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Looking for advice/ Feeling the stress worrying about 6 week old DD this weekend

ladyteach0505ladyteach0505 member
edited June 2015 in May 2015 Moms
A lot of my anxiety disorder revolves around worry that something will happen to DD and this weekend I'm feeling a lot of the stress.  DD had been on her own little schedule of sleeping and eating and I noticed toward the end of the week that her routine was falling apart. I figured this was normal and maybe a growth spurt since she started crying to be fed on the hour every single hour, causing her to not sleep.  

Three days later and nothing is changing.  DD wants to be fed every 1.5 hours or so, she's not napping/sleeping more than 45 minutes and today she's had 5 BMs since 5:30.  I honestly don't know if it's diarrhea like in consistency because she's a mix of formula and breast milk, so her poop never fits the pictures you see online.  

I took her temp yesterday and she was okay.  Otherwise, she spit up the last ounce of the 4 oz feed I gave her. I'm trying to hold her off for two hours, but she's not doing well with the "hold off".  

She's fighting a cold according to the pediatrician we saw a week and a half ago. 

Is there anything else I should be worried about/any ideas?! I wish I had family to ask. :(
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Re: Looking for advice/ Feeling the stress worrying about 6 week old DD this weekend

  • canadianmom89canadianmom89 member
    Sounds like her 6 week growth spurt to me. My DD will be 8 weeks on Tuesday and she went through this about a week and a half ago. It felt like it last forever but it really lasted about 5 days... She was clingy, wanted to be fed every hour but would spit up because she was eating too much ( she's a mix of breast fed and formula fed too). My SIL who is a NICU nurse said it can last for up to a week. After those 5 days my dD slept the majority of the next 2-3 days and only wanted to feed every 3 -4 hours. And now she is back on her regular schedule :)
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  • ladyteach0505ladyteach0505 member
    THANKS so much for the advice.  That sounds exactly like my DD.  I hope that's what it is! 
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  • ladyteach0505ladyteach0505 member
    jgillis13 Did you notice a frequency in BMs with her increased eating?! DD has had 5 today and that is not like her at all.
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  • canadianmom89canadianmom89 member
    @ladyteach0505 I didn't notice a change like that but before the growth spurt she only went every 7-9 days now she goes every 4 days like clock work.... Poor thing gets constipated all the time
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  • ali0608ali0608 member
    The wonder weeks app is pretty cool. It is worth the money. It describes mental leaps babies make and when. There is a mental leap around that time that makes them fussy and clingy and don't sleep as much.

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