For the last two nights (that constitutes a pattern, right? - has exhibited similar behaviour most nights since birth) my four week old exclusively BF DD has slept well in the evening (from 8/9), gone down OKish after an 11pm/12am feed and then woken up around an hour later in discomfort. She is grunting as if trying to do a poo, whinging on and off but rarely really crying. Doesn't seem hungry (though will feed a bit then lose interest, but not fall asleep or cry). Unfortunately does not then settle for rest of night.
It doesn't seem like what I remember of colic from DD1 - she doesn't appear to be in that real anguish. Could I just be not burping her properly? Her tummy is very, very tight, farts appear to relieve her a bit, she pushes against me a lot with her feet and resists my attempts to bicycle her legs. I think the being up until morning essentially consists of getting into a too-tired-to-eat/too-hungry-to-sleep cycle, which we then try and break in the morning by going for a long walk with her in the sling.
I know this might just be what having a four-week old is like, and in spite of feeling extremely tired (DD1 is 2 so not much daytime catching up possible - DD2 very skilled at being awake in DD1's afternoon nap!) I feel just about OK - I just think if there is something I can do to make her more comfortable from 2am-7am then I should do it. And if it gets me some more sleep, well, that's a significant bonus.
She is sleeping in a moses basket next to me which is tipped up at the head (seems to help, paranoid about reflux which DD1 also had), swaddled in a sheet. Worried last night that she was too hot and night before that she was too cold - damn this unpredictable weather!
So - anyone had similar and discovered a miracle cure?