I dont know what else to do.
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Topic: I dont know what else to do.
Posted By: MissCandice
Subject: I dont know what else to do.
Date Posted: 15 April 2008 at 8:07pm
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Help needed desperatly.
Kylah wont stop screaming when we put her to bed. I took her to the doctor last week to get her ears rechecked they said they are fine, yet everytime i put her to bed she creams and screams, and she wont stop untill you pick her up. Shes pulling her ears still. Iv given her pamol, she doesnt have a temp, she just wont stop screaming. Im stressing out so bad i just want to cry. What can i do? ------------- ~ Mummy to a beautiful girl ~ |
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Posted By: .Mel
Date Posted: 15 April 2008 at 8:11pm
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Put phone books underneath her mattress so her head is higher than her feet. ------------- Mr Mellow (16) Miss Attitude (8) Destructa Kid (3) 
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Posted By: BellaBoo
Date Posted: 15 April 2008 at 8:13pm
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Sorry to hear your having a hard time. Maybe you could ring healthline and see what they suggest and whether you should take her to a 24hr doctor.
Otherwise, you could give her a bath and something to drink just to calm her and then maybe the pamol will kick in. Poor Kylah ------------- http://lilypie.com">   http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: jack_&_charli
Date Posted: 15 April 2008 at 8:13pm
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oh dear! i'm sorry kandice i really don't have any suggestions other than the pamol.....maybe try propping her bed up abit??
charli is abit the same the past week when we put her to bed, so will be interested to see what others recommend hugs hun!  ------------- http://www.alternatickers.com"> 
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Posted By: myfullhouse
Date Posted: 15 April 2008 at 8:15pm
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Could she be having separation anxiety? Do you need to put her into her bed asleep? Or is she teething? I think that Jack tugs on his ear sometimes when he is teething. ------------- Lindsey 
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Posted By: MissCandice
Date Posted: 15 April 2008 at 8:17pm
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It cant be seperation anxiety because she done it last night too, she cried for hours beside us in bed and finally fell asleep about 2am only to wake at 5.30am and whinge and cry all day. The doc said her ears are fine i dont know what else it could be.. ------------- ~ Mummy to a beautiful girl ~ |
Posted By: MissCandice
Date Posted: 15 April 2008 at 8:21pm
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Do i let her cry herself to sleep or do i keep getting her up?
Do i take her to the 24hr doc? ------------- ~ Mummy to a beautiful girl ~ |
Posted By: BellaBoo
Date Posted: 15 April 2008 at 8:23pm
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Can you rock her to sleep in your arms? ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: peachy
Date Posted: 15 April 2008 at 8:27pm
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Personally I wouldn't let her cry herself to sleep, but thats just my opinion.
I would probably just cuddle her and rock her in her bedroom with the lights off. Do you think it could be her teeth? Sorry I aren't much help, but I just had to contend with Lauren the same tonight and I actually gave her a bottle of 100mls, gave her a big cuddle and brushed her head/face while she settled down and drifted off to sleep. Can you try that? ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Mum2ET
Date Posted: 15 April 2008 at 8:27pm
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you could try just sitting beside her cot until she falls asleep. I know when Ella is teething she can get quite upset at bedtime and when she does, I normally just sit beside her and she calms down and falls asleep. ------------- Mum to Ella (5) and Tom (2) |
Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 15 April 2008 at 8:28pm
| okay, the "sensible" thing to do is to let her cry it out, but in all honesty I would try to get her to sleep anyway I could and if that meant lying down with he3r, so be it. |
Posted By: MissCandice
Date Posted: 15 April 2008 at 8:28pm
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The moment shes put into bed she screams, i dont get a chance to stand beside her and shhh her because she cant hear me. Off to rock her to sleep hopefully. ------------- ~ Mummy to a beautiful girl ~ |
Posted By: BellaBoo
Date Posted: 15 April 2008 at 8:39pm
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Maybe her ear infection has come back? It is supposed to hurt more when lying down.
Good luck with the rocking her to sleep, I hope she settles for you. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: WRXnKids
Date Posted: 15 April 2008 at 8:40pm
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With josh i use a dummy it sometimes takes a bit of just holding it in his mouth and ssshhhhing in his ear quite loudly before he will suck it but he eventually drifts off. If he is really bad i hold him on his side tightly against me rocking him so his mouth (with dummy in it is against my arm so he cant spit it out and he calms down sucking his dummy and drifts off really quickly just got to be very quiet and gentle putting him down. -------------   
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 15 April 2008 at 8:40pm
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Daniel did this the other night (thankfully we worked out what it is now). What I ended up doing was getting him on my chest inside my dressing gown (which he loooves) and sitting in a rocking chair for about 10 mins holding his head against me telling him its ok and to relax his head. Then lay down in bed with him still on my tummy and he eventually drifted off and I was able to take him off me and pop him down in our bed next to me.
I didn't like the type of cry so refused to let him cry it out. |
Posted By: MissCandice
Date Posted: 15 April 2008 at 8:40pm
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Iv tried lying with her but she starts screaming the moment you lie her down?? Iv tried rocking but she screams the whole time and cant hear you trying to shhhh her.
Im cranking out the pram now. ------------- ~ Mummy to a beautiful girl ~ |
Posted By: MissCandice
Date Posted: 15 April 2008 at 8:43pm
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Her cry isnt like a cry its that howl where she just goes and goes and goes.. DF has gone to get the pram.. im taking her back to the doctor in the morning. She did this when she had it last time ------------- ~ Mummy to a beautiful girl ~ |
Posted By: .Mel
Date Posted: 15 April 2008 at 8:43pm
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I think you should take her back to the doctors, something doesn't sit right with me. There must be fluid in her ears. She may need ear drops. ------------- Mr Mellow (16) Miss Attitude (8) Destructa Kid (3)
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Posted By: MissCandice
Date Posted: 15 April 2008 at 8:46pm
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They used that thing to check for fluid on friday.. Could it have developed over the weekend? ------------- ~ Mummy to a beautiful girl ~ |
Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 15 April 2008 at 8:46pm
| I'd go to a different doc too.. 2nd opinion is worth a shot. |
Posted By: Jessica
Date Posted: 15 April 2008 at 8:48pm
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I would def go to the Dr in the morning. I think the pram is a good idea. Anything that works. I hope she settles soon for you ------------- 
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Posted By: jack_&_charli
Date Posted: 15 April 2008 at 8:49pm
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yep i'd definately be taking her back to the dr's. and if they still say she's fine, get a second opinion.
if you are still worried after trying the pram, call healthline and see what they say ------------- http://www.alternatickers.com">
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Posted By: MissCandice
Date Posted: 15 April 2008 at 9:01pm
Df is taking her for a walk. We had to do that at 3am one day when she was like this, it was our last try and then we were going to the 24hr or a&e. She should go to sleep in her pram. Just dont know how shifting her to her bed is going to go 
Im definatly going to the doctor. Im going to go see the male doc there i think hes really good. The doc i take her too i go all the way to new brighton for as i thought they were awesome.. She did say she couldnt see in her ears, so they used that fluid thing. ------------- ~ Mummy to a beautiful girl ~ |
Posted By: Jessica
Date Posted: 15 April 2008 at 9:04pm
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I hope that the walk works Kandice, we have had to do that a couple for times with Lachie. On nights like this you just have to do anyhting that works. I hope the night improves,
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Posted By: MissCandice
Date Posted: 15 April 2008 at 9:08pm
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Thanks.
I hope hes ok. He took his phone so im sure he will call if hes not. And i thought having a newborn was hard! ------------- ~ Mummy to a beautiful girl ~ |
Posted By: BellaBoo
Date Posted: 15 April 2008 at 9:12pm
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If the walk dosnt settle her I would take her to the 24hr Doc. Goodluck hun! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: my4beauties
Date Posted: 15 April 2008 at 9:19pm
Aww Kandice, that's horrible Kylah's been like this . Poor thing, I hope the pamol kicks in, and a walk with her daddy settles her down. xox------------- My babies: R (9),G (7), J (5) http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Rachael21
Date Posted: 15 April 2008 at 9:23pm
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Aww hugs you guys its no fun with a sick bubba.
If you put one extra book under one of the cot legs you can rock it so maybe try rocking her if she wakes up again? Also tomorrow have some fun playing times in her cot when shes awake. Play with toys and stuff because there is a chance she might be associating her cot with alone painful times. Good luck and hopefully shes better soon poor wee thing. |
Posted By: WRXnKids
Date Posted: 15 April 2008 at 9:27pm
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ooohh driving around works for josh and sometimes its good if ya get a rough road knocks him out totally did that last night he was soo unsettled after his jabs in the morning he just screamed for ages last night and the drive worked a treat -------------
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Posted By: kabe
Date Posted: 15 April 2008 at 9:38pm
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I'd get a second opinion, about her ears. In the meantime, I'd call Healthline or plunketline. Goodluck ------------- http://alterna-tickers.com"> 
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Posted By: MissCandice
Date Posted: 15 April 2008 at 9:41pm
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Shes asleep. She fell asleep in her pram. Now do i move her to her cot? Or let her sleep in the pram? ------------- ~ Mummy to a beautiful girl ~ |
Posted By: BellaBoo
Date Posted: 15 April 2008 at 9:45pm
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Glad to hear. If it was me I would move her to her cot. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 15 April 2008 at 9:47pm
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I'd leave her in the pram LOL!
Do what you think is best! Hugs to you and your wee one, hope you can get some answers at the dr's tomorrow ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: BellaBoo
Date Posted: 15 April 2008 at 9:50pm
I agree! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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newmum wrote:Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 15 April 2008 at 9:59pm
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tom did this too and I took him to the doc twice. Ears were fine but they thought he had a sore throat and therefore felt pressure when he lay down. We raised his bed and dosed him with Pamol (and bonjela for the fu nof it) and he seemed to come right. Lots of cuddles and rocking though.
It WILL pass!!! |
Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 15 April 2008 at 10:00pm
| And I meant to say...go to the docs again....and again....and again until you get answers! |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 16 April 2008 at 2:22pm
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In my experience, ears are a PITA and doctors don't take them seriously enough. Mercedes had two ruptured drums and I asked for a referral to a specialist, my normally very good GP said it wasn't neccessary but I made her refer her anyway.
It turned out she had chronic glue ear in both ears and that's why she screamed all the time, had grommets a few weeks later and has been fine ever since. Sienna had NO sypmtoms, yet when the specialist looked in her ears she had the same thing - chronic glue ear in both sides, so she got grommets too. I'd say if you are worried about her ears and not getting answers from the GP ask for a referral to a specialist, they have better equipment for checking little ears. That said, it could also be teeth, but that would be unlikely to make her scream so uncontrollably. -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: rosewood
Date Posted: 16 April 2008 at 4:03pm
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Hi,
I would also play games with her in her room and her cot during the day so that she doesnt think it is a bad place to be. If she starts to think that her cot is not a nice place to be at night it is a struggle to get her back in it (believe me!). Hope that you get the ears sorted soon. ------------- Gill http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: jack_&_charli
Date Posted: 16 April 2008 at 4:38pm
how is kylah today? did you get to the dr's? which one do you go too...just wondering if it's the same place i go to, my dr is lovely! ------------- http://www.alternatickers.com">
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Posted By: MissCandice
Date Posted: 16 April 2008 at 5:22pm
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New Brighton Health Care, Susan or Mary.
She is the same today. Took her to the doctor and he said that she has an infection in her right ear. So different antibiotics. Im having such a bad day! ------------- ~ Mummy to a beautiful girl ~ |
Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 16 April 2008 at 5:30pm
| At least you know whats up with her now and hopefully with the anti's it will get better soon! |
Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 16 April 2008 at 6:23pm
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Poor Kylah! Poor you guys too, you must be knackered!
Ear infections can take a while to show up apparently. When Ella was just 2 she was really sick for 3 days, high temps, vomiting, and screaming the house down. We went to 3 different doctors and starship over the 3 days and had all kinds of tests done, all of them checked her ears and said they were fine... Dr #4 on day 4 took one look and said they were the worst infections he'd ever seen. I hope the medicine works quickly and that Kylah is much better soon! ------------- Mel, Mummy to E: 6, B: 4 and: 
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Posted By: jack_&_charli
Date Posted: 16 April 2008 at 9:06pm
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awwwww poor wee girl!! at least you have an answer now! wasn't the same dr as me, we go to the one by QE2
yes they can take a few days to show themselves. we went through the same thing (as caramel) with jack when he was little. he'd get infection after infection. luckily, he hasn't had any for 12mths now i hope those AB's kick in really soon kandice and you all get a good night's sleep tonight!! ------------- http://www.alternatickers.com">
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Posted By: BabyKiwi
Date Posted: 16 April 2008 at 10:36pm
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Ear infections are a pain! We are onto our 2nd one, DD had a chest infection last month and was on antibiotics now on antibiotics for the EI and sore throat!!
My advice, let her sleep where she wants and give lots and lots of huggs! And plenty of fluids. She'll come right! Big to you!!
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Posted By: Loobee
Date Posted: 17 April 2008 at 3:00pm
| My son went through a stage like that at about eight months as did a couple of other babies in my coffee group. Someone told me it was just a stage and to go with it so I did, keeping my son up for longer and/or sitting with him until he fell asleep - whatever worked for us without getting too stressed - it took about two and a half weeks to get him back to normal. So my advice is just go with it and do what keeps you sane and your child calm. |
Posted By: yummymummy
Date Posted: 17 April 2008 at 10:09pm
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Gina has had only one ear infection - so not pleasant. Big hugs to the whole family ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: MissCandice
Date Posted: 18 April 2008 at 7:32am
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Thanks guys. Things are getting better. You can put her to bed now and she will go to sleep. No more screaming. She must have been in so much pain i feel horrible now. She slept all night last night but i couldnt sleep and now i feel like death warmed up. Hopefully everything will come right. ------------- ~ Mummy to a beautiful girl ~ |