Fussy baby of mine

Thank you so much ladies for all of your lovely advise and tips. I guess my motherly instinct is not so great as I stopped ds's meds and all **** broke loose. I cant believe how bad his reflux is and how much the meds were masking it even though he was still so poorly. Ugh so after 2 days of no sleep and a very sick baby were back on the meds. I wish we could try neocate but for now its very expensive and I just dont see how we would afford it as we end up going through a 900g formula tin within 2 weeks and neocate is 200 dhs for a small box?

No problem! I may just give that a go! I hope you had a good vacation :)

It is really good stuff...if you can get someone to bring it in definitely do. My friend brought back loads at the time with no issues. She is not in Dubai at the moment otherwise I'd have asked her if she has any left for you but it was over a year ago now. edited by sydneygal on 04/09/2012 No problem SydneyGirl! I'm sure i'll find somebody. I tried asking some of my own friends who are back in UK right now but I doubt they will get time away from partying to source it for me! Were all in our twenties but have very different lives now that I'm married with a LO so it can be difficult with them at times.

Thanks SydneyGirl. I'm glad to hear colic calm actually does work! I'd love to put up some sort of a poll to find out what the best gas drops are! I tried to source colic calm but I'm told customs wont let it through because its liquid so I guess the only way is if someone is travelling back to UK but I dont want to put anyone out of their way for it unless I know its really good stuff!

DH slept in the lounge yesterday due to lack of sleep over the last 3 weeks so I was alone with DS all night and I feel it actually did wonders for me and LO to understand each other. I'm starting to wonder if DS has any reflux at all now. I can surely see some colic but what seems to be the main culprit is tonnes of trapped wind which causes him discomfort. So last night during his feed he screamed again and arched his back. I put down his bottle and quickly started rubbing his back. To my surprise he let out the loudest burp and became totally comfortable again so we continued feeding. The screaming/back arching continued a few times during his feed and each time I stopped to burp him which helped. Now I know how to deal with his mid feed fits I feel more comfortable rather than a helpless mum! I have read about high needs and I dont feel thats what he is at all. He is only needy it seems when he needs help getting burped (which is most of the day lol) hes not so fussed with comfort holding. Hes still making loud grunting noises in his sleep most likely linked to his blocked nose which I will sort out asap for him. Sleeping patterns are still unpredictable. Hes not one of those babies who sleep 3-4 hours after a feed. You will get 1 hour maybe 2 hours tops out of him if your lucky but thats just how he is which is fine. Again now that I know how to deal with him when hes awake and screaming I dont mind all these things so much. I dont want to stop medication half way but it always bugged me why zantac, motillium etc did nothing for him and I was told from day 1 to give it a few days even a week. I've now given it 3 weeks and hes the same baby I bought home! So first of all I'll give it till this weekend otherwise I'm going to research into the best gas drops and give just those a go with each feed. I'd LOVE any recommendations on the best gas drops please as I have no idea. Secondly I'm wondering if his stuffy nose may be linked to any allergies so to be on the safe side I'm going to get some allergy tests for him this week also. I'm sure ds will be so glad to be off the meds as he seemed to hate the taste. Please pray for us that I'm taking the right steps. The last thing I need is for it to actually be reflux and everything escalates out of control because I stop medication! Just wanted to add medication is great when its really needed but alot of the time I think we just really need to get to know our babies a bit more to understand what they are about. There is no typical baby. They are all their own little humans. Goodluck :)

Hi jackieq513 thanks for getting in touch! Hes 3 weeks old and I believe the poor fella suffers from colic and large amounts of trapped wind although his paed has diagnosed him with a combination of both colic and reflux (although he has no vomiting) for which he is taking medication with no improvement. If his medication doesn't improve his symptoms in the next 2 weeks I'm tempted to stop everything and try just the best gas drops in the market for example infacol. I've got a hunch his symptoms may mimic colic/reflux but in reality he may just be a very gassy baby in discomfort. I've not tried infacol just yet as I've heard it can make reflux symptoms worse. For his blocked nose I've tried to use a bulb syringe but its not got any gunk out of his wee little nostrils. I shall try some other techniques today as its clearly causing him discomfort. From everything I'm reading I guess we just need to wait it out till the magic 12 weeks mark but I envy those mothers who have newborns sleeping through the night!