Hi,
I have a 5 week old baby boy. He's a 'sensitive' baby, as in he's grizzly when he's wet etc, unlike my other 2 babies. He goes from asleep to starving and howling in seconds, wakes up grouchy and is generally pretty grouchy most of the day. He's EBF at the moment but we are going to begin fazing this out, because I am virtually constantly feeding him. He brings up no wind at all, unless he has expressed milk in a bottle, and spends the day writhing and farting. I feel sorry for him and me because he seems so miserable. The only time he's content is if he is asleep upright on my chest. Obviously, this can't go on, I've got 2 other kids one of whom is a toddler, and I'm getting a bit low and stressed out. I'm considering using a sling/carrier so I can function during the day, but m concern is how do you ever get them back into 'normal', or do you end up carrying a 6 month old around constantly? I'm very reluctant to start something that could be a hard habit to break. Has anyone used the sling like this? It's always recommended as a method to cope with grumpy babies, but I don't know anyone who's done it who can talk to me about the benefits/problems....