Can anyone help me please?

[janski31]

Hello

My baby is 3 weeks old today and is being bottle fed with SMA gold.

For the last few days she seems a bit unsettled I think she might have tummy ache have been giving her infacol but she is not settling at all during day, if I take her out in her pram she wakes as soon as it stops so I feel she isnt getting enough rest, during the night she is fine wakes every 2 and a half hours for a feed and more a less goes straight back to sleep.

During the day she constantly grazes she can want some of her bottle 10, 20 mins and hour aprt its all over the place she never finishes her bottle ever. If someone asks me when her next feed is due I have no idea it could be anytime. Now I have read that it takes a baby up to 4 hours to disgest formula so am giving her tummy ache by allowing her to graze, if she is crying not sure what else to do. I feel like I am doing something wrong and it really upsets me when she seems in pain. Was thinking about changing her formula but it says you have to check first with your health visitor she isn't coming for another 2 weeks and I know this sounds stupid but I don't even have time to get dressed during the day as she wont settle. Thanks for reading x

I'm not sure about tummy ache but you're doing the right thing to feed when she wants it rather than to a routine. I'm guessing you're still under midwife care so you could ask her for advice or you could ring your health visitor for a chat or to ask her to come sooner

Thanks for answering going to ring her tomorrow

Hiya, my baby (breast fed) did this from around 2 weeks and I started her on infacol. It seemed to help a bit but not that much, she also seemed tired and things improved when I sorted out her day time sleep a bit. She has always been great at night but difficult to put to bed when overtired

I started trying to get her to sleep if she had been awake for more than an 1.5 hours.it doesn't always work but I find on the days it does she seems so much more settled in every way.

It seems to me that if she doesn't nap properly then she is too tired to take a feed so too hungry to have a proper sleep IYSWIM, like a vicious circle.

Thanks giddyup how did you get her to sleep when she was overtired? I read newborns struggle to stay awake for more than 2 hours the other day she was awake all day!

things that have worked for me at various for getting him to sleep are white noise (eg the hoover), walking in the pram (sometimes just rocking it), going out in the car. But if you pick the right moment, you might be able to just put her down in her cot/moses basket and she'll go off by herself, especially just after a feed.

Sounds like a bit of a growth spurt, in which case it will settle down in another few days.

Don't be afraid to put her down for 5 minutes while you dress/brush teeth or whatever, she will be fine and you'll feel a bit more sane

PS don't beat yourself up about what newborns (or babies generally) are "supposed" to do - they're all different. My first was a non-sleeper when tiny ... people used to talk about "oh you know how newborns sleep all the time" and I'd be thinking "wtf?" They do get better!

I look for tired signs and try and catch them straight away. DD is 9 weeks now and still often tired after being awake an hour. I just got her to sleep by any means necessary to begin with, mainly rocking and pram walking. When she was a bit better rested I started trying to get her to take her naps in her crib. If I put her down asleep she wakes up soon after so slowly but surely she is getting better at going down awake. I shush and pat her on my shoulder then try to put her down awake but drowsy. I have found that some times she starts to grumble but actually nods off before she is actually crying.