Can a baby be mard?

[charlene09]

Cabhan is 7 weeks old tomorrow and just wondering whether he can be mard.

Since he has been born every time he cries OH goes to him and picks him up, lies him on his chest till he goes to sleep then as soon as he is put down he starts crying again.

He says babies can't be mard but he is beyond mard and I can't have a full nights sleep because oh has molly coddled him to much!!!

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[Me, My Girls & I]

Babies can't be mard. They're babies, 7 weeks ago he was all snuggled inside your tummy, it's a big change for them! Right now he needs you and your OH. You can't spoil babies!

 

[knopk@]

They cant be spoilt. If he needs cuddles,.then.he needs cuddles. He is still very small.and wants comfort. Have you tried putting you clothing that you have worn in.his basket? The smell might settle him.
At this stage they form.their bond so its very.important not to.leave them to "cry ot out"

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[charlene09]

He won't settle for me though that's the thing just OH

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[knopk@]

Then try OHs clothes. My lo settles better for my DH too

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[babyem]

Charlene! Not seen you on here in a while! How are things now? I hope there better than before Cabhan arived How is your little family getting on?? xxx

 

[FirstBabyEek]

At that age thy are crying for a reason. Don't think of it as plain shouting, more the only way he knows how to talk to you.

 

[charlene09]

Charlene! Not seen you on here in a while! How are things now? I hope there better than before Cabhan arived How is your little family getting on?? xxx

Yea everythings fine now after a long stressful pregnancy.

First 7 weeks of cabhans life have been upsetting for me and stressful for himself he has been having very severe colic issues.

First 2 weeks we were using just cheap (tesco baby range) feeding bottles and sma first stage milk.
His colic started full force (what I thought) so me and OH bought him some infacol which sadly didn't work.
Then he started getting worse because his milk wasn't filling him so had to keep feeding him which then lead to even more trapped wind and more painful colic.

Spoke to MW as we started using using Dr Brown's bottles (expensive or what!!!) and cow and gate extra hungry milk and infacol and still no change, we thought he was hungry when he wasn't it was actually the brand of milk only to then find out he wasn't on cow and gate either when we noticed his colic had got even worse and he couldn't poo!

So yesterday I went to the pharmacy as I was at whits end due to sleep deprevation and told the pharmacist about the problems I had, she reccomeded colief (£12 but so bleeding worth it!) I bought some and did another milk change to aptamil first stage and colief in a Dr Brown's bottles, well I never have seen a sleep a night so well, smile as much and he started gurgling for me!!!

7 weeks and only have I just sussed out what works best for my son, I feel so bad for not knowing from first days but it's what I knew from AJ sma, cheap bottles and infacol its made me realise what everyone says EVERY BABY IS DIFFERENT!!! Couldn't be happier now though knowing that my son as had a different personality change and seeing the love he dotes on me!

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[BabysMomma]

Omg hun, your last post brought tears to my eyes! My LO cried solidly for 7 weeks from birth. I was bf for nearly 3 of those weeks and I had Dr Brown bottles right from when she started taking formula and she had colic/ reflux! Colief was amazing and we also had to change formula.

I bought a few bottles of colief myself but you can get it on prescription for bubba free of charge. I bought it at times when I ran out and there was no way I was chancing waiting on collecting prescription and missing doses! My HV first told me about it because I hadn't heard of it before.

Glad it's all working out better for you now and that your LO seems happier and gurgling xx

ETA - do not feel bad about not knowing sooner! Our babies can't talk and tell us and its a guessing game most of the time and trial and error until we find out the source of the issue and what works. Even the health professionals can't be 100% about what causes colic so please don't feel like a bad Mum. Sounds to me like you've been doing a grand job. xx

 

[Iwant3]

colief just pre-digests the lactose in the milk, which makes it easier to digest. Cow & Gate also do a 'comfort' milk which is the same thing. it's slightly more expensive than other formulas but no need to buy colief to add to it. It's slightly thicker than normal formula to so may need larger size teats if you use it.

My son had bad colic and it worked wonders on him!