My DS is 4 weeks old tday and in the last week or so he has started to have a screaming period from around 5 til 8 in the evening when nothing seems to console him and his cries are more like shouts -could this be colic?
He doesn't burp very much when we wind him but farts a lot and he struggles to get back to sleep after feeds at night -particularly the EBM feed that DH does with a dr brown bottle.
He hardly sleeps at all during the day -maybe 2 hours and then cluster feeds in the evning til falling asleep around 8 or 9 then sleeps through til about 1am but is then unsettled after feed til his next feed at 3 or 4 then sleeps again and wakes for his next feed 3 hours after last one.
Also he grunts and sounds like he's clearing his throat a lot after each feed sometimes it takes me several attempts to rock him to sleep before putting him down as he falls asleep on me but wakes as soon as he goes down -almost like he wakes himself with the noises and trying to suck on his hands.
Just wondering if this is colic is it worth trying infacol which a friend gave me? Or is this just normal newborn behaviour? I don't want to start giving him medicine he doesn't need but I would love us to get a bit more sleep between feeds and for him not to be so stressed in the evenings -I hate watching him cry and not being able to do anything.
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Is this colic?
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Vmama · 19/03/2007 20:07
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