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KJKNAJ
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What do you do when nothing works?!
KJKNAJ
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Apart from pull your hair out that is?
I tried gripe water tonight. It was a battle to even get her to take it and I don't think it has helped. She's just sooo uncomfortable every night for 2+hrs and I can't find the source of the upset. How do you know what's really going on? Tired? Gassy? At this point I'm wondering if it's a reflux, or a problem with something I'm eating (she's BF) or WHAT?! Help!
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Re: What do you do when nothing works?!
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*** BFP #4 - Chloe Grace, the 'C' to complete our 'A & B' - born Feb 25th, 2015 at 22w2d, lived for 2.5hrs ***
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Nope! I don't! I'm taking DD to the doctor tomorrow to see if there's a medical reason why she seems inconsolable so much of the time. In the meantime, I usually just keep trying things and eventually something works, usually something that I've tried 5 times already. In reality, I think she just exhausts herself and finally gives in. Or I pop a boob in her mouth...that usually shuts her up
Too bad she's a bad latcher making BFing pretty uncomfortable at best and excruciating at worst.
We've tried everything. I'm about to put her in her carseat and drive somewhere because it's my last option.
Tonight it's been since 5pm off & on. It's now 8:45PM. I'm going insane.
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I have this same issue with my DD. It must be witching hour because its every night at the same time. And if I set her down when she finally dozes (after killing my back walking her around) she wakes up and it starts all over again.
All I can say is just have your SO help you out and take a turn so you get a break. I'm hoping this is a stage my lil girl will pass out of soon.
My first baby was difficult. When it's gas they're usually moving their legs around like crazy and you can assist her in doing so by pushing her bent legs up to her stomach or doing bicycle peddling movements. If she's tired or overstimulated she'll avoid eye contact with you.
When my DD wasn't responsive to the 5 S's, we could usually calm her down by putting her in the car seat or bouncer chair and place it on top of the running dryer. (Obviously don't leave her unattended!) The darkness, warmth, noise and vibration was a winning combo for us.
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Try a warm bath, a swaddle, and some shhhh-ing... It seems to calm our LO down when nothing else will--though we don't always need the swaddle.
DS is also on medication for AR. Our clues were that he was always eating & then throwing it up and we could hear him double swallowing. According to our LC, he was always wanting food because the constant eating would soothe the pain from the AR.
Have you tried a nipple shield? It helps my DS latch--he wouldn't be able to at all otherwise...
It may be something you're eating that you're passing on to her. It could be making her gassy. I've hear cabbage, tomotoes, broccoli and spicy foods can all be contributers.
Maybe she has a dairy or lactose allergy? If you eat dairy you could try cutting it out of your diet for a few days and see if that helps.
I know it's frustrating. We delt with a simliar situation with my LO for 6 weeks till we finally found the culprit. Too bad they can't tell us what's wrong!
It definitely takes a while to figure out why they are crying. My baby has been pretty fussy from the start but you do figure it out, just takes a bit. This is what we usually do:
1) Change Diaper
2) Feed
If while she's feeding she kicks or pulls off the nipple consistently, her tummy likely is upset. I'd burp her a bit and wait a little while then try to feed her again. If she is coughing up or hiccups or still pulling off and crying, then it's her tummy. At that point, you can either keep burping, let her rest, or give her gripe water (or we use colic calm).
The first few times we used Colic Calm it didn't seem to do anything, keep trying. After a few times, it seemed to work like a charm, but takes like 5-10 min to work. Good luck!!