Big Hugs first of all. HAving an unsettled baby is the worst. Matilda used to scream for 6-8 hours a day (sound familiar?) and I had no idea what was going on, she refused to sleep, breastfed every 2 hours for almost an hour... and we were both generally miserable. I finally took her to the GP at 6 weeks and found out she had reflux. She arched her back scraeming & regurgitated a lot.
Jovie has colic. She draws her knees up (which can be a very normal reflex for newborns as well, doesn't always mean lower abdo pain) and strains, goes very red in the face & I call it the "pushing" face.... like me in labour. She produces very little wind. I give her a bath daily & do massage twice daily with exercises such as bicycle legs etc. With every feed we've tried infants friend for a week & infacol for a week & Marina's mixture... nothing made too much of a difference. Just as things were settling down, I was put on antibiotics so she's back to being super unsettled. I have taken her to the GP, the Child Health nurse and to the chiropractor. The chiropractor did help, she was heaps more settled until I went on antibiotics.
Good luck, its an awful time when they are unsettled & in pain. I hope you get some answers, as the others have said don't hesitate to go to the GP, you may get some answers & help. With Matilda it was the only way I would every know about reflux/silent reflux and start our journey towards her feeling better.
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