TheHolster
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My little man is constantly whinging and grumbling and I cant cope!!
I've had 2 hours sleep in as many nights!
He's 4 weeks old and has been doing this since he was about 4 days old. The first time he started doing it, we ended up at the hospital at 5am because we were so worried because he wouldnt settle and we'd been trying to wind him all night. Although the little monkey did decide as soon as we'd called the hospital and they'd said to come in, that he would settle as soon as he was clipped into the car (without the engine even running). That trick doesnt work anymore though!
We've probably had two good nights out of him so far, where he woke up every 4 hours for feeding & changing but other than that, EVERY night has been awful! Im exhausted!
We had him on Cow & Gate formula with tommee tippee bottles but the milk kept going really frothy, so we changed the bottles...it still did it.
So then we changed the milk to SMA gold and he was still just as unsettled. So then we bought new bottles (Dr Browns Anti Colic), but he was still the same. Always appearing either windy or hungry!
Some friends recommended trying hungry baby milk, but this just made him constipated and worsened the problem because he was now even more agrravated.
So then we tried Aptamil because I heard that SMA was too rich for alot of babies but he didnt like it. He'd just screw his face up and only drink about 30ml before refusing anymore but then becoming hungry again very shortly.
So now we have him back on the C & G because thats what he seemed happiest drinking, with the Dr Browns bottles but its making absolutely no difference!
He was drinking 210ml every 4 hours. Then that got shortened to 3 hours because he was so agitated, but now he's only taking 120ml (if we're lucky!!), every 1hr30 to 2hrs...3 if we let him suck our little finger for a while! He has also started (in the last 36 hrs), doing the most collossal poo's EVERY time you're feeding him! Mid feed, he just lets out this massive bubbling pooey mess!!
I tried to call the health visitor who was about as much use as a chocolate teapot! She just told me to "think about his environment, is he too hot, too cold? Or think about his formula, is he on the right one for him? Come and get him weighed on Friday to check he's putting on weight" I know he's putting on weight, I can see & feel myself that he's putting on weight.
I felt like screaming down the phone at her...does she not think we've already tried all this over the last 4 weeks?!
I moved areas at the weekend, so its a new health visitor to us, and my old one (who I havent seen since Charlie was 2 weeks old because she found out I was moving and hasnt been interested since), suggested that we try keeping him awake during the day so that he's tired at night. We tried and tried but the little monkey decided he didnt want to be awake, he was going to sleep no matter what! So, I phoned my boyfriends doctors surgery and explained that baby and I moved here at the weekend and are going to be registering at their surgery this week but I need to see a doctor because he wont settle. The charming receptionist left me sitting on the end of the phone in silence for ages and then finally said "well, I suppose we can see him as a temporary resident!"
We've also tried using Infacol but that just upset his tummy and made his wind worse, and we've tried winding him in every possible position, putting him in his car seat, cuddling him, leaving him, raising his head slightly, putting him on one of my pillows so that it smells of me but NOTHING seems to work.
Im exhausted and I dont know what else to do.
Please please please can someone come up with some answers?!
I've had 2 hours sleep in as many nights!
He's 4 weeks old and has been doing this since he was about 4 days old. The first time he started doing it, we ended up at the hospital at 5am because we were so worried because he wouldnt settle and we'd been trying to wind him all night. Although the little monkey did decide as soon as we'd called the hospital and they'd said to come in, that he would settle as soon as he was clipped into the car (without the engine even running). That trick doesnt work anymore though!
We've probably had two good nights out of him so far, where he woke up every 4 hours for feeding & changing but other than that, EVERY night has been awful! Im exhausted!
We had him on Cow & Gate formula with tommee tippee bottles but the milk kept going really frothy, so we changed the bottles...it still did it.
So then we changed the milk to SMA gold and he was still just as unsettled. So then we bought new bottles (Dr Browns Anti Colic), but he was still the same. Always appearing either windy or hungry!
Some friends recommended trying hungry baby milk, but this just made him constipated and worsened the problem because he was now even more agrravated.
So then we tried Aptamil because I heard that SMA was too rich for alot of babies but he didnt like it. He'd just screw his face up and only drink about 30ml before refusing anymore but then becoming hungry again very shortly.
So now we have him back on the C & G because thats what he seemed happiest drinking, with the Dr Browns bottles but its making absolutely no difference!
He was drinking 210ml every 4 hours. Then that got shortened to 3 hours because he was so agitated, but now he's only taking 120ml (if we're lucky!!), every 1hr30 to 2hrs...3 if we let him suck our little finger for a while! He has also started (in the last 36 hrs), doing the most collossal poo's EVERY time you're feeding him! Mid feed, he just lets out this massive bubbling pooey mess!!
I tried to call the health visitor who was about as much use as a chocolate teapot! She just told me to "think about his environment, is he too hot, too cold? Or think about his formula, is he on the right one for him? Come and get him weighed on Friday to check he's putting on weight" I know he's putting on weight, I can see & feel myself that he's putting on weight.
I felt like screaming down the phone at her...does she not think we've already tried all this over the last 4 weeks?!
I moved areas at the weekend, so its a new health visitor to us, and my old one (who I havent seen since Charlie was 2 weeks old because she found out I was moving and hasnt been interested since), suggested that we try keeping him awake during the day so that he's tired at night. We tried and tried but the little monkey decided he didnt want to be awake, he was going to sleep no matter what! So, I phoned my boyfriends doctors surgery and explained that baby and I moved here at the weekend and are going to be registering at their surgery this week but I need to see a doctor because he wont settle. The charming receptionist left me sitting on the end of the phone in silence for ages and then finally said "well, I suppose we can see him as a temporary resident!"
We've also tried using Infacol but that just upset his tummy and made his wind worse, and we've tried winding him in every possible position, putting him in his car seat, cuddling him, leaving him, raising his head slightly, putting him on one of my pillows so that it smells of me but NOTHING seems to work.
Im exhausted and I dont know what else to do.
Please please please can someone come up with some answers?!
xxx
been there and it really is hell. We finally settled on giving our LO Aptimil colic and constipation with colief drops in. Theyre really expensive and we cant really afford it but Im using my credit card to buy it cos honestly its a miracle.
