Hi all,
I've got a 5 week old baby and I am seriously struggling to cope. She has been sleeping fine ish at night until recently - waking once or twice for feeds and usually going back down easily.
Over the past few weeks however she's been sleeping for a 4/5 hour stretch and then I either can't get her back down or if I do after a little while she starts grunting, crying and pulling up her legs. She doesn't always wake but it keeps me awake so I am exhausted. Any ideas why she might be doing this? Or any similar experiences? She is taking Gaviscon for reflux as she is very sicky and cries after feeding in the day and I thought it might be this making her constipated but I didn't give her any Gaviscon yesterday and it still happened despite the fact she pooed twice overnight. I burp her but overnight and hold her for 15 mins before putting her down.
She also won't sleep in her crib in the day - only on me or in the sling so I can't catch up on sleep and I think I've got PND (seen GP and waiting for a referral) so I'm really struggling. Family are coming to help a few days a week but they can't do more than that as they work.
Oh and I should say she is breastfeed but has a small bottle of formula before bed.
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user1497339042 · 13/06/2017 08:38
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