Hello, I'm new here and well.. at the end of my terror lol my baby boy is 5 weeks old and has never stopped screaming since day 1!
He's just never settled and never gets a more than an hour of sound sleep and he only gets that if you put him down on his stomach. He needs a lot of comfort and cuddles, which is really hard because i have to other kids, my second youngest is now getting jealous with all the time I spend pacing the floor with him and to make matters worse, Im on my own as my husband is over in the States right now.
You can tell there is always something niggling at him with the way he squirms and wriggles. He has diarrhea which is frothy and sprays out with quite a force, his burps and pumps smell like rotten eggs and he is always wanting to feed or suck on a dummy (which i think gives him even more gas)his weight gain is great, up to a pound a week!! but its a vicious circle because he is over feeding, which comforts him at the time, but roll on 30 mins and he's worse than ever.
I stopped bf for 5-6 days and put him on a milk for colicky babies(was expressing and dumping to keep my supply going) but he was still upset. Then on the suggestion on the hv i tried SMA LF, he was only on that for a few days when she came to the door with prescribed tubs of dairy and lactose free formula, suggested by the dietitian she had spoken to.
He's only been on this new milk for 1 day, so fingers crossed it actually works- I so want my baby back. I have to go on a dairy free diet too, which im not looking forward to, but has to be done otherwise I wont be able to rule this out.
Its so hard trying to work out whats going on with him, if this milk doesn't work, then i just dont know what to do, keep pacing the floor pulling my hair out I suppose and on top of it all, I cant even drink! ohh the joys, if I dont laugh- i'll cry!