My baby is really unhappy- what can I do?

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My baby was like this too just unsettled and crying everytime we put her down. Does he take a dummy? The thing that helped us to get her settled in her Moses basket was a dummy, the love to dream swaddle and white noise, not sure if you’ve tried this yet but keep holding on you’re doing amazing!! It does get really tough especially when you’re not sleeping well either, but it does get easier. As for the reflux/ colic side of things, my health visitor said to prop the Moses basket/ next to me mattress up by putting something underneath the mattress just so they’re not lying flat xxx

I'm so sorry you're going through this! We had a very long and tough labour, so our little girl was exhausted for a good week after birth and would sleep in her cot or moses basket with no issues at all. However, when she became a bit more awake and aware, she then went through a phase of never sleeping unless on me, too. I understand your discomfort because I never wanted to co-sleep either. She has also been diagnosed with CMPA and has been on the new formula for about a week. All of this to say, we are now at 10 weeks, and things have really improved. I am able to put her in her cot after she gets into a deep sleep on me and keep her there for her whole sleep/nap. Rest assured that this phase you're in won't last forever, and you're doing an amazing job! Xx

hi Zara, thanks for all the tips unfortunately we have tried all of those, but still won’t settle down 😭 x

ahhh thank you so much for this, he’s been on his new milk for 2 days now so I’m hoping once the old stuff is out his system and this one kicks in we will start to see improvement 🤞🏻 x

My baby is 11 weeks and I am genuinely in the same exact boat, he had colic and now has bad reflux he’s also on omeprazole started 3 days ago, no matter what I do he just moaaaaaans, he’s fed, changed, has nap windows, starting to accept I just have a whingy baby, night time is hell, he goes to sleep for first few hours in next to me crib then always ends up either on my chest or next to me in the bed which like yourself means I’m on high alert and don’t get much sleep, it’s been like this for almost a month, he’s also on CMPA milk but literally not sure what his issue is, HOWEVER for the past 2/3 days since magically taking omeprazole he’s not been whingy except when tired, could be speaking too soon but yeah it’s really hard and I feel for you as I am going through the exact same. STAY STRONG❤️

oh it’s absolutely awful isn’t it. He’s been on the Omeprazole for over a week and we’ve still seen no improvement as of yet. He has been on his new milk for 2 days now so I’m really praying that this well help, I just want my happy baby back as it is honestly breaking my heart 🫩

Regarding the Moses basket I had the same issue after my lo turned 8 weeks, she started to hate her Moses. My mother in law said she must not like that she can’t see as the sides are covered. If I’m busy around the house I will put her in the next to me cot instead and she sleeps better. Same as the night sleep, she sleeps with the side down so she can see me but if I fell asleep down stairs and I put her in the Moses she hates it.

Do you formula feed? I did also see a thing that said we might be making it wrong. We assume all formulas are mixed with x amount water in oz but it might be that it needs to be measured in ml.
There’s only 10ml difference each oz but to a baby it’s a lot. This means the formula could be too concentrated. I check the tin and it said ml not oz and I started making it measured ml and it’s made a big difference. Sounds silly and obvious but double check on the tin if it should be oz or ml as some are different.