How do you tell if baby is just fussing or genuinely distressed? DC is 2.5 weeks and increasingly stressed in the evenings, desperately latching on then off, crying, sucking fist/my arm, panicked fast breathing etc. This is after feeding more or less all day and my nipples are killing and he just seems to be really hungry and in great distress at not getting anything. I've read Kellymom which says 'fussing' is normal and not to top up but does this go beyond fussing? It's absolutely horrible to watch him so distressed but is that what other people do? Just try and ride it out? BF MW said to distract but I don't have how you do that with a newborn. He will not be put down either, he falls asleep during feeding and will stay asleep on a person but wakes instantly and goes back to being stressed if put down in his cot. I have consequently had no sleep for days. I don't know what to do now.
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