ugh.. need some advice

For the past 3 days now my dd n(7weeks old) has been miserable. Crying bloody murder out of nowhere wont lay down dosnt want to sit in bouncer just wants to be held. She wont nap & is soo tired...
Anyone have ANY advice on what to do or what could be wrong? She dosnt have a fever.

Re: ugh.. need some advice

ok, there is a LIST of things, go through them:

-Did she poop recently (last 48 hrs) she might be constipated?

-Is she crying during feedings? (she might have a milk allergy or acid reflux)

-Does she have a diaper rash that making her uncomfortable?

-Is she too hot or too cold?

These are all the things I would ask myself when my DD was that small.

HTH



P.S.: for me the culprit was acid reflux, I thought she was just a cranky baby then she was diagnosed and was literlly a different child in a week!!

Re: ugh.. need some advice

Posted by d-h2008

ok, there is a LIST of things, go through them:

-Did she poop recently (last 48 hrs) she might be constipated?

-Is she crying during feedings? (she might have a milk allergy or acid reflux)

-Does she have a diaper rash that making her uncomfortable?

-Is she too hot or too cold?

These are all the things I would ask myself when my DD was that small.

HTH



P.S.: for me the culprit was acid reflux, I thought she was just a cranky baby then she was diagnosed and was literlly a different child in a week!!

Re: ugh.. need some advice

are you breastfeeding or formula feeding? I think DD was 5 or 6 weeks old when we figured out she had a milk/soy protein allergy. We were giving her prune juice to get her to poop too and her poop was pretty hard for a nb...we switched her formula a few times and ended up seeing a Ped GI, who diagnosed her and put her on elecare, which worked wonders.

Re: ugh.. need some advice

Could she be gassy??

Try laying her on her back and making bicycle movements with her legs.... this worked really well for me DS. Also, mix an ounce of water with about a tbsp of sugar (sugar water) and dip her binkie in it. It should calm her down for a little while.

How come you give her prune juice to make her poop? Did your ped tell you to do that? Im just curious because when DS wouldn't poop we would give him a supository and eventually we discovered that he had a milk protien allergy - regular formula was making him constipated. What does she drink?

Good luck

Re: ugh.. need some advice

Ur daughter had hard poops with the prune jucie? My dd bm is like liquid when we give her prune juice. she has never had a hard or somewhat hard poop its always been watery n messy. TMI sorry..


yes our ped recomended a onuce of prune just twice a day to make her go BM. She is on smiliac sensitve for spit ups due to constant spitting up.