Newborn just won’t settle - going out of my mind!!

Hang in there mama! Not sure if it would help but when my baby got like this I gave him gripe water (in addition to everything you’re doing) and it helped a lot https://www.target.com/p/mommy-39-s-bliss-gripe-water-for-babies-with-gas-colic-or-stomach-discomfort-4-fl-oz/-/A-16200475

thank you we have infocolic which is similar just not sure what’s wrong?! 😩

That sounds really rough 😢 overtired crying for hours is a real challenge!!
Is she being sick because of the crying or the milk? Does she have reflux? Undiagnosed milk allergy?
Sorry, hope she falls asleep soon!
Have you tried taking her outside for some fresh air?xx

Gripe water 100%
Infocolic didn’t work for us and my 1st had REALLY bad colic

Gripe water was the only thing to ever work. Your meant to use 5ml at a time but I only used 1ml in my newborns bottle yesterday and she’s been so much more settled all night and today xx

Could be cluster feeding

Take her outside. The fresh air is baby magic when they're like this. A short walk around the neighborhood if you can and then repeat your rocking efforts.

We did like 3 am walks at times. It's rough but you got this

Babies do mistake constipation and other stomach issues/pain for hunger so just be careful you’re not giving her too much milk. Try the gripe water like others have suggested. This worked amazing for my boy I noticed a big difference in how much more settled he was x

Could well be cluster feeding in those early days. Are you combi feeding as in breast milk in bottle and breast or as in formula and breast? Breast fed babies cannot be over fed and they just won’t take more if they don’t need it. Purple crying is very common in the early days but it feels like a lot to handle I remember it well with both of mine but it does pass. Try getting out the house for walks in pram or carrying, or doing laps of the house! Mine used to cry 3-7 every day basically none stop and it was rough for the first month. Hang in there, you aren’t doing anything wrong x

I was combi feeding too and my baby was the same. Feeding her was a nightmare as she’d constantly stop and stiffen up and cry. I changed her formula and she was then a different baby!

Nothing wrong she’s just a 2 week old baby, unfortunately you will have days like this. Pop her into bath or take her outside and grab yourself a coffee

Days like that are tough, it does get better. If you haven’t already tried it or got one, it might be worth considering buying a dummy and seeing if that helps to soothe her. Hope today is better x

Cows milk allergy usually develops 2 weeks after a baby is born, my son had it and the doctors said it was reflux! Ended up taking him to a&e at 8 weeks old and got a prescription formula to trial x

Thanks all I was told she was too early for gripe water but will look into it

I don’t think she was crying because of being sick, just hungry and then uncomfortable! How do I know if she had reflux or an allergy? She’s been fine on this combo so far and we already swapped formula from one that was definitely making her ill.

I would dare walk round here alone at that time but maybe early morning I could

formula, breast and expressed breastmilk… it’s tough! We need to leave the house today as didn’t yesterday - we had guests arrive late too which I don’t think helped!!

we’ve already changed formula so don’t think it’s that - it seems to be my breastmilk making her worse if anything?!

we have them but don’t want to use them as had so many issues with breastfeeding already I don’t want to make it worse

oh god I hope it’s not that, formula seems to be better than my breastmilk tbh !!?

Have you tried cutting out dairy/spicy foods from your own diet, baby could be fussing getting that from your breastmilk?x

I don’t eat spicy foods anyway but I could try dairy - we have the midwife on Monday so I’ll talk to her x