Well, it’s happened: we’ve hit the 3-6 week fussy zone, and my happy little girl has turned into a crabby little girl! Eleanor does ok during the day, but she’s incredibly fussy at night, eating about every half an hour to an hour from around 10pm to 3am, and needing to be walked/rocked/held or else she screams at us. We’ve finally given up on trying to get to bed before about 2-3am, which has helped our stress level tremendously. It’s a crazy schedule, but thankfully John is still off of work for another four weeks. I really hope by then that this has improved!
I know this isn’t her fault, and emotionally I’m handling it much better than even her occasional fussiness of the early days. I guess my pp hormones have finally started leveling off, thankfully! That is one roller coaster I am thrilled to be off of.
We’re actually a little worried that she has some bad reflux going on, but we’re just keeping an eye on it for now. She does much better when she’s propped up, but even with that she started spitting up a couple days ago. : ( Poor baby. I know spitting up is normal to a certain extent, and she’s not doing it a ton, so hopefully it won’t get worse. We tried some mylicon drops yesterday at a couple of her feedings which seemed to help, so maybe she just has some gas issues. I’m going to cut most dairy and all spicy foods for a couple weeks to see if that helps, since those are the most common food culprits in BFed babies. I really hope neither of those is causing this, though: I don’t know how long I can happily go without those two foods, lol!
When she’s in a good mood, she’s smiling like crazy now! It is so cute! She also loves playing little games with me, like Pat-A-Cake. She gets all excited! She still loves the outdoors, too: I took her out on the deck yesterday evening when she was a bit fussy, and she just laid in my arms and stared up at the trees against the sky. She kept looking around trying to find the source of the chirps she kept hearing, too. Such a smart little gal. : ) I can see her little personality starting to form, which is so much fun. I wish she spent more time like this and less time uncomfortable and crying, but I know this is just a phase. I remind myself that about every hour… ; )
