Being Momma G: Day 31

I don't want to jinx anything, but it does appear that we have turned the corner with our little man.

With medication for reflux and extra milk, Sean has been much happier and much easier to settle. Today, he has been the perfect baby.

After waiting and waiting and waiting for him to wake up last night for a feed, Sean finally woke just before midnight. Sean was breast fed, and we tried to feed him some formula afterwards, which he was not interested in at all. It didn't take very long for the little man to go back to sleep, and as Jonathan was due to be up by 5.30am, we went straight to bed. Sean woke again around 3am and this feed was a bit harder. Jonathan got up and changed Sean into a fresh nappy while I made up some formula for Sean, and he drank a good portion of it. Sean needed more cuddles before he was willing to go back to sleep, so he and I shared some cuddles in bed before I put him back into his bassinet.

Sean woke again at 7.30am and wanted his breakfast, but alas, after 25 minutes on one side, he declared himself full and refused to have any more. I tried in vain to wake Sean, who pursed his lips at me and refused to open his mouth. So cute!

Since Sean was asleep in the big bed next to me, I decided to nap until he was ready to have more milk. At 8.30am, Sean let me know he was ready to continue his breakfast, with a look that said "Well, come on Mummy, I'm ready, where's my breakfast?"

I tried to feed Sean some formula afterwards, but he did not seem at all interested. Sean cried and fought against the formula, and in the end I just gave up.

Almost as soon as I wrapped Sean in the muslin, his eyes started closing and he drifted off to sleep. I went about getting myself some breakfast and putting on a load of laundry, which was finished and put on the line before Sean woke again for his next feed just before 1pm.

Again, Sean fed well on the breasts, but again, he fought against the formula. Sean screamed and wriggled and cried against the bottle, so again, I gave up. Poor thing - you'd have thought I was trying to feed him poison!

So when he woke at 3.30pm and had his milk, I didn't bother making up any formula. Jonathan came home just as we were finishing, and changed Sean's nappy and burped him before settling him straight away.

Sean didn't settle so well after the next feed at 6.45pm, and was grizzly all the way until the next feed after that at 9.45pm. So grizzly was Sean that we've just now fed him 50mL of formula - here's hoping he will settle down soon - Jonathan has to get up at 5.15am again tomorrow and I'd like some sleep soon!