Sleep issues that is. This time its waking up too early...5:30 to be exact. For the last two weeks, Owen has been waking up somewhere between 5:15-5:45 every day happy as a lark. He talks to himself, plays with his stuffed monkey, and rolls around his crib. I've been trying to not go upstairs to get him hoping that he'll go back to sleep. Eventually he gets tired of being by himself and will cry. I then eventually wander up there in a sleepy state, feed him and try to get him to go back to sleep. Most of the time it only last for 30 mins then he gets up and hangs with Jeremy while he gets ready for work. I have even tried feeding him in our bed in hopes that he'll fall back asleep while eating. This does work however as he sees it as playtime with Mommy and Daddy. Any suggestions about helping him (and us) get more sleep. 5:30 is not my ideal wake up time! In combination with this, he is still crying a long time to go to bed. We put him down between 7-7:30 and he cries for over an hour or more. Most of the time I have to nurse him again and then he'll go down about 9. Any thoughts?
I'm also afraid he may be allergic to milk. We tried giving him yogurt and the first couple of times I didn't notice any reactions. The other day though I noticed that he had red splotches around his mouth. I wasn't sure if it was the new batch of peaches we pureed or the yogurt so I tried it again the next day without the peaches. Again the splotches reappeared. I tried to take a picture of them.
There were no other symptoms...no swelling, crying, diarrhea, shortness of breath. We even tried another brand but we had the same reaction. I called my sister-in-law b/c my niece is allergic to milk. Owen does not have any of her reactions but to be on the safe side we're going to hold off on milk products until our next well visit in 2 weeks. I guess I may have to nurse longer than anticipated now. We'll see..I'll keep you updated.
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We thought Taylor was allergic to milk. He had the same blotchy red spots all over his body and particularly on his face. Luckily for us, it wasn't a milk allergy. It was just severe excyma. The doc said the milk can worsen the excyma. We just put creams on him and have to use Dove soap instead of Johnson's baby stuff. We also put hydrocortizone on his face when it gets splotchy. So, there's a chance he might not be allergic to milk. I know it can be a bit of a pain for a milk allergy. I wish you guys luck! :)
I really think you should try putting him down earlier. If it is taking that long for him to settle down and fall asleep than he is probably overtired. I really would try putting him down 15 minutes earlier every 3 days until you find the perfect timing. yeah I know that means early nights in for you guys, but we have gotten to where we are home with Z going down between 6:30-7. Good luck!
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