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6 week old screaming all day,

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SleepyCaz · 16/03/2009 13:30

DD is 6.3 weeks and screams all day unless in my arms, and sometimes even then. Been to GP, Childrens A and E, Walk In Centre and had HVs out olts. All say Colic or bit of reflux or just a "Windy" baby. Any more tips? Please help!

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CantSleepWontSleep · 16/03/2009 13:57

Bf or ff?

compo · 16/03/2009 13:58

have you thought about trying cranial osteopathy?

kidcreoleandthecoconuts · 16/03/2009 14:02

Both my DC's were unsettled at this age.
I used a sling to settle them sometimes.
Also when I was at the end of my tether I would switch the hoover on and they'd stop crying! My DS used to sit in his bouncy chair in front of the washing machine.
Also going out with the pram helps...she might go to sleep and if not the crying doesnt seem as bad when you're not cooped up in the house!

moocowme · 16/03/2009 20:42

try a course of infant gaviscon, you can buy it over the counter. I did this with Ds when he was 6 weeks and xcreaming as I could not bear to see him uncomfortable and docotrs were not sympathetic. apparenlty its 'just a phase'.

infant gaviscon worked a treat and i had my little smiley man back in a few days.

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SleepyCaz · 16/03/2009 21:16

Ive got gaviscon, from the gp, but got Colief too. The instructions on them both say to mix in with the feed (ff). Can i put them both in? Or one or the other?
Can't do white noise, my 2.10 year old DS doesnt like it and says he can't hear CBeebies! Lol!

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SleepyCaz · 17/03/2009 07:46

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ABetaDad · 17/03/2009 07:52

My mum used to say that if a baby screams all the time try giving it some warm (not hot) water in a bottle.

She used to say that a midwife told her (back in the 1960s) that babies are just very very thirsty sometimes.

I have no proof but it cannot do any harm to try.

duchesse · 17/03/2009 08:14

Difficult or long birth? Is she feeding well?

Some babies are born with a headache or sore neck, which a lot of people find goes after a few trips to a cranial osteopath.

longagegap · 17/03/2009 08:23

Hi dont know if this will work for you , my son did the same thing all the time , even when held , as i'm a lone parent my head was starting to go as i didnt have much help , one day i threw a blanket over him and guess what he stopped crying [ well most of the time] lol some babies like this , put it up to the babies face at one side , dont know why they like this also put hover on at least you'll get few mins peace of not hearing the cries, good luck

messymissy · 17/03/2009 08:40

Hi, a friend of mine tried the cranial osteopath for her DS born by ceaserian, she was convinced it made him a much more settled baby, it only took one or two sessions.

with my dd, she wanted to be held most of the time, so i used a sling A LOT!!!! it meant that i could get on with the housework and i felt less stressed listening to her crying. Also found that when in the pushchair if i used the infant carrier part she was much much calmer looking at me. if i put her in just the pram part, she could not see me as it was not mummy facing and she howled and howled and howled so it made going out in the pram awful.

Then a light from above pinged on.....i brought her moses basket down stairs each day and arranged cotton blankets so they formed a really snug edge around her - once she had less room to wriggle around in and something warm to press the top of her head into, she settled much quicker.

I subsequently read that the way babies arms and legs wave around is an involuntary action at this young age and it can disturb them, so swaddling them can help too.

I think its trial and error, my sympathies are with you, if the crying gets too much a walk in the pram is always a good idea as it can help you to de-stress.

CantSleepWontSleep · 18/03/2009 19:23

Shame about ff, as the reason for my question was that mine screamed all day due to milk intolerance, but I was also fobbed off (with dd - I knew better with ds!) with it being colic. As a breastfeeder you'd have just needed to cut dairy out of your diet, but to test if it's that for a ff baby you'd need to buy (or convince your GP to prescribe, but most won't without a paed referral, and most won't give a paed referral because they are ignorant of the possible symptoms!) Nutramigen1 formula from a chemist (it's quite expensive - about £17 per tin 3 years ago iirc), and see if 2 weeks on this makes him better. It's more common than most people realise.

teatank · 18/03/2009 19:29

i had the same problem with my son. i used colief to treat colic and it was like a magic wand it worked within days. my child stopped crying all day. it was like a miracle.

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