For the last three days, my five week old daughter has seemed so uncomfortable and unhappy. We ended up being referred by our doctor to A&E yesterday because I was so convinced she must be unwell, but every check came back clear, aside from a slightly fast respiratory and heart rate.
She's windy (but we cannot burp her, and she also choked on Infacol when we tried it), making a growling noise when she feeds, writhing, and clearing her throat constantly. She doesn't cry, but just seems so unhappy. She won't settle and does cry in her cot, car seat, or moses basket and will only sleep on me. I know she's tiny, but until three days ago she was fine. Its all come on overnight and coincides with my husband going back to work. Our health visitor dismissed it as Colic straight away (via a two minute phone call) but I'm not convinced that's right. The pediatric doctor we saw suggested it could be silent reflux, but she's making the noises even when she's not fed for hours. She gets relief from everything when sleeping.
I feel like I'm totally failing. My child seems unhappy but I can't work out why, or how to help her. I feel so inexperienced and alone. The only time she seems to get any relief is when she sleeps. I have no idea what is normal newborn behaviour and what needs investigation.
What can I do to get help? Everyone seems to be dismissing my worries and I can't work out if I'm just being overly anxious!