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Would you consider using a RnP? That keeps them at an incline so you'd probably only need to burp and hold for about 5 min so the risk goes way down. My friend had similar issues with her 1st and thus loved the RNP for her 2nd.

You say she's clearly uncomfortable what do you mean? What behaviors make you think she is uncomfy/has gas?

You could try keeping her swaddled for feeds. I don't see the purpose of unswaddling at night, since the goal of MOTN feeds is to get them full and back to bed

Also, some spit up is normal and shouldn't be a reason to hold upright for 30 min. Projectile vomiting is not normal. That'd be something I call the ped about.

For reference, my 5wk olds night wakeups are 45 min tops- 5 min diaper, 30 min feed, 5 min burp, 5 min transfer to Rnp. I'm amazed you're sticking it out with 90 min! If that's what LO truly needs, wow, I guess you gotta do what you gotta do. But that should not be how things are going... hope it changes for the better soon!

@littlebug: We had our LO in the RnP for gas and she did fine in the transition to the crib around 5 months. She wouldn't sleep well anywhere else.

@littlebug: I think part of your problem is swaddling her before you burp/hold upright. If she has reflux, as soon as you lay her flat to swaddle, she's going to have pain, and at that point it's too late to hold her upright. My son has awful reflux and night wake ups are still long but he stays asleep. I would nurse her, then go right to burping/holding upright for 15-20 minutes, then lay her down to swaddle. My son never woke up when I laid him down to swaddle after having been upright for a while.

Well at least it's great that it's only 1-2 times a night! My LO Wakes 3-5 times but I'm being generous with what I consider night (9pm-9am, since that's his "night"). I'm surprised the ped didn't take it more seriously but I'm glad you have experience with this from your son so you know what to do at leaat. Like pp said, you could put the crib at an incline. For me, I use the RnP at night with almost no rocking ever, and the Pnp at leaat once during the day, so I'm hoping that will make the transition better.

Rock N Play! Dont' fear the transition. I was so worried about my baby getting addicted to this or that....I didn't use tools that probably would have been very helpful in the moment.

Do what works now to let your baby get comfortable and you can get some rest. Coughing makes me suspect she has some reflux going on.

@littlebug: hooray! The transition really wasn't that bad for us. Dreading it would be awful was worse than the experience itself.

I went to the rnp because S was not settling at night. She's not had an issue transitioning to sleeping in the crib once her tummy issues were better. I also always nursed while swaddles at night so once they were asleep, that was it.