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My 6 week old is a nightmare - reflux?

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AlletrixLeStrange · 01/02/2019 17:45

So just to say I do love her very dearly and I know things will get better BUT..

She screams all day long. She's been a bit rubbish from birth with sleeping, first off would only ever sleep on myself or DP day or night so we had to take shifts. Then she started sleeping in her next to me crib at night, lovely, had a few horrendous nights but mostly goes 1.5-4 hours between feeds so at least we're both getting some sleep at night. However, during the day unless she is physically on my breast she is screaming, she might fall asleep but I cannot move or she'll wake. I can't put her down. Not in her car seat, swing, bouncer, crib, the bloody moon, I cannot put her down. She does have 1 or 2 formula feeds during the day so DP can feed her and I can get a 5 minute break but as soon as she's finished she's crying again. She'll sleep happily in her ergo baby as long as I'm walking around. Other things she does that makes me think it may be reflux: throws up at almost every feed and has terrible wind despite winding and have tried Infacol and Dentinox colic drops, she also arches her back during feeds. I took her to the GP earlier this week as I didn't want to miss something if she was in pain and not just doing normal difficult baby things and she didn't seem to think anything was wrong but to go back if things don't improve. I'm just at the end of my patience with it, I have an older son who has ASD and is either being ignored or told to be quiet and it breaks my heart I can't even sit and read a book with him anymore unless I leave the baby screaming. GP was sure it wasn't CMPA. She's gaining weight well. I don't know what else to do. Any advice?

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sleepismysuperpower1 · 01/02/2019 17:52

you could try the babocush? here is a link to a second hand one as they are quite expensive, the seller has put what it does below link

all the best x

AlletrixLeStrange · 01/02/2019 18:00

Thanks @sleepismysuperpower1 I forgot to say she screams even more when on her tummy Sad

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TruffleShuffles · 02/02/2019 17:55

I have no advice OP but I just want to say you’re not alone. I could have written your post. The only sleep my 6 week old is getting is about 2-4 hours in her next to me crib when we first put her down at night then occasionally about half an hour occasionally on the feeding pillow after I’ve fed her. We can’t put her down anywhere to sleep even if we’ve managed to rock her to sleep she wakes within a few minutes crying.

We’ve tried infacol which did nothing and we thought we’d cracked it with dentinox but that doesn’t do anything now. Even feeding isn’t settling her now and she comes off the boob crying. We’ve now had rantidine prescribed as we thought maybe it’s reflux and we’re a day into that and she’s worse than ever this afternoon.

I don’t know if it’s just complete exhaustion that makes her so hysterical but we just can’t get her to sleep and we’re not getting anywhere with colic or reflux remedies.

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Jackshouse · 02/02/2019 17:57

Sounds like reflux/CMPA. My daughter had both.

The sleep and only wanting to be held by new is entirely normal behaviour.

Believeitornot · 02/02/2019 17:58

I would stop the formula and see if that helps. Reflux can be linked to dairy intolerance so formula will make it worse. I remember the first time I gave my ds cows milk formula and he immediately threw it back up. Happened a few times so I stopped. He also had silent reflux and was on medication from about 12 weeks for it.

M0reGinPlease · 02/02/2019 18:00

I second cutting out the formula for a bit to see what happens. I know it means your DP can't feed her, but if it works she might end up being a bit more settled anyway.

AlletrixLeStrange · 05/02/2019 14:30

Apologies I forgot about this thread.
We started Colief on Saturday night and she actually seems more settled (she doesn't cry ALL the time anymore), I've even managed to put her down for half an hour a few times!
I never wanted to give her any formula I just physically couldn't feed her for hours on end, I was in so much pain and my DS was getting absolutely no attention at all Sad

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