lack of sleep

this lack of sleep thing is doing my head in.. I'm normally really tolerant and takes a lot to upset me but Liam is wanting next to no sleep during the day.. sleeps 6-7 hours then two lots of three at night but id settle for less night sleep and more in the day:( as i said last time i do the same things..except he has playtime in daytime... I seriously suspect doc may have been right that the Ab's unsettle them?he constantly settles then wakes or falls asleep being rocked or whatever then wakes.when he never used to..even the trusty bouncer only works at night.. tried gripe water etc..which made him choke but it did seem to work(gave it on teaspoon) tried infacol and that didnt work) to make sure it wasnt wind.. currently he's been up since 8am with one 20min sleep..

any suggestions:(

(im on Ab's for mastitis for another day ... ) for the first few hours he's happy as when up but then gets grumpy and unsettled....i dont get why he is fighting sleep so much:( now he is about to start crying in the bouncer but if i pick him up he will go to sleep..

mostly though and esp at night he self settles.. I'm at a loss to know how to get him to sleep:( he wont take a dummy either:( do i need to try formula to help him sleep?

If you pick him up and he goes to sleep .. I would pick him up and let him sleep, I wouldnt see the point in leaving him.

All you seem to get by doing that is a crying baby and an upset Mummy.

Get a sling, pop him in it and you should both be happy ... if he will sleep when you pick him up its obviously not hunger, so I wouldnt see why you need to go down the formula route (or did I miss something?)

I definitely second the sling idea.
for him doing so well at night, but with a bit of coaxing I'm sure he'll give you good days, soon, too.

Hannah was the same. She'd sleep really well if I was holding her, but would wake as soon as I put her down.
I worried about setting bad habits, but by 3 months old she was self settling for daytime sleeps.
Now she's a champion sleeper.

Worth a shot
Keep us posted.

Just wanted to give you hugs  and say that when my Brooke was about 5 weeks old (and possibly silent reflux), that was certainly the hardest time for me.  All the sleep deprivation caught up with me at that time.  Luckily I had a great lactation consultant and she gave me a bit of a pep talk and I went away feeling like I could cope. 

Go easy on yourself and try to get as much help as possible from other people. 

Edited to add:  one more thing - The chemist told me that gripe water should be quite diluted for babies under 3 months, and also not to give infacol under 3 mths. 

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