Colic and sleep???

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We are having problems getting our 3 week old to sleep in the evening - she gets very unsettled around 7pm and then feeds on and off throughout the evening, getting cross and lifting her legs up and needs constant settling, this can go on for about 3/4 hours and then she will finally settle on my partner's chest. Her poos through the night are green as well. She is generally ok in the morning and her poos go back to yellow again for a couple of times. This is relatively new as she was pooing and feeding fine for the first couple of weeks. She is still putting on weight. They think she may be lactose intolerant and are now restricting dairy from my diet to see if that makes a difference. They say it could be colic/stomach bug/intolerance to something????

This might sound a bit daft, but I thought my DD poos were green at night and couldn't work it out as they'd be yellow during the day, and then I worked out that they looked green in the artificial light, but were actually still yellow. Are you sure they are a different colour?

Hi, I just wanted to say that if your baby really is lactose intolerant, then cutting out diary from your diet will not make any difference. lactose is a type of sugar present in mammals' milk - including breastmilk. Eliminating diary fom your diet for a couple of weeks is a good idea if you think that your baby may be cow milk's protein intolerant. It is two different things and it's a bit confusing.

It is really normal for babies to have unsettled periods at night for a period of time but I have just been through pretty much what u are describing... altho I'm sorry to say worse infact its been awful. My DD had really runny stringy nappies all the time that sometimes showed green the whole time of breastfeeding with horrific stomach cramps and pain particulary at night. She used to scream pretty much from 6pm til midnight then quit! The time frame did get shorter but still happened. I realised dairy was effecting her after I had had 2 milky drinks the same day she screamed for hours on end again that night. I had her tested for lactose intolerance to be negative so perhaps sensitive? I also went down the milk protein intollerance road too! I have left no page unturned to get me no where except for her falling back under the colic umbrella. for the first 6 weeks holding my baby so that her tummy was pressed up against mine with her arm under mine supporting her head inside your elbow (if this makes sense) and taping her bottom while whispering shh and walking to settle her then after that 6 weeks only Motion is what has gotten us thru the past 13 weeks. If it wasn't running up and down the hall way or bouncing her that soothed her to sleep litterally shaking & bouncing the crap out of the pram has been what has gotten her to settle of a night - oh and during the day alot too. It has been absolutely ridiculous really. (Please note that she is not getting vigourously shaken its the motion of us or the pram that she recieves)I have now stopped breast feeding because my diet had to become so poor as I wasn't game to eat alot of things as so much contains dairy and I was so run down and she was in so much distress during and after feeding. Once i cut out alot of dairy there was a big improvment but after trialling pretty much everything to avoid stopping feeding I was at the end of my rope. Time and a colic formula is what has showed the improvement. I am now able to put her to her cot alot of the time now - but still the pram comes into action to soothe her thru the pains - I dont know why but it is the motion / bouncing that has kept us sane for the last coupler months. Perhaps you could try bouncing her thru the pains or even bring the pram in to try... what ever brings some saneness to you and your husband until u get answers or the crumby times pass. Good luck with it I hope perhaps it may help.