3 week old baby awake and upset all day and sleeps about 6 hours at night

[broderick01]

my 3 week old daughter is awake most of the day crying alot we have her on aptamil easy digest which worked really well for her older brother at night she only sleeps about 6hours and that is lying on one of us so in 24 hours she is sleeping about 7 to 8 hours max has anyone else experienced this as she is supposed to be sleeping 16 to 20 hours a day ive gone back to work and my wife is really struggling with her there must be a reason for this the crying seems to be connected to feeding she does plenty of burps but seems to get really upset after a feed and when she's passing solids any advice or experience of this would be appreicated
thanks mark

[k8bailey]

Could be Silent Reflux - there are some simple things you can try. Sit her upright during and after feeding, try to keep het still for 15-30 mins after a feed, to let her milk go down. Raise the head of her moses basket/cot so that her head is a little higher than her feet. There are also different bottles and teats that claim to help with reflux. If these things don't help you could take her the doctor, if he thinks its reflux he may prescribe infant gaviscon, if this still doesn't work there are other medications than can be tried.

Also one brand of formula may work well for one child but not another - we tried SMA gold, Sma Staydown, sma wysoy and cow and gate before we finally found Nutramigen, which worked for our daughter. Obviously you should discuss any change of diet with your HV or Dr.

Our daughter had very bad reflux, but it wasn't silent (silent means no vomitting) So I speak from experience. Unfortunately it really is just a case of trial and error, to find out what works, but things do and will get better! Good luck!

[tigwig]

Ask the health visitor to come round, hopefully she will have some further advice. In the meantime I would try a sling so your wife can carry the baby around upright with her hands free. This may help her bring up more wind if she has it and the rocking and comfort of snuggling in may help her to sleep.
Please seek help asap as it sounds like you really need it! Hope it gets sorted soon.

[broderick01]

thanks for your answer this has really helped and hopefully she will start to settle down thanks again. peace