This
past weekend we went on our first trial run road trip. We went up to Edmonton, to visit my Aunt and
Uncle, so they could see Spencer for the first time. Along the way we also got to visit a few
friends that we hadn’t seen in a while.
All in all it was a good trip.
Spencer
did fairly well with travelling. Once
hitch was, by Saturday night he hadn’t pooped in 36 hours. I know they say breast fed babies can go as
long as three days before it is a problem, but for him after 24 hours he is
starting to get uncomfortable, and gets progressively worse. Deb spent a lot of Saturday’s dinner visit
pacing the restaurant parking lot with him to help sooth him. I think it was a combination of new stuff,
travel, and a busy restaurant. He constantly
wants to see and take in everything.
Which is great for learning, but once he gets past tired it becomes a
battle. Even after dinner we had to wait
in the car/pacing long enough to get him settled before we could get him into
the car seat without bawling.
Once
back at my Aunts, and after a couple hours of pumping his legs, massaging his
tummy, and letting him kick to himself on laid on the couch, he finally
pooped. He then ate, and passed
out. We went to bed shortly after
that. I woke up at 6:30, and he still
hadn’t waked. I checked on him and he was
still sleeping peacefully, so I went back to sleep. Spencer slept from about midnight until
7:30. That was a novel sleep for me and
Deb. We hadn’t thought it would be the
start of a trend though.
Sunday
night, after travelling home, Spencer napped at home, and when it came time to
go to sleep, once again he slept from about midnight right to 7:30 again. Woohoo.
But I think all the excitement of travelling helped with this trend.
Monday
night wasn’t quite as lucky, however he did sleep 5.5 hours straight. At this point, it is now over 48 hours since
he last pooped, so when he is awake, he isn’t comfortable, unless you can find “THE”
position for him to sit/lay in. That
could be some of the issue as to why he woke up after 5.5 hours, as he wasn’t
too awake, and mostly slept ate after getting rid of some gas. Sometimes it is hard to breastfeed him though,
because the position to latch isn’t comfy for his tummy, which is hard to see
too, he is hungry and wants it, but cries because his stomach hurts.
We
have been giving him some Gripe water to try and help the situation, but still
nothing more than a shart. We can hear
and feel his tummy gurgling, and can sympathize why he is grumpy. This makes it even harder to do his neck
stretches, as he starts grumpy only to make it worse, but they half to be done
to help his neck.
Also
on Friday we had his scrotum ultrasound.
I had refrained from googling what could have been the problem, to not
get myself worked up. The doctor said it
is water around his testicle, and it should absorb itself, and progressively
get smaller. Monday I got a call from
his doctor wanting to see him next week.
I mentioned to the receptionist “They said his balls are fine.” She laughed and said, “That comment made my
day, and yes this is follow up to that ultrasound, but I don’t have the
results. Dr. H wants to see Spencer
regarding this.” So we have an appointment next week to see his doctor.
PS:
Spencer’s overall trend of sleeping before this weekend has been 4/2/2/1 on a good night and 2/1/1/1/1 on a bad night.
Sprout often wouldn't poop for 7-10 days. By the end she was definitely less comfortable, but it seemed to be her schedule regardless of what I did or didn't eat. Each kid is different. Hopefully Spencer gets things worked out to a point where he isn't losing sleep because of an upset tummy.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the support Allison. It is so hard to watch your baby be in discomfort for something like that. Alas it is what it is. So far his max is now about 54 hours. I couldn't imagine him after 7 days. Hopefully the Spout isn't too bad either.
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