Baby is 2 weeks old. We just got him home on Wednesday as he spent time in nicu after birth as he was over producing insulin due to me having gestational diabetes. He was kept a further few days to establish feeding which were still struggling with but they discharged him anyway. He tends to fall asleep during feeds or he's growling in pain and won't eat. Since Wednesday he just groans and growls and whines in his sleep however past 2 nights it's turned into full on crying. It's non stop. It always looks like he's curling his legs up trying to pass gas. He is a very gassy baby but its not as bad on the kendamil. It was awful on aptimil. Thats why i changed him. The sounds he makes and expressions make it seem like he's in unbearable pain. Yesterday as I changed his nappy he starting pooing mid change and was squealing as the poo came out. He also struggles to get wind up. People are telling me gripe water or infacol but he's only 2 weeks . It says they can only be given at 1 month.
He was on aptimil and was so gassy and usual whining and growling, but for 2 days he's been on kendamil and thats when the non stop crying started. I'm wondering could the formula ? I haven't slept a wink due to the crying and I'm struggling to function. Do you think comfort formula would help? Should it try a different brand or would switching just make the issue even worse. I don't know weather to have him checked by a gp but he's not registered yet. I've mentioned all this to midwife and health visitor but neither seem interested and I'm at my wits end and we've only had him home a few days. I was in hospital 5 days before his birth and couldn't sleep there as was tortured by staff all night long , then they said I had a 'traumatic birth' and after birth I spent 2 weeks running to see my son in nicu. I was absolutely wiped out before we even got him home and I'm struggling to cope with zero sleep. Does anyone have any advice in whether this sounds like colic? Any tips for me that you found helpful? I don't know how I'm going to get through this for months as I feel exhausted and dizzy . My other half works with machinery ( electric saws ect) and he's had to go to work with zero sleep aswell, which freaks me out. How does anyone manage ? I think he's worse on formula but I have really struggled with milk supply and can only produce enough milk for one feed in the day despite the fact I'm pumping now every 3 hours so I'm reliant on formula