Iris was initially breast fed. For around three months. She fed very well. She started sleeping through at three weeks. From around 9pm-6am. We were living the dream!
We then switched her to Apitmil. She displayed signs of lactose intolerance (I am severely lactose intolerant and Alfie was lactose intolerant as a baby)
We switched her to SMA Lactose free. She was much better on this formula. She would only wake a couple of times a night, seemingly happy and settled. At this point she was in her next to me cot.
At 5 months old Iris boarded a cruise ship with her dad and brother (I was filming on the ship) They stayed two weeks. After the first few days Iris developed what loooked like thrush in her mouth. She wouldn’t eat and her tummy was giving her great discomfort. The dr on board prescribed antibiotics and an anti fungal medicine. This is when troubles really begin. Sleep was completely disturbed. Waking every hour. In the months that followed she was agitated with chronic wind through the night.
We panicked and started her on Hypoallergenic milk, believing it could be a milk protein allergy. This made her worse and her stools became mucus with blood in them. So we stripped things right back.
Tom had started weaning at 5 months. She loved her porridge and seemed happy on SMA so we decided to go back to this . She was also happy on Ella’s kitchen pouches but too much fibre seemed to upset her gut (I.e the fruit pouches)
She seems much better on SMA again but her sleep is terrible. During her illness on the ship and the forth coming weeks of chronic wind she started to co-sleep with us. We’ve not been able to stop that. So the current situation is that she sleeps in our bed and most nights wakes every 1-2 hours. She has a dummy to settle her. Sometimes she will require some milk to help her settle her. Eating is a little hit and miss she doesn’t have a huge appetite but much better than before.
