My baby is 11 weeks old. She was born at 40+1 but had a tough start with sepsis and was on SBCU for first seven days and then readmitted with unmbilical infection at 3.5 weeks.
Since 2 weeks she's been very difficult. Initially screaming lasted 8-12 hours a day. She was diagnosed with reflux at about 6 weeks and is on ranitidine (now 0.8ml x 3/day). That has helped, but shes still very, very high needs. She's seriously hard work and I'm exhausted.
I keep wondering if this is CMPA/I, even though docs and paeds say no and keep telling me how rare it is in a breastfed baby.
She sleeps well at night and is very happy and jolly in the morning, but come 2pm she's on meltdown again and nothing consoles her. She does look like she's in pain, and the screaming goes on all the time unless she's napping until she goes to sleep for the night (now about 9pm).
Her nappies are normal if very explosive. Sometimes i think they're a bit gooey but they never have visible mucus or blood and it's maximum one big nappy a day, no more than that, so doctor says that's no indication of a problem. She has a very mild posterior tongue tie that we haven't had snipped because she feeds fine and is gaining weight well. She does have mild ezcema on her cheeks but that's not unexpected as everyone in the family has dry skin and it's very easily under control with just good quality emoliants (no steroids). She sounds mucousy in her nose after a long sleep but that's a known reflux symptom and it always goes away when she's been up for a few minutes.
People keep telling me that she will settle in the next four weeks but I don't believe it. She just seems so uncomfortable. I feel like there is another problem. Could this be CMPA? The fact that it isn't 24/7 suggests not, but i'm worried i'm missing something and leaving my LG in pain.
At three weeks I did start giving up dairy, but my doctor told me to stop immediately for my own health (I lost weight dangerously quickly after birth and went down to almost 7 stone, and I was warned that I should not do it as it would be bad for me and for my ability to produce milk as we were establishing BF). I could try that again now, but also I can't help hearing my late grandma's voice in my head telling me i'm being absolutely ridiculous and that if the docs aren't worried she's just a normal baby... if very high needs.
Could this just be colic? Has anyone else been through the same deliberations and then found that it did just suddenly resolve between 12 and 16 weeks??