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1lumpor2 · 29/12/2010 12:43

my DS is 2 and half weeks old and im having an awful time getting him to sleep. during the night he will go down in his carrycot and want feeding every 3 hours but in between he spends the whole time grunting and grizzling which i think is wind, i have his carrycot tilted at an angle which helps a bit i think. needless to say, noone gets much sleep. during the day it is very difficult to put him down at all, he screams if hes put down in his carrycot, i try to get him to sleep in the pram on walks or in the sling but he naps for maybe a few mins then wakes again. he is generally quite windy and i dont know whether i should try some colic medicine? im getting so little sleep that i just end up crying all the time and wondering what im doing wrong and why i cant keep my baby happy. he is also very sucky and when he gets very overtired he does rooting for food but is generally happy with a finger to suck on so think he is just comfort sucking and not really hungry at all, all the advice suggests waiting til 6 weeks to use a dummy though. any advice would be much appreciated as i just dont know what to do.

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bb99 · 29/12/2010 12:57

Sorry, not an expert.

I found a sling during the day worked well with collicky DC2 - lugging him around in it seemed to help with the wind etc and the need to be constantly carried.

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1lumpor2 · 29/12/2010 13:10

thank you, i realise i wasnt very helpful with the title Blush

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bb99 · 29/12/2010 14:43

Have you tried posting in the sleep bit/feeding thread to try and get a bit more help?

Good Luck!

SmacSmackedSanta · 29/12/2010 14:48

try infacol before feeds and a dummy.

1lumpor2 · 29/12/2010 18:57

ill try and post in the sleep bit, thank you. was thinking about infacol, HV is coming tomorrow to weigh DS so will ask her.

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bb99 · 30/12/2010 20:10

Good evening - I had an epiphany this morning - I think babies go through growth spurts at different ages and the extra suckiness could be to do with this?

Ask around on the feeding threads.

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