Need advice for my 7 week old LG X

[Stephenie51]

I’ve previously posted on her about my LG, she’s nearly 7 weeks old and I’m struggling to stop her crying, she’s not taking naps through the day although sleeping at night waking up for feeds ( not really taking much about 2 ouches each time then falls asleep)
She’s been given medicine for acid reflux (Omeprazole, gaviscon before that) was on the gaviscon for about 2 weeks it didn’t really do anything now she’s been on the Omeprazole for a week and I literally can’t see even a slight improvement (I understand it can take up to 4 weeks) and 2 days ago she had a slight tongue tie snipped.
All her symptoms seem to lead to acid reflux arching the back crying during and after feeds and so on, I’m just really concerned what if it’s not that and it’s something else? I’m really struggling to console her she is crying most of the day and sometimes refusing feeds, I just feel so helpless and a terrible mum cause she seems in pain and there’s nothing I can do to take it away, she can be settles on me falling asleep then next thing she’s screaming crying arching her back, this happens all throughout the day I just don’t know what else to do I feel like I need a doctors or someone to take a look at her but with this covid 19 thing going on I know that’s near impossible and I don’t really want to put her in danger by taking her to a&e if its noting serious.
She also seems to be taking in air when she drinks her bottle so we’ve been winding after every ounce to see if it helps.
She’s farting a lot and crying when she does.

I’ve tried everything from
Infacol
Colief
Gripe water
Paced feeding
Changing to MAM bottles
Doing tummy massages
Bicycleing her legs
Sitting her upright 30 mins after feeding
Tiger in the tree hold
Raising one end of her Moses basket slightly

Any advice would be greatly appreciated cause I’m literally at the end of my teather, I just want to be able to take her pain away.

Thank you in advance

Steph x

P.s really sorry for the massive post

We tried everything too, we asked the hearth visitor but as long as he was putting on weight they weren't too worried, everyone seemed to say he would get better in time. Now he is better for eating but he still isn't a great sleeper, just short naps then overtired and then waking in the night. I do think their digestion is not really working well especially at 7 weeks so we ended up getting through it and never really knew what caused it.

Hey,

Sounds like it could be a daily or cows milk protein allergy. I would cut out daily completely if breastfeeding or ask the doctor for the allergy milk if your formula feeding. It can take a couple of weeks to work but should help.

My 3.5 month old baby was so bad on gaviscon and now he’s on aptimal pepti 1 milk and he’s putting weight on but still gets sick, but it’s getting better! X

And good luck, don't worry about the massive post but i wasn't sure about the LG X thing i even googled and it came up with a mobile phone
I also forgot to mention ours is 6 months now so I'm not sure if that's good news for you but it all keeps changing week by week. Just keep an eye on the weight gain

Everything I read is basically just ride it out and that probably is what I’m gunna have to do but it just seems so far away right now, thanks guys really appreciate it
😊

Also her weight wain seems to be fine even though I can’t get her weighed cause of all the virus stuff

I took LG to mean little girl

We just weigh our boy on the normal scales. Weigh yourself first then pick him up and weigh again, then subtract one from the other.
It only goes to the nearest couple of hundred grammes but it's good enough to check against the chart in the red book.
We thought ours was putting on weight so quickly, but he has been slightly dropping down the centiles, so it's wise to check somehow.

That sounds like it could be a milk allergy, reflux, colic etc. It could be a number or things contributing for her. Im really sorry to hear you are going through such a hard time, one of my friends is going through a very similar situation with her 6 week old DS and tried everything you have and beem told the same advice. She had him up ths hospital and they said she was feeding him too much (6oz bottle at a time) he was sicking it up then getting hungry, crying non stop (still is) apparently she was told to give boiled water with sugar in for him to help but saw no improvement.

Keep an eye on weight gain and nappy out put. Not really much else to suggest for you other than give you a big virtual hug and let yoi know you arent alone and it will pass ❤️

Have things improved at all since the tongue tie was snipped? Is she taking in less air?

I wouldn’t say so no it seems to be the same, they did say she will have to learn how to latch again so hopefully she is in the process of learning

Are you using anti-colic bottles?

You need to change milk- it's the only thing you've not tried! Dairy free- insist on it with doctor and gradually introduce hydrolysed dairy formula. Reflux can often be a symptom of dairy intolerance. Check CMPI/ CMPA. How are her nappies?

Yeah I’m using mam bottles and her nappies are wet and poos normal no mucus or blood health visitor already checked that with me, she has no rashes in her face or anything like that, that’s why I don’t think it’s a cows milk allergy
X

Sorry I missed the bit about MAM bottles

Rashes on the face are misleading if I'm honest. You would only usually get a rash with CMPA if she was ige, but lots of babies have non-ige CMPA. This leaflet from Allergy UK is pretty good.

babyhintsandtips.com/doctor-tips-colic-bore-your-baby-to-sleep/

Have a read of this. It describes normal newborn behaviour and the neuroscience behind it. I think it's really common to over diagnose things when it is really hard to understand and read babies.

Have you tried a comfort formula too or just swapping her formula for a different brand? Not sure which one you are using right now but lots of MNers have been in here recently with problems with Cow & Gare and Aptimil.

Oh and I'd also work on the naps. One thing that really helped my DD was an early nap.

So I'm not sure what time you get up now, but if she's not up by 7am, could you get DH, if you have one and he's home of course, to get her up and give her a feed and change her whilst you have a shower and then take her out for a really long walk. My DD liked to walk the same route everyday. It's as if she knew it was nap nap time and got over stimulated if we walked a different route.

Thanks for all the advice everyone!!
And wow MrsPatrickDempsey that really is a eye opener I think I’m going to take some tips from that thank you!!

Hey. I'm going through exactly the same with my boy who is also 7 weeks. We were miss diagnosed. Firstly diagnosed with reflux and had omeprazole but suffered from constipation and then was diagnosed with colic. I changed to dr brown bottles and have noticed a slight difference. I give him two droppers of infacol immediately before a feed. Stop at 2oz and wind and then the last 2oz. I know how you feel about the crying. My baby seems so whingy. It's a big sign of colic. Really hope you are okay and I'm sure you are doing a fantastic job.
If all else fails take her to the paediatric unit at your local hospital. I've been before and they are very careful with hygiene and very caring. You are her mum, dont feel silly for going to a&e x