My DD is 10 weeks old and has had colic and reflux since the day she arrived. This last few days have been really dreadful and I’m not coping. She doesn’t just have spells of crying, she cries constantly, all day from waking to sleep (which, luckily, she does). And the cry is loud, and high pitch and a scream. She goes red in the face, arches her back, is entirely inconsolable. But this is constant: in the car, at home, being held, in a sling.
We’ve been back and forth to the docs and she does it in the docs (she doesn’t stop so obviously is like it in front of the docs) and they just say infacol etc. We’ve got a referral to paediatrics gastro and she’s on the highest dose gaviscon, but could be end of January before we see anyone.
I’ve found it really difficult, but just the constant nature of it now for 10 weeks I feel like I’m having a breakdown. I have constant anxiety, I worry something is seriously wrong and hasn’t been picked up, I even took her to a&e. I can’t go out anywhere as people comment on how loud and upset she is (this happens every time I go out).
I entirely loved her when she arrived but now I don’t feel anything but angry and broken, I realise how truly awful that sounds. I’ve been to baby classes and she just screamed; all the other younger babies were fine/cried and could be consoled. I can’t play with her or read to her, I don’t feel like we have any bond and she seems so unhappy. I’ve tried everything for her, so really my plea now is for ways for me to cope? I’ve developed awful PP OCD but already on medication.