Very Unsettled Baby

[ShootingStar]

Oh Sheree you poor pet. It seems another thing our lil ones have in common.
Jesse was like that for the first 2 weeks of his life. I was constantly in tears as i had hardly no sleep either and all he would do when i held him was search for my boob and otherwise cry. Even a couple of times he would scream and cry while trying to get onto the breast. It wasnt that he couldnt attach, he could do that easily with no help.. it was as if when he got on nothing or not much was coming out, so he'd pull him self off then re-attach and suck and do the same thing and cry inbetween. I felt so sad for the little guy, he just looked so frustraited. One night i just had enough and asked DH to go out and get some formula. Jesse then slept for 6 hours. We started giving him a formula feed before his sleep at night and that worked for the night time but during the day he was back to the same crying baby. In the end i gave up and we switched him to forumla. He now sleeps from 9.30pm-5am at night, has regular naps during the day for around 1-2 hours at a time, also has play time where he talks and "goos" and smiles, is so much more happier inbetween feeds and can put himself to sleep when put in the cot. I was all for breatfeeding and wanted to breastfeed him until he was 6 months but it just didnt seem to work for us i guess.. but who knows it may for my second baby.
I dont want to be the one to say Riley would be better if he was bottlefed, but for myself and Jesse im glad there are other options out there. Both me, my brother and sister were all bottlefed and we turn out perfectly fine. Even though the motto is suppose to be "breast is best".. sometimes it just isnt