My dd is 6 weeks old and breastfed. My problem is that she just cries and cries before every nap and bedtime for up to an hour each time. This means it feels like she is crying all day. We have tried all ways to soothe her: gentle rocking, walking with her in a sling ( she usually sleeps eventually like this) taking her in the buggy or car but she screams for all of them. We have tried a dummy which just makes her cry more. I know she is tired as she yawns in between cries (or maybe the crying is tiring her out) but it is exhausting us all that she is like this. I am beginning to wonder if she doesn't have some form of reflux which is distressing her like this although she sleeps very well at night in her Moses basket; past two nights a 5 hour stretch followed by two 2 hour sleeps with feeds in between. However I am feeding her to sleep and it can take hours to get her to sleep that way but at least she's not crying.
Any ideas??
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louisoscar · 24/04/2013 10:53
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