Noah the Terrible

by Joy
(New Port Richey, FL)

My son was born 37 weeks and spent 7 days in the NICU where he was perfectly normal sleepy and hungry baby.

Soon after bringing him home I noticed that he would begin to cry and there was no reason. He was full, dry, and warm but he would cry and cry.

Being a new mom I thought I was doing something wrong that was making him this way.

It was even tougher at night when I was exhausted and he would cry non stop and my boyfriend works so he would have a hard time getting up, if he got up at all, to help.

I began to notice that I was tired, irritable, angry, and depressed all the time. I would look at my son and actually be infuriated that he was crying again and my pediatrician gave me no hope saying, " it'll get better by 4 months."

FOUR MONTHS!

Finally i was so exhausted I moved back in with my parents and between 3 of us it wasn't so bad.

We found tricks like walking him, singing, swaddling, carrying him on his stomach instead of his back, and rocking him.

Then came the answer I had been praying for. I saw a different pediatrician who told me he thought my baby might just have acid reflux.

He gave me a prescription for Zantac which my son takes twice a day and like magic the crying subsided.

Don't get me wrong he still cries but not with the intensity like before.

We also began burping more frequently during feedings to alleviate his gas pains and it's like I have a brand new baby. Now I'm trying to teach him to fall asleep without having to be in anyone's arms.

Since he spent the first 3 months sleeping in peoples arms now he has trouble being laid down to sleep but we're working at it and living back with my boyfriend.

It is still hard and he's not quite sleeping through the night but that's our next thing on the list to work on.

Hang in there everyone! It can and will get better.

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