Day Three Hundred and Fifty One - A Long Night

We had a bad night with Tiffany last night and lots of broken sleep as a result.  About 2.30am she started whinging.  She was very restless and unhappy, yet not remotely hungry, while her unsympathetic brothers lay sound asleep.  I've had a pup with a middle of the night tummy-ache before, so I was pretty sure what we were dealing with, and she had either over-indulged or managed to swallow an air bubble with her milk LOL.  Temperature in the room was right, and I checked her body temperature to be sure, and she was right as well.

There wasn't a lot I could do other than make sure Emmi had cleaned her thoroughly, and hold her upright for a little relief with tummy rubs.  She would occasionally drift off to sleep, but before too much longer she was restless and whining again.

About 4am she regurgitated a little bit of milk, Emmi cleaned her down and she fell fast asleep!  Phew.  Just in time to give me one hour of sleep before I needed to get up for work!  There are sometimes when the comparison with caring for a human baby is a bit too uncanny for words!

Here they all are, contented again with fat bellies!

We are heading into a couple of days of very hot weather now, and I can tell the pups aren't too happy about how warm it is.  While the last week or so has been spent making sure they are kept warm, I suspect the next few days will be spent doing the opposite.