeling much less insane today.
Oh please. Please. Please.
(My post of last night had a math error in it. At the time she had been on Zantac for 28 hours and four doses, not 16 hours. She'll get her sixth dose when she wakes up from this nap. Maybe it really has had long enough to work. Oh please.)
It occurs to me now that she's been just as sleep-deprived as I have, from the reflux. Before it got bad she napped after most feedings, but when the reflux is in full swing she starts to drift off to sleep and then jerks awake, screaming. Poor kid, she wound up overtired as well as in pain. No wonder she was so fussy. Today she's been sleeping well. Of course, I haven't tried to put her down, or anything. I have no problem with having someone hold or touch her 24/7, at least until she's feeling better and stronger. It makes sense to me that she'd have a very high need for contact just now.
She nursed moderately well last night and this morning. This morning I felt like the feeding was satisfying enough that she didn't need a bottle added on immediately - although I did need to pump afterwards to drain the mastitis-y breast. It may actually be plausible to have her start getting every other feeding exclusively from nursing, as the lactation consultant suggested. (We'll try again when she wakes up.)
This morning, while I was reading all of the wonderfully encouraging responses to my last post, I heard a gurgle. I looked down and Alex was smiling up at me. We grinned at each other like crazy fools for a full five minutes.
I am feeling much less insane today.
