Hi everyone,
I'm at a loss about my 2 months old daughter, and would appreciate whatever words of wisdom you can share.
Ever since she's been put on formula on week 3, due to her excessive feeding which my wife couldn't cope with, we've had the following problems:
- She barely naps throughout the day. She is always alert, always wants attention, and if I dare try to lay her on me to sleep she gives me a good talking to.
- She eats very little, very often. She never finishes a bottle, often times eating a single ounce, then keeps asking for more gradually until the bottle grows too cold for her liking. Then it's a new one (about every 2 hours), and the cycle continues.
- She does not go to at night. Last night we've tried putting her to bed at 7pm. She laid in bed next to me staring at the ceiling for 2 hours with a dummy. Only fell asleep after feeding her again, but...
- She does not stay asleep at night. It's 5am and this is the fifth time she's woken up tonight. Often times I can hear her moving in bed when we thought she was sleeping.
I have no doubt these problems only started after putting her on formula. We've tried several, even comfort ones, to no avail. The health visitor, I'm sorry to say, is being less than useless (it's free, but we're still not getting our money's worth!), and although she hasn't been much to the GP, my personal experience of them also does not inspire confidence.
Anyway, she's started crying again, so I'm going to finish up and thank anyone in advance if they can share some tips!