Baby writhing in the night
I have noticed for a while now that when I finally manage to get Joseph to go back in his crib after middle of the night feeds he will settle for a few minutes then will start to twist and turn and writhe in his sleep. If I put him on his side he will settle for a bit but then it starts again and don't really want him on his side anyway. I thought it was trapped wind but when we try to wind him nothing comes even after gripe water.
He will often wake himself up and will only be settled by having a little bf. He doesn't sick up but I am wondering if it could be silent reflux?
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He will often wake himself up and will only be settled by having a little bf. He doesn't sick up but I am wondering if it could be silent reflux?
xx
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He does have some other symptoms of reflux - he hiccups a lot (but he did that in the womb too?), he can refuse to feed or arch away sometimes and he will comfort feed quite a lot. He also wakes frequently sometimes crying immediately.
He is fine lying flat through the day and in the evening, it just seems to be from about 1am-7am!
Bless you both for having so many sleepless nights, I'm glad your lo is okay now DB. Poor you and your lo though westbrom1, I know what you mean about not being able to sleep, even when he isn't waking himself up I cannot sleep for listening to him and worrying about him being in discomfort.
Thanks again for your responses, my hopes of getting a full night's sleep anytime soon are fading away though! Any coping tips would be gratefully recieved if he does have reflux westbrom1.
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And he seems to be sleeping through out all the spinning .... weird boy :P
Keeps me awake at times though!
Does he not bang off the sides of the cot though?
Thanks westbrom1, I have got a wedge pillow and put that under the crib mattress and it helped quite a lot last night. He still writhed a bit but not as much and... he didn't wake up!!! He ended up in a funny position though sort of arched backwards cos of the incline but he still seemed comfier that he usually is. I'll see how he goes this weekend. Thanks again for the advice and that website, there are some good things on there. I'll still keep you posted though, thanks hon.
Cheers girls xx