My 5 week old baby has been a fussy eater from the start. Initially because she had lip and tongue tie, also I had to use breast shields. Once I've tried to get her back on the breast, she only wants the nipples. She has reflux (so I have to keep her upright after each feed for at least 30m) and bad colic (I'm using infacol but don't think it's working). I can see that she is suffering and struggle to help her. So she doesn't sleep (and I don't sleep either). When it's not colic, it's the vomiting which disturbs her as soon as I put her in bed (I have a folded muslim below the cot to ensure she has a bit if an angle while sleeping and head higher than feet)
She has been having really good bowel movements, 4 or 5 a day but now, for the past 24h they have been green.
I've read a lot about foremilk and hindmilk, and because I have so much milk I end up doing 3 or 4 feeds from the same breast before I change so I can't really understand why its going green. I suspect because she's using the nipple to calm down as opposed to actually feeding.
Everyone says it will get better, but she has never slept more than 8h in total a day. She can go a good 12h without sleeping, apart from the little naps on my breast or while I'm holding her upright. So zombie mom here.
Any tips?
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Oversupply green poos and sleepless nights
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LillyC · 14/10/2016 19:23
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