My Mr. and I were about to lose our minds. We were checking all our hospital papers for the return policy. Our beautiful little angel would.not.sleep. I mean, for reals. He must be broken. Does he want more food? Let me pump and we can feed him.
Not only wasn't he sleeping but he was SCREAMING. We tried everything, we search every possible reason a baby would cry and we were up all hours of the night. I changed my diet, we held him longer, we changed feeding and sleeping positions, we cried, we bought fancy Gripe Water, we did baby yoga exercises, we cried. He had to be hungry, right? So naturally our instinct is/was to feed him when he has just lost his mind and won't sleep. Feed the boy - that has got to be it. Finally, after multiple appointments and calls to my pediatrician offered a few extra tests to see what exactly might be going on with our 5 week old little babe. At last, answers!
:: Dramatic Pause::
Ahhhh, I see... I was poisoning him. It turns out that my milk was what was bothering him. Humph! Apparently feeding him was NOT the answer. I was the reason he was so uncomfortable and acting -like a fool-. Poor little babe has a milk protein allergy. Even when I changed my diet that boy couldn't hack the milk protein. Poor babe. So now he gets to enjoy the sweet ::ugh:: taste of designer formula - Nutramigen. Holy CRAP that formula is expensive and disgusting.
We had to take him in for some further testing and xrays to make sure everything in that little tummy was okay and he passed all with flying colors. Now we just get to enjoy the smell of Nutramigen spit-up, burps, diapers and it is especially fun to find a day-old bottle under the crib. Gag!
So no more of mommy's milk for this little Tiger. This means mommy will probably never drop the baby weight but also mean he can finally ~sleep like a baby~ Ha!
-Kris
Not only wasn't he sleeping but he was SCREAMING. We tried everything, we search every possible reason a baby would cry and we were up all hours of the night. I changed my diet, we held him longer, we changed feeding and sleeping positions, we cried, we bought fancy Gripe Water, we did baby yoga exercises, we cried. He had to be hungry, right? So naturally our instinct is/was to feed him when he has just lost his mind and won't sleep. Feed the boy - that has got to be it. Finally, after multiple appointments and calls to my pediatrician offered a few extra tests to see what exactly might be going on with our 5 week old little babe. At last, answers!
:: Dramatic Pause::
Ahhhh, I see... I was poisoning him. It turns out that my milk was what was bothering him. Humph! Apparently feeding him was NOT the answer. I was the reason he was so uncomfortable and acting -like a fool-. Poor little babe has a milk protein allergy. Even when I changed my diet that boy couldn't hack the milk protein. Poor babe. So now he gets to enjoy the sweet ::ugh:: taste of designer formula - Nutramigen. Holy CRAP that formula is expensive and disgusting.
We had to take him in for some further testing and xrays to make sure everything in that little tummy was okay and he passed all with flying colors. Now we just get to enjoy the smell of Nutramigen spit-up, burps, diapers and it is especially fun to find a day-old bottle under the crib. Gag!
So no more of mommy's milk for this little Tiger. This means mommy will probably never drop the baby weight but also mean he can finally ~sleep like a baby~ Ha!
-Kris
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