2 week old with colic?? Losing the will to live

[summerfling]

Someone please help, I'm seriously close to throwing myself off the next available bridge.

My baby who is 2 weeks old has been screaming on and off sonde yesterday afternoon.

He will sleep but no more than a few minutes.

I've swaddled him
Changed his bum
Changed his clothes
Given him a bottle (FF-SMA)

He literally screams, I've had no sleep & im becoming emotionally drained.

Please help me!!

If none of your family can stomach milk then that may well be it.

Once the doc has ruled out anything else systemic then you could try eg pepti, nutramigen, neocate. Not soy tho, nor any of the nut/ grain milks for adults but I'm sure you know that....

If you do want to breastfeed its not necessarily too late but relactatio is quite hard work.

My little girl did this from around 6-8 weeks. We assumed a dairy allergy due to rashes appearing on her face and around her mouth so switched to dairy free, it did nothing to help the rashes. We found she would cry and cry and cry at certain times, normally in the evening for two solid hours so I put her on cow and gate comfort - it's for colic and constipation and she changed pretty much straight away. We tried to switch her back to regular baby milk a week or so ago and straight away she was constipated so back to comfort milk. Perhaps try comfort milk?

I also put a drop of infacol in nearly every bottle for about a week. Also just wind wind and wind baby some more

We mistook my DD's screaming from around 2 weeks old to 10 weeks old for colic, we tried every remedy under the sun, also propping her up, not laying her down for 30 minutes after a feed, etc etc you name it we tried it. We were demented. We then realised she had silent reflux not colic. We changed her milk to Aptamil anti reflux and she was a different baby. Maybe something to consider if the colic remedies aren't working, that it may be reflux?

Buying colief today, have changed his formula to mamia.

If that doesn't work then il attempt cow & gate.

He's settled & asleep now

He's tired himself out.

Seeing the doc at 5 today, knowing my luck he'll be fine & doc won't really know what to suggest as he won't see him how he's been.

summer can I ask why you changed it to the aldi milk? If you think it's colic or reflux changing it to a different brand won't make much difference in my opinion. I would try and anti colic or reflux formula in the same brand you are already using. Cow and gate do both of these.

I choose hipp as it's gentler and has probiotics in. If I needed the anti reflux milk I would move to the hipp one.

I changed his milk to mamia before all of this happened.

However if it is colic, I will change to cow & gate.

At when did you change his milk then? That could be the cause of it. Sometimes they don't respond well to changes of milk.

We found comfort milk really helpful for DS's constipation.

There's a theory that colic isn't caused by digestive issues at all, but by overstimulation. That's why babies get it in the evening apparently, and accounts for 'Christmas colic' - caused by babies getting overstimulated at family events around Christmas time.

I don't know if it'll help but I suppose it's worth a try: keep baby swaddled, in the dark, with white noise and gentle movement for a few days. I saw that recommended online but I've got no personal experience of it I'm afraid. It sounds plausible anyway!

The GP may be able to prescribe a suitable dairy free formula if it is a milk allergy, however, I had a tough time convincing them of this and have only just ended up with it now DS is 6 months.

Just thinking of the time of the year, could it be hayfever?

I didn't change his milk until after this started.

Gp advised to keep him on this one for a week or two to see how he gets on before changing it.

I have been putting dentinox & colief in his bottles, he's been bringing up much more wind & is so much more settled.

Some friends had great results with cranio appointments? Might be worth a try. Apparently even more beneficial for quick/tricky births.

Aargh! Feel your pain. DD2 had it. I totally freaked out with her and then now my DS1 has elements of it I can remember that by 4 months she was in a good self settling routine at bedtime and fed at regular times. Have you ruled out reflux???

Since changing his milk & using colief & dentinox in with his milk.....he's settled quite well.

The doc listened to his bowel & said it's working exactly the way he expects it to, he doesn't believe that when DS cries he's in pain which is a good thing.

DS tires himself out & has slept for most part of today.

You have my sympathy. My DD had terrible colic. Turned out she had CMPI.
I would take your baby to your HV or Drs and insist on getting your baby tested for silent reflux and ruling out cows milk allergy.
The screaming for hours on end and the rashes stopped immediately as soon as DD was switched to a prescription formula. Was like a light switch and we felt utter relief!
Sleep deprivation along with a baby with colic is awful

He just cries when he's not awake but then again, he just cries even when asleep.

I love him with all my heart but all he does is cry!