Constant crying after feeding

[MrsGiraffe12]

Dd is 4 weeks old on Monday. She is combi fed (bm in the day ff at night) and pretty much the whole time she's not feeding she's crying. She won't sleep all day, but does at night.
At first I though it was colic so have tried all the over the counter meds but nothing works
She screams and screams like she's in pain, it gets really high pitched, almost scratchy in sound and very quick. She keeps drawing her arms and legs up, and often dribbles and is sometimes sick after a feed.
Any ideas x

Are you feeding on demand? It's easy to understimate how often a tiny baby gets hungry.

Is he well otherwise? Gaining weight, wet and dirty nappies etc? Same behaviour after bf and ff?

Does he sleep at all, or just cry and feed?

Sorry, *she

Not sure if this will help, but just wanted to share that my DS was like this and eventually was diagnosed with silent reflux, prescription for ranitidine changed our lives!!! And many congrats on your new baby

try looking into infant probiotics. we had the same problem with DS and I have family and friends who have sworn by this. it seems to have helped alot. also cut dairy out of my diet to see if that helps.

She is fed on demand. Shes having boob whenever she wants it in the day, and I'll even give her formula in the day if she's not settling with boob
Literally crying all the day or night if she's not feeding or sleeping.
She's very hickuppy too.
She's gaining weigh well and has frequent wet and dirty nappies

At my wits end as I've a constant headache now.

Are you pumping or doing any night feeds? Prolactin levels peak in the small hours and if you're not feeding then it can mean supply is reduced. This is especially important in the first 6-8 weeks of breastfeeding.

Might be worth looking for real life help - are there any bf clinics or LLL groups nearby?

Reflux.

Try keeping her upright for as much as possible, even slightly tilt her cot when asleep. Wear her in the sling.

And get to your docs as soon as poss. Silent reflux is causing her pain

I'm not pumping or BF overnight as DD sleeps through most nights.

Could it be lack of breast milk that's making her scream all day?

hexbramble
Can the dr give me anything for reflux for a baby? And will I have to stop BFing x

MrsG, I posted on your other thread.

If you are not bf at all at night, then the risk is you are not making sufficient breastmilk, and your dd may be needing more milk.

Can you contact a breastfeeding counsellor or some other source of info and talk this through?

Crying all day when not feeding is so wearing and so concerning....you do need to rule out the 'simple' reason of insufficient milk before going for the pathology (reflux).

If it is reflux, there is no need to stop bf. But going over night with no bf at this early age is likely to speed up the end of breastfeeding....that's just the biology of it all.

Hope you get good help soon.

My ds was exactly the same and he was ebf I even asked a health visitor to the house who after an hr told me it wasn't normal. I kept going back to the Dr who kept telling me it was colic but 4 mths later in desperation because I kept going back he suggested getting Soya milk formula. I went straight out and bought some from the 1st feed he was a completely different boy. If it it a milk protein intolerance then you can get Soya milk on prescription. I wish I had tried cutting out dairy from my diet 1st rather than giving up breastfeeding but by that point I was desperate :(

Being hiccupy does suggest reflux.

No need to stop BF if it's reflux. GP may get you to try infant Gaviscon initially. We had limited success with this but ultimately ended up on ranitidine and I can't tell you the difference it made! DS went from being wakeful at night (hourly some nights) to sleeping 11 hrs (at 3 months old) within a few days.