My DD is 2 months old. She has been incredibly difficult to settle since day 1, and I'm really struggling to hold onto any hope of improvement (and I know that is a bit ridiculous, but nearly 9 weeks of no sleep will do that to you!)
She isn't my first, but my first was very poorly and spend most of his first year in hospital, fed by NG tube, had no energy due to illness etc, so she feels like my first.
She is generally a very unsettled baby. Most days spends her awake time crying, then will only sleep on us. It's so tiring. Some days we get calm, happy awake time, but it's rare.
She has been on prescription formula for about ten days now (nutramigen and now neocate), which have helped a fair amount, but she is struggling to take a decent amount on any feed. She is also on gaviscon for silent reflux - I've asked for something else but they won't prescribe anything until we've given the neocate time to work (or not).
Very occasionally, she will sleep in her moses downstairs or her next to me crib upstairs. But generally, as soon as we put her down, she starts fussing and eventually crying out and we have to pick her back up.
I just need some tips, guidance, reassurance etc. How do we get her to sleep in her bed and not need to be held by us constantly? We do enjoy the cuddles but I know I'd enjoy them more if we got sleep!
One thing I have considered is the teats on her bottle - we have Tommy tippee bottles and she's on the vari flow teats. Would a faster flow be suitable/work? She will be sucking at the bottle for 15 mins and then when she spits it out and we check, she's only had 30ml! On her previous formula she would have 100ml in that time!