I have a nine week old son who has been a nightmare since birth. If I did not have friends and relatives with babies then I think I would have put this down to just being a baby, but I have been told by others that his crying is excessive. I breast fed him for 5 weeks, but he was literally feeding constantly with one feed running into another, and I also could not put him down - he would only sleep on me. This is when I made the decision to change to formula. I started him on Aptamil and it was like a diff baby - I could now leave the house and I knew exactly how much he had fed, so if he cried I knew it was not hunger. This worked for a while and then the screaming started again - ended up in A + E one night as was so bad - the doctor said prob reflux and prescribed Gaviscon Infant. Again, this worked for a few days and then the screaming returned. At six week check doc said he could be cows milk protein intolerant ( I was as a child too). Changed his milk to Nutramigen 1 and again, vast improvement for a few days and then back to square one. I am at the end of my tether now as to what is the matter. He hates going in his pram/ sling and hardly sleeps during the day resulting in him being exhausted by the evening, causing even more crying!!! if anyone has any advice it would be much appreciated. PS. I'm new to this so sorry if I have not used all the abbreviations etc!!
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What is wrong with my 9 week old baby boy!!
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KatieLouLou · 16/09/2008 17:34
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