Bad night
Oh my gosh I do not know how people handle colicky babies. Kate is doing pretty well with this cold in general, still being happy and smiley, just a little more whiny and fussy than usual. Except when it’s time for sleep. Obviously she has trouble laying down with her stuffy nose, so I can’t just lay down and nurse her to sleep like usual. I am so not used to a squirmy, fussy baby at bedtime, it’s extremely frustrating.
Yes, she is sleeping well being worn, but I can’t do that at night, I need sleep too! So I walked her back and forth across the bedroom until she fell asleep, then laid down with her head on my shoulder.
What is love? (Baby don’t hurt me…) I think it is laying, unmoving, twisted like a pretzel so as not to disturb your sleeping, sick baby. My arm went completely numb and yet I hardly breathed. I did not want to pave the tom with her again.
I slept for a while, and then moving legs alerted me to impending problems. Sure enough the wiggles turned into struggles and whimpers. She awake with little cries and shrieks. Back to pacing, swaying, whispering. No avail. It was so frustrating, she’d drift off and then jolt awake crying again.
After a while of this I figured that wasn’t working so I ought to try something different. The obvious. I changed her diaper. And wouldn’t you know it, she then fell fast asleep for 3 1/2 hours. Agghh. Bad mommy for not realizing it sooner! But she never needs her dipe changed at night and I just assumed the problem was with her nose. Sigh. After that the night went fine, thank goodness.
While I was walking her around it occurred to me that some babies cry at night all the time. Kate was never gotten her days and nights mixed up, she’s never cried uncomfortably at night, never fought us. I know even during the day that I can lay down with her, nurse her, and she’ll sleep. It’s a lovely thing.
lol, that won’t be your first bad mommy scenario. I once had a clogged nipple on a bottle while we were out and it wasn’t until we got home and I swapped out bottles that I realized why she hadn’t been eating well. It may be the first but it won’t be the last lol. But we do our best and we learn from our mistakes hehe. I hope she gets better soon, sick kids are hard to comfort and Mommy needs her rest too so she doesn’t get sick.
If she is comfortable upright but uncomfortable while laying it could be an ear infection. It can’t hurt to get everything checked out just to be sure.
I’m with Tamar, this sounds like exactly how my kids act when they have an ear infection. You may want to call the doctor and have them take a peek in her ears. Poor Kate. Poor you!
Snap, Nat!
My little guy was due 24th May, born the 31st and we’re just going through our first cold here too (we also co-sleep, nurse to sleep and have never had days/nights mixed up!) I took him to the doctor on Friday due to seeing ear-pulling – no ear infection but a slightly red throat so we’re dosing with baby Panadol (paracetemol medication here in Australia) and that has definitely helped. I fall more and more in love with my sweetie seeing how he weathers the discomfort so well, even though he can’t work out what’s happening. Hope Kate gets better soon!
My baby is 10 1/2 months old and I think I have hit my 150th “oops bad mommy” and “duh” moment. They don’t judge,LoL. I hope she feels better soon. Those colds suck for everyone!