Advice

[Babsi68]

I'm at my wits end. I've slept roughly 8 hours total in the last 2 weeks. I had my daughter on sept 3rd and she has had days and nights mixed since the first week. I know its normal since my first daughter was the same but I got lucky with her and she was sleeping 10-13 hours a night at 3 weeks old. This baby doesn't always cry and isn't inconsolable so I don't feel like she's colic but maybe I'm wrong? She ***** a nuk and that's part of the issue, if she loses it she will freak out and whimper and fuss but the second she has it (unless she's hungry or needs a diaper) she calms down. Is there any way I can get her to sleep a little more at night? I've tried keeping her awake by talking to her or bathing her in the day and somedays even just letting her cry for a little while but she doesn't stay awake and during the day, I can't sleep because of my oldest (2 in December) being awake and I can never schedule her nap at a time when the baby is sleeping so I can sleep. I'm so tired that I'm starting to hit PPD stage and I'm really not interested in going through that again. Please anyone with any advice, I am absolutely desperate!!! Also, we've been sleeping in the living room since she was born basically because she doesn't like our bedroom and still is too young to put in her sisters room cuz she'll wake her up.

[nesik]

Ok, thank u, I will try the chamomile tea to see if it will help my baby.

[Suzy93]

And as for the amount they should drink my mom told me 2oz a day. The reason I would give it to him after feedings is because he would only take a few gulps at a time. Don't forget to burp baby afterwards

[Suzy93]

I gave it to him for about 3 days after feedings. Then after that maybe once or twice a week as a preventative. My mom told me to drink a few cups myself so that my milk will be "clean". I'm breastfeeding. Also make sure it's not strong, afterall it is for a baby. It should be a light yellow. Don't sweeten it or anything either. I can feel your ladies pain.. Hope this helps

[nesik]

Do u give him chamomile tea every day or just that one time? Also is it ok to let baby drink as much as he wants?

[Suzy93]

My son will be 5 weeks on Monday and he was behaving this way around week 3. I posted a question on here titled "why is my 3 wk old not sleeping anymore"My mom told me he had colic because he would cry and wouldn't want me to put him down. She told me to make him chamomile tea. Not a tea bag but dry packaged chamomile. She told me to put two cups of water to boil with about two pinches of the chamomile. Strain it into her bottle and let it sit until cool. My son only took a few gulps. I saw a change within two days. He was sleeping better and was a happy baby, and still is! He has his own schedule now so I work around it

[nesik]

I think her tummy bothers her, my son is always moving his legs when he's uncomfortable, after feedings I hear his little tummy gurgling so loud trying to process milk and he seems very uncomfortable and cries and moves his legs nonstop, when it stops he just lays there still and quiet, also he passes lots of gas even though I'm not eating anything that can make him gassy, tried the gas drops also, don't see any difference with or without them. Have u been to a doctor cause I know when babies projectile vomit it might be reflux, if not u'll just have to wait when her stomach matures more and she'll outgrow this stage, wish u luck!

[Babsi68]

She burps after every half ounce cuz otherwise she'll throw it up and she's on formula that's the only one that hasn't made her projectile vomit every feeding. I tried so hard to breast feed but her mouth is too tiny to latch on correctly...I can't tell if her legs pull up because she always moves her feet when she's awake so I'm not sure how to tell but I've given her gas drops just in case and they don't seem to help all that much

[nesik]

Also maybe something in your diet bothers her like cows milk, do u drink cows milk?

[nesik]

Maybe something is bothering her, I believe babies don't cry for no reason, if u have to rock her all the time and pat on the butt I think that's just takes her attention off of what bothers her. Do u burp her well after feedings? Maybe she has too much air during feedings, does she pulls her legs up when fussing?

[Babsi68]

Yes, if I give her the nuk back she falls asleep most times but at least will calm down until she drops it again then she's awake and back to fussing. And at night I might indirectly talk to her when feeding her but most times I'm talking to myself saying how I hope the night goes after she eats lol. I always keep the light off in the living room where we sleep and keep the TV off and if I need lighting I turn on the light in the dining room. If I got 4 hours a night, I'd be really happy!! Haha I'm lucky if I can get 45 consecutive minutes between fussing. Her main problem is she likes to be moving while she's sleeping so if I'm holding her, she wants to rock and have her butt patted, and if she's laying down I have to rock her by hand in her rocking sleeper. We bought a swing so that the swing does the work but she cries more when she's in the swing and that still makes it hard for me to lay down. It's just hard on me to not get literally any sleep at night...I'm not too old but I'm not in high school anymore so all nighters just don't work for me.

[nesik]

I'm sorry u have such hard time, I know what u r going thru, I had my son Sep 4 and he sleeps well the first half of the night but then he cries a lot because of passing too much gas and at 7:30 my 2 years old daughter wakes up so I sleep about 4 hours each night. So what happens when u put back her pacifier, she goes back to sleep? Also what do u do at night with her? Do u talk to her, hold her? I know that sometimes not talking to baby at night and having very dim light helps them understand that its quiet time, other than that I have no idea, maybe u'll just have to wait it out, I know its super hard but what can we do, some babies don't sleep very well and then they outgrow that stage and sleep very good, who know how your daughter will be, think positive and wait for good changes.