u/ExpatWanderer

Had a very stressful evening yesterday. Second day of starting solids and gave baby a bit of eggs and tomatoes. She kept chomping happily but after the meal noticed a hive on her neck. Husband drove like an F1 racer to the emergency room. Thankfully no breathing problems but after getting antihistamines her hives didn’t completely go away and she started vomiting an hour later so had to give her an epi.

Definitely one of - if not the- scariest moment of my life. But I had to hide it so I could be strong for her. I know she was already going through so much. She took it like a champ though, much braver than I could ever be. So unbelievably proud. Giving her extra cuddles and extra kisses today. The exhaustion and benadryl made her sleep much longer, but I couldn’t sleep with the mom guilt and the what ifs.

Starting solids is an exciting, but incredibly scary journey. Before starting we were so scared she would choke on anything and now we have to add allergic reactions to that list. I sincerely hope none of you have to go through what we did yesterday. And if you live far from a place with a good pediatric ER unit, might be a good idea to introduce common allergens closer to the hospital.

I feel like I come complain to this sub about something every week but here we go again.

My 5.5 month old baby’s sleep has been getting out of whack. Again. Don’t know if the sleep regression ever really ended. At some point we had a few days where she only woke once to feed. There were even a couple days where I woke up before she did! like a dream. After that she started waking up every 2-3 hours. Nights are bad but her naps were better, getting 1-1.5 hour naps where I can eat, nap, do things around the house. These past few days everything is just bad again.

I feel like it’s separation anxiety? cries whenever I’m out of sight when before she would be fine being left alone on her play mat for a few minutes. And with naps or sleep I feel like the moment she realizes I’m not next to her she cries. This happens during the early hours of the night too and I’ve had to resort to chest sleeping after her 5am wakeups.

This lack of sleep is making me consider sleep training. But I feel like it’s hard when she has always been nursed to sleep and every time I tried to put her down drowsy she just wakes up even more. Soothing her while she’s in the crib has never worked for me. She just cries with arms open asking to be picked up and the moment we do pick her up she’ll calm down instantly.

If this is teething (it’s always teething isn’t it) or some developmental thing I’ll try to push through but if this might last months I don’t know if I can take it. Open to any advice, or if you’re going through the same thing so I don’t feel alone in this😭