I had my second son 3 weeks ago. The first 2 weeks were a breeze, he fed easily, never needed winding and would just go down in his Moses or his crib and sleep happily until his next feed. At 2 weeks old he suddenly changed overnight. As soon as we put him down he would whinge and cry and even picking him up and cuddling him he still wriggles around as though he's really uncomfortable. During the night is the worst, it's not as bad during the day, but he goes down in his snuzpod next to me and within 5 mins he's grunting and moaning - the dummy helps sometimes but sometimes he either won't take it, or still grunts and moans and full on screams even with the dummy in. If I put him on my chest he will often settle that way, but I cant work out whether he is uncomfortable or just wants to be held.
My instinct says it's wind, or trapped wind so we started using infacol a week ago but seen little improvement. He falls asleep after almost every feed and is happy as larry whilst in my arms, if it was wind or colic would he be uncomfortable even while sleeping in my arms?
I try holding him upright and winding him after every feed but he RARELY brings up a burp, but he does fart a lot and gets hiccups constantly.
Does this sound like normal newborn behaviour or is the grunting and screaming a sign of something else? My first son wanted to be held a lot but this is a different story altogether. PLEASE HELP???
He is exclusively breastfed if it makes any difference?