Baby won't sleep

[Brigita1996]

Hi everyone ,
It's one of the few posts I have posted. Been having a really tough time ever since birth...
my little one is 8 weeks now.
Ever since birth baby struggled to sleep. At the beginning baby would sleep only for 1 hour and used to breastfeed every 1 hour to 30 mins.
Then switched to formula feeding because my milk supply wasn't good enough . He continued to sleep for 1 hour only ane wake up . Only slept in my arms . Tried numerous things including swings, carriers , swaddles , giving bath before sleep , white noise etc but nothing has helped to increase prolonged sleeping. Now he is fighting sleep everytime. We have got suspected cows milk allergy, started new milk but nothing has improved .

Little one falls asleep , wakes up after 30 min maximum now and then cries , seems to be agitated . Then he's awake until his next feed for 2.5 hours approx and then he tries to fall asleep , yaws etc so I try rocking , placing him in his cot but then he starts to historically cry . Once he does fall asleep in my arms try to transfer him into his cot with my clothing so it smells like me but still doesn't work.
I feel so shattered and unsure what else to do ? Can anyone help ? X

Congratulations on becoming a mummy. And yes it does get easier! I would try keeping him upright to help him fall asleep. As soon as I put DS flat on his back he would wake up and scream. I used infacol as he was very windy and it helped a lot. He had reflux too and was prescribed gaviscon but I've seen that it's had no affect on your LO. Keep going sounds like you are doing amazing. I'd recommend getting grandparents to mind your DC for a few hours so you can get some well deserved rest and you will feel like a new woman ready to tackle the tiredness again. They really do test you in those first few weeks. I wanted to run out the house and never come back when my son had colic but he's 21 weeks now doing amazing and sleeps 11-8 every night and I'm feeling more and more like myself again. You two are a team and you will soon fall into a routine

Thanks @Brigita1996 she is my second - definitely not easy! It's surprising because first time round I was like 'what have we done?! Our lives are ruined' 😂 but then time passes it gets easier and you think 'yeh, why not?!'.

It's difficult to unpick what is just normal newborn stuff and what may be another issue from your posts.

Could the breakouts be baby acne? And could the spit up be posseting? Proper sick will be more smelly and curd like.

Do you have an antenatal/NCT group or other parents who have had babies a similar time to you? I know you shouldn't compare but sometimes it's helpful to see what other people's babies are like esp. if you're a first time mum it helps give you a sense of what's normal - I needed this as I didn't really grow up with any babies around me or in adulthood, and it was a comfort to know that nobody else was getting sleep and my baby wasn't the only one that was unsettled.

But equally mother's instinct is strong so if you think something is not right, make a note or film it and raise it with the doc.