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Fussy baby

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EW EXPLORER
Latest post on 24 January 2012 - 11:55

My baby is 4 months and still very fussy, since day 1 in the hospital. I dont know what to do. He only wants to be held and you have to stand no even sitting down otherwise starts crying, and he is getting heavy so my back cannot take it. We have a rocker with toys and a gym and we play with him but cannot be there 24 hours, plus he would cry after sometime anyways. I have a maid but I dont want her to hold him all the time.

Even when he wakes up he cannot do it without crying. I put baby TV and videos, he gets distracted 5 minutes and then again. He is Ok when I take him to the balcony to see cars or the garden, but I cannot do that the whole day.

We take him to the shopping mall and sometimes he cries like someone is killing him unless we hold him and even then sometimes he cries.

I dont think it is colics or even teething because it has been like this since day 1. Now, it is even getting challenging to feed him, he cries at the boob or bottle, I have to trick him many times.

He enjoys when we sing to him, but I cannot do it all the time.

I was hoping it would pass by 3 months by nothing. Anyone with a similar child, what to do?. I have seen other babies similar age and nobody is as fussy.

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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 24 January 2012 - 15:03
Firstly can I just say there is light at the end of the tunnel! I know it feels like it will never end when you have a reflux baby but it does get better. My daughter ended up on Losec but that was after trying a few other meds first, your doctor will help you sort it out. Sometimes the medication takes a while to work or you need to try different combinations of things. Just keep going back to your doctor until you get it right. My daughter also had a problem with dairy so you may want to discuss that with your doctor, it common for reflux babies to have dairy issues also.
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EW EXPLORER
Latest post on 24 January 2012 - 13:39
He has reflux and started to take Zantrac this week, still no luck with the feeding.
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EW EXPERT
Latest post on 24 January 2012 - 13:26
talk to your Dr about the possibility of reflux (GERD), especially given that he likes to be upright and is refusing feeds, that can be quite common as they have pain after a feed. Some babies are like this for the first 4-6 months though, I've had two nephews who are this way, its nothign to do with how you are parenting (you'r not doing anything wrong) they just find it hard to calm down and are easily overwhelmed by the slightest noise, bright light etc. They grow out of it eventually, but it is very hard going in the meantime. Both my nephews started to get better from the 4 month mark and were much better by 6 months. They get described as "high needs", "spirited" "fussy" or as having "colic", some people use to colic to mean gas, digestive upset but medically it is a term used to describe a baby like yours who cries for no apparent reason. My brother and SIL found white noise very helpful and used a baby-bjorn quite a lot.
 
 

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