Sleep regressions help

Is anyone else’s baby going through a sleep regression and absolutely loosing their mind? My 16 week old had his jabs on Wednesday and has been impossible to deal with since.
He already has really bad colic, milk allergy, eczema , bad reflux and really bad stomach pains and gas (iv been to the doctors multiple times for all of these reasons). He’s been so hard to get off to sleep having to rock him for ages , he won’t eat more than 3oz and wakes up every hour screaming himself purple and struggling to breathe. I haven’t slept more than 2 hours in the past 3 days and at this point I feel like such a terrible mum for getting so angry at his crying. My partner feels the same and we are both losing our minds we are really struggling to cope and have absolutely no one who can look after him while we try to sleep. Is anyone else going through this

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I'm on the 2nd night of it and literally logged on to seek advice on the same thing. Although my LO has silent acid reflux, it's been easily managed with medication. But recently he's been so difficult to burp, and has went from sleeping 6-8 hours solid to waking EVERY hour. Had is jabs on Wednesday. Hoping somebody can share some tips on hiw to get through it

Had jabs Wednesday and have had horrendous two nights. Was up from 2 til 5 last night and feel like death this morning. Baby is windy and has diarrhoea. Hope this doesn't last long.

Right here with you hun, my LB is 20 weeks and has had eczema, seborrhoeic dermatitis, silent reflux and now will not be put down and will only sleep when being held (four month sleep regression I expect) and then a sprinkle of teething too! Feels never ending as we’ve been in the sleepless nights for about 6 weeks. Literally waking every 30 minutes at some point. Sorry not much advice but your not alone. I’m trying to remember that this is just a phase and it will pass but it is definitely being a struggle

Just know you are not alone. The 4 month regression they say is one of the worse ones! On top of the jabs it is a hard month!
I really struggle to burp him now which doesnt help. he doesnt feed for long and will randomly scream uncontrollably during a feed or chewing hands. cant get down to sleep or if i do he will wake as soon as hes put down! The only thing that has helped me is laying down on the bed with him and napping during the day with him. For the last week or so he has wanted to be held all night its bloody hard
hope you dont mind me asking is your babies diarrhoea slightly green? My boy has had greeny diarrhoea since his 16 week jabs

I’ve noticed my little girl isn’t burping as easily the week - she’s 16 weeks on Sunday so I wondered if she’s maybe growing out of needing it?

same here. My girl seems to shift gas herself these days and is more likely to burp when I rock her and tilt her body at different angles than the original method of patting and rubbing her back

@Jenny yes has been green or yellow with green specks. She is also more difficult to burp. Very strange.

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