Wouldn't mind but he's our third!. ds1 was born 10 days ago and has steadily increased his crying sessions each day. I've been breast feeding him so far but am fighting a loosing battle with bf thrush. I had bf thrush for 10 months with dd2 and since my milk supply never completely dried up I was suspicious that it would be a problem and have therefore been on fluconazole + daktarin gel and creams since he was less than 24 hours. Given how much pain I'm in and how the blasted thrush seems to have increased even the m/ws have suggested I move to the bottle. So with an incredibly heavy heart he had his first bottle of formula last night. He's spent most of today crying!!!!! If he hears my voice he goes from being contented to demanding to being picked up by me which would be fine if it ended there but he wants my nipple and nothing else. He very distinctly finishes a feed and then will be playful for a good 10 minutes, its when he gets tired or when he needs his nappy changed. He gets upset and then wont settle unless via breast. Given how painful those areas are I'm reluctant to use that as a form of soothing him - also given that the thrush is not clearing and that I'm facing moving across to formula its not really a long term solution. Don't say dummy - too many memories of desperately spending 6 months holding the damn thing into dd1's mouth as she would wake up EVERY time it dropped out - again I don't see how that can be a long term solution.
So why's he crying. Could it be the thrush (its now all the way through his poor gut (he's got sores on his bottom - a classic sign of thrush)). Is he a "crying baby"? Has he got colic? Is he simply only now starting to find this world difficult?
Am very very tearful, very tired, am missing spending time with my two girls and would like some nice sensible advice pleeease. That or soothing words.
Am about to go on a 2 hour drive so will be off line - at least he'll sleep through that (well so far he has anyway).