Looking for some advice please.
First time mum and Daughter is 12 days old.
For the last 5 nights (including this evening) she has been extremely unsettled from mid afternoon right up until the early hours. Basically crying whenever she is awake (except for feeding) even cuddling doesn’t console her much. She squirms, kicks and flings her arms, gets red in the face and seems like she is uncomfortable/ in pain. She doesn’t seem to want to sleep from 3/4pm right up until the early hours 1am, she’ll drift off for a few minutes and then wake up crying.
Shes been doing a poo every other day, and these have been wet and green. She has regular wind and burps after feeds.
I phoned the midwife this morning for help / advice because each evening is getting worse and she came to visit today because baby had not done a poo for 2 days but of course as soon as she arrived baby did a poo and because it was the morning she was fairly settled.
midwife happy with baby, no concerns and said try some infacol which we have for the last few feeds.
I’m just worried because for hours on end she seems in pain/uncomfortable and inconsolable. I think she only ends up falling to sleep from exhaustion in the end.
Has anyone any advice on what could be causing her upset, I know babies cry a lot and we expected sleepless nights but me and my partner are feeling very helpless and it’s making me very anxious when late afternoon arrives - I have actually cried the last few nights.
Baby is on 3oz every 3 hours and formula fed mamia from Aldi.
Thank you x