I feel your pain. my lil darling had issues too, she was 6 months old before she stopped the crying (we were against gonig with the drugs though). It got better 1. after we saw a Chiro at 3 weeks - her neck AND tailbone were out! poor lil mite! and then 2. when I cut out dairy. We have sinced discovered by going to the Allergy Elimination Clinic here in Melbourne that she was intolerant of dairy, wheat, eggs and artificial colourings. She has since been treated and can eat anything now, but even up till 18 months old (when we took her to the clinic) she'd be up till at least 9pm with sore tummy! and up multiple times through the night! now she sleeps from 8pm till at least 7:30am!
Because you mentioned bub has good days and bad days, it suggests to me there may be something in your diet that her tummy isn't liking? the first things to try cutting out are usually dairy and wheat, but it can take a few days for it to get out of both of your systems.
the main thing is to remember you are NOT alone, and this won't last forever. Something I learnt was no matter how hard it was, sometimes I just had to lay her down somewhere she was safe and let her cry for 5 minutes and let myself tune out. *hugs* good luck with it! I can give you the details for the Allergy Clinic if you are interested, they may be able to recommend someone up your way!
2 of my bub's have had reflux. DD2 was my first screamer. Life was impossible for the first 10 weeks.
DD3 started at about 2 weeks. At 5 weeks she started sleeping through the night, but was impossible through the day. She only slept through coz she was so exhausted from being awake all day.
Once I realised what it was though, I could deal with it & make sure she was comfortable. I have taken her little co sleeping bed out of her cot, so she's flat, but will put it back in tonight because she hasn't slept properly since it came out.
Everything has to be elevated. She almost always pukes on the change table, coz she's down flat. The sling was my saviour.
We haven't needed any meds & she's improved alot quicker than DD2 did
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