First Time Mum (5 week old)
My son is 5 weeks old and, until this week, has been so content with feeding every 3 hours pretty consistently and settles well to sleep and in the cot.
This week, though, things have changed quite dramatically. He’s been bringing milk back up after feeds, crying during feeds (particularly when we try to wind him), and really struggling to settle on his back.
If I get him fully settled to sleep, he’ll eventually tolerate being put on his back, but usually wakes within an hour absolutely screaming.
I’m torn between wondering whether he’s just going through a growth spurt and getting hungrier, as he’s now having around 2–4oz every 2 hours, or whether something else is going on.
His behaviour has changed quite noticeably too. It’s happening both during the day and at night, although it’s worse overnight because I’m quicker to try and put him down.
Is this potentially just a growth spurt, or could it be something like reflux / colic or another feeding issue?
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Sounds very similar to my first. Happened around the same time! I think it’s very common that they become fussier at this age. My boy became very sicky and unsettled in the afternoons, turns out it was reflux. I tried a number of different things but gripe water worked best! He was out the other side of it by 10 weeks. Totally understand how stressful it is seeing them uncomfortable and how draining it is with the crying ❤️
We’re going through the exact same, started at 2 weeks for us and he’s 4 weeks now. We’ve been told by GP is reflux and colic. We’ve been prescribed Gaviscon for every feed, using infacol and can’t really say it’s making much of a difference right now but persevering x
Unfortunately we had the same with our first, silent reflux was diagnosed. Other than elevating the cot and moses basket there was nothing that really relieved it, other than time.
From memory it was 14 weeks old when improvement was seen. We then got confirmation from the GP to wean earlier by 2 weeks and again saw continued improvement.
We just got told it's immature digestive systems, and some babies get more affected than others.
It was an incredibly stressful time period, however honestly it does go quickly when you look back. It truly is a phase, it will pass. I started to tick the weeks off a calendar like a mini countdown or nearing the other side. If we have it again, I'll probably do the same!
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I’m torn between wondering whether he’s just going through a growth spurt and getting hungrier, as he’s now having around 2–4oz every 2 hours, or whether something else is going on.
His behaviour has changed quite noticeably too. It’s happening both during the day and at night, although it’s worse overnight because I’m quicker to try and put him down.
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