Baby been crying for 3 hours

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Any suggestions or virtual hugs desperately needed

How old is baby? So hard when they won’t stop crying. Any signs of illness? Gone through the checklist of hunger, wind, nappy etc?

5 weeks. Gone through the check list and again just to make sure

Could you maybe try a nice tight swaddle? Sometimes that was the only thing that would work with mine, a swaddle and a rock in a dim room?

Firstly big hug as know it’s incredibly stressful when in this situation.

Guess you’ve done all the usual checks. May I also suggest taking off sleepsuit and checking there’s nothing caught on toe? It could be a piece of hair or loose thread caught and wrap around toe.

If not that I suggest you give baby a tummy massage in case baby has trapped wind. Play some soothing music in dim light room.

You could also try to hold baby close and gently pat bottom whilst humming or shushing, mine used to like this.

5 weeks is still super young.have you tried feeding, burping, swaddling, bouncing etc?

Where is baby now?

Tried everything suggested thus far. Baby in my arms atm

Dummy? Loud white noise from an app on your phone? Popping her in her pram and rocking her? Does she have a baby swing?

Rocking in the 'football' hold always used to work for mine when very little. So baby on tummy over your forearm.

She wont take a dummy. Pram a no go

Sorry, I'm.not trying to be negative or ungrateful. I'm just exhausted.

Have you got a sling? I could sometimes get mine to sleep by walking round the house with them in the sling and doing a bit of rocking side to side with it. Could also try a super tight swaddle. Hang on in there

Try another feed too. Occassionally mine just didnt settle back after what seemed like a good feed, and needed another sooner than I thought they would.

She lives the sling but I cant get her out of it asleep. So if she falls asleep in it that's where she has to stay.

Her eyes keep closing then snapping open again.

I'm so tired

She's scrstched my boob to pieces

Oh OP I really feel for you, I remember that feeling. When you don't know what to do because you're so tired, but can't put your baby down because they're crying and/or won't sleep.

My sister once took my baby from my in a similar situation, played a white noise app of a heartbeat on her phone, put baby over her arm like a PP suggested they put the phone on baby's bum whilst patting. Apparently in the womb your heartbeat is often near baby's bum so this noise and action soothes them. I definitely found a firm pat on the bum helped mine.

I'm sorry, this probably doesn't help, but you have my sympathy. I remember those nights well, they are so hard.

Thank you.

DD would get like this with wind. Lying her down on her back and pushing knees into chest then reverse cycling her legs would eventually release it downwards.

Is it her normal cry OP?

I like your username OP 😉
Sometimes theres nothing to do but keep plodding on.
No baby can stay awake for ever. She will have to sleep eventually and be ready yourself to sleep with her, on the couch or wherever.

I remember those times well x

My DD went like this sometimes and I'd spend ages trying to settle and in the end I would just put her in the next to me crib with lullaby's playing on my phone and would hold her hand until she went to sleep. I found that sometimes she just wanted to be cuddled and others she would want to be in the crib. Hope you get some peace soon !

She's been crying progressively more for the past 3 days. I asked my HV if there was some face to face support - I want to get her latch checked and have an assessment for tongue tie. She said there are only phone appts.

I have a private appt for Monday. Its cost me 200 quid but if it helps.solve this it will.be worth it.

She is finally asleep and lying next to me in my.bed.

Sending hugs OP. Hang on in there, you're doing a fab job.

Is she definitely taking enough milk? Is she putting weight on steadily ? What you said about scratching your boobs reminded me my DS doing similar, turned out he was hungry and we had to supplement with a bottle .

If she's absolutely inconsolable I'd be thinking of ringing 111 for advice, personally. We got given a book with my first that takes you through checks for illness you can do and gives you a score to determine whether they need to be seen or not- do you have something like that to hand? Check her temperature, strip her down and check her skin for any rashes or discolouration, check her nails are the right colour... Stuff like that.

Ah just saw your last post. Glad she's asleep, sleep safe and well x

She's woken up
I cant do this

Cross post, sorry.