We were unable to log in to the blog and write up a post so we have to consolidate it here. Day 16 was no bueno for Sherry. Since Alvin is back at work, she had to care for Brayden all by herself. It wouldn't have been too much of a problem but Brayden was awake the whole time and was being fussy. He would cry and mouth asking for food, but when offered he would spit it out and cry again until eventually he would take it. Sherry was unable to leave the couch all day. The only times she got a break was when Alvin would come home for a couple of hours during lunch and when he got home from work. In the evening, Alvin took over for feeding Brayden by supplementing with formula. We tried Similac this time but Brayden did not like the taste of it and it took him a long time to finish eating. Brayden also hated lying on his back. Every time we put him down to sleep, he'd scream and wail. Alvin kept him on his shoulders for a few hours. During this time Alvin's work called due to an emergency so he had to keep one arm on Brayden on his shoulder, and used the other arm to work on the computer. Finally, Alvin read up on the internet that Brayden may have reflux due to eating formula so he set up his bassinet so that Brayden slept on his side. Sure enough, in the sideways position, Brayden slept for another 2 and a half hours. During this time Alvin was able to finish up his work. The next time Brayden woke up, he was wide awake and refused to sleep keeping both Alvin and Sherry up from 3 to 7 in the morning.
Friday the 13th hit and all hell broke loose. Brayden was continually being fussy, not wanting to sleep, able to pee his way through his diapers (due to having generic brand diapers). Sherry was at her wits end as she was thoroughly exhausted from feeding Brayden. Alvin was also pushed to his limits as work called early in the morning due to a crisis with a customer that had to be resolved ASAP. Alvin had to leave for work earlier than expected and left Sherry with a super fussy Brayden. Sherry took Brayden to the beach for about an hour and walked around. This seemed to calm the baby down. However, he was fussy on the car ride home but finally fell asleep again once they got home. Alvin came home in the mid afternoon to watch Brayden for a couple of hours while Sherry got some time to herself to go to the mall and run some errands. Surprisingly, Brayden slept for a few hours. We're just hoping he sleeps well the rest of the night. After reading "Baby 411", we found out that we probably shouldn't have Brayden sleep on his side. The book suggested raising his head to a 30 degree angle to prevent the reflux or using a car seat. Alvin padded the bassinets with some blankets underneath the sheets to provide some pseudo pillows.
We bought some formula that should be easier on Brayden's stomach. We suspect he has some gas issues which is causing his fussiness. We also purchased some anti-gas and anti-fussiness drops which should be arriving sometime next week.
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