8 weeks and finally some sleep

I suppose since it has been a few nights now, I can say that Layla is getting one good long stretch of sleep at night (from about 9 or 10pm to 3 or 4am). It has been like heaven for me even though I had to pump those first couple of nights. My body is adjusting to the longer stretch and I should start to get 4 or 5 hours of sleep in a row. Her sleep after that is still very fussy, but we'll take it vs being up all night. Her daytime sleep is still very sporadic and sometimes non-existent, but we know once she is recovered, she will sleep.

Today is Layla's second day on Nexium. This is the last medicine they have to give her to try and heal the damage before we have to schedule the surgery. Although I don't want my baby to have surgery this young, at this point I will take it if we need to. Anything to get her feeling more comfortable. We also saw a chiropractor this week. He was very nice and gentle with Layla and she didn't fuss the whole time he was doing his "treatment". They don't crack babies, but just pull and tap them - it was rather odd but interesting. We go back next week so we'll see how she is doing then. I am mixing traditional and non-traditional treatments, but it will be worth it if it all works. She is having a good day today, but of course it could be a coincidence - we shall see.

Layla is not taking a bottle well at this point yet. She seems to really struggle through it so we will be incorporating more bottles into her daily routine so she gets lots of practice. She is still 100% breastfed and will hopefully stay that way. I am on a very strict non-dairy diet (including anything that was made with any dairy products). To me it is worth it to continue breastfeeding even though it means nothing delicious for a while. They do have dairy free fig newtons that are pretty good:) Layla's biggest improvement so far has come from my diet changing so that is very rewarding. I did try to eat some dairy last week and Layla was miserable so I am back on the wagon.

Tonight Layla will get her medicine with a spoonful of applesauce! This will be much less dramatic than trying to squirt the tiny pellets from inside the capsule into her mouth with a syringe. She is aweful young to try to get to eat something, but maybe my little chubber will enjoy it. I imagine she weighs somewhere near 12 lbs this week, but we will know for sure next week at her two month visit. She will have to get a bunch of shots so that will be rough, but maybe she will take it in stride compared to the other issues she has faced.

Take care.