At wits end... Wont stop screaming

[Mel09]

Ok, so since Tahli now 2 weeks old was 2 days old she hasn't stopped screaming at night. She is an angel during the day but gets hysterical at night.

she is in pain as she brings her legs up, but she wont burp, we try for hours on end, and she will settle for about 5-10 minutes then start again. I have been giving her water, and it helpped on the first night we tried, but last night we were back to square one.

I end up in tears as I am sooooo tired and DH and I argue as we are both over the screaming. I took her to the hospital at 11pm last night but as we were in the car she was settled and they just told me that they can't do anything. The Dr said it could be colic, but as she is fine now there is nothing that they can do! FAT waste of time that was!

Any ideas??? please I am ready to break!

[Tracey]

Look at silent Reflux..... I spent 24/7 with a hysterical baby for the first 2 months... It's worthing Googling & looking into!???

[Liz185]

It could be colic. My DD had colic for 5 months (she's 6.5 months now) and she was always screaming and crying about something. During the day was OK if you held her- but she could NEVER be put down.. very unsettled. She pulled her legs up to her tummy... and other times she would stretch her legs out and arch her back. I was going crazy!! I didn't take her to the hospital or anything, as I just googled colic and she pretty much had all the symptoms.

Good luck, I hope things get better for you soon!

[~Trish~]

Oh you poor thing . It's so hard when they just cry and cry.

Like Tracey said, I would look into reflux. Also, have you tried something like Infacol? I found it worked wonders with my DS when he was screaming with wind pain. Do you have a paediatrician you could take her to? A friend had a screaming baby for 6 months and it turned out she had a UTI that was only detected at the children's hospital. I took my unsettled babies to a paediactric chiropractor and found out they had problems (one had a dislocated shoulder from birth that wasn't detected) and the chiro fixed them up and they were much more settled.

Sorry, just throwing lots of theories at you, I'm not much help!

[mrscricket]

Could be colic - try Infacol like the girls suggested or could possibly be reflux. Try elevating the cot matress by placing some rolled up towels at one end, and keeping your DD elevated for at least 10 mins after feeds. Can you take her to the health centre for a check up or give the maternal health line a ring?

Good luck!

[Jo+3]

I had this with dd too. All the above suggestions are pretty much what I did but I also tried to get as much wind up after her feeds, especially during the day, so it didn't build up throughout the day. Sometimes it would take ages to get a burp.

[kristy J]

hey hope you can sort this out quickly...

i would lie her on your knees legs facing you and massage her belly in a clockwise direction for a while before bed, my mum said she was told this by her nan and it did help.

i would also buy one of those wedge things to prop her up a little at night.

do you BF? i was told to BF my DS during tough times it helps to settle them and milk is good for things like intergestion and reflux. it you formula feed i would change what you are using.

you could give her a relaxing bath and massage her belly and back. i bathed my DS many times at 2am it helped to calm him and me, have a SMALL glass of red wine to also relax yourself but only small esp if your BF.

and last of all call trecillian they are open 24hours we called heaps and they talked us through lots of issues we didn't know how to deal with..


good luck and im sure you are doing an awsome job.

kristy