D update

TennCare finally approved her Prevacid prescription, so i picked that up this evening. Hopefully it will start to work very soon and she'll have a lot of relief. It could have just been a good night, but it seemed like it already had an effect tonight. She didn't fuss her evening bottles like she usually does.

In other news, i think she's in her 3 month growth spurt. She had started STTN right after being prescribed Zantac, around 2 months old, which was great. Then she got sick and slept in the swing, and transitioning back to the crib added usually one night waking, which isn't that big a deal and we can handle that for sure. But the last few nights she's been waking 2-3 times a night, and last night she woke every 2 hours again. And she woke *hungry* last night, not just fussy like some other nights (oh, she'll eat a little, but usually not voraciously; last night she ate 3-5 ounces per waking which is a full bottle each time!). This evening she ate a 6 ounce bottle, which i think is a record, followed by a 4 ounce bottle before bedtime. And settled right down, thank goodness!

And, my husband is still amazing! Last night i took all the night wakings (not knowing it would be so darn many lol) because his back/neck have been killing him for a few nights. i didn't put away the laundry last night though, because i was just too tired. Today, he put away the laundry AND the dishes (normally he starts the laundry and gets it in the drier before work, and i put it away, and same with the dishwasher). What a sweetie!

OK, and this is completely ridiculous but totally effective. D's crib is slanted so that she's not flat at night; this helps with reflux. She also sleeps on an inclined wedge, so there's even more incline to hopefully help that much more. And she sleeps on her side, swaddled. She fights the swaddle and sliiiiiides down the incline, which is scary for me. i followed someone's advice and put a heavy pillow under her, and it worked for a couple of nights but then i woke up to find her face pressed against the pillow! Big no-no! So i took a pillow case, filled it with dry white beans, dry black beans, dry lentils (basically emptied the cupboard of dry beans lol), and threw in some lavender buds for good measure, tied up the pillow case, and now i tuck it underneath her tushie at night. It really seems to be working this time! It's pretty ridiculous, though.