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We've been breast feeding our newborn and supplementing it with formula. The breast feeding was lasting only about five minutes per side because the milk hasn't all come in yet. Baby Alayna is now four days old.
Last night things were pretty normal, she last fed after 9 but kept rooting around and kept fussing. We gave her 10 mL of formula in a syringe. More fussing, more rooting. She started crying. And screaming. Wife's nipples are sore, gave her more formula. More crying, more screaming. Let her nurse. More crying, more screaming and fussing.
This, btw, was going on over a period of at least two hours. We had to keep holding her, she kept wiggling and kicking and refused to lie down. Mommy and Daddy were exhausted.
Saturday Night Live comes on. Wife is holding her, nursing her. She appears calm but when I try to lay her down in the bassinet, she wiggles and kicks and cries and screams and screams. And I mean the ear-splitting scream. The neighbors must have thought we were abusing her.
Wife takes her back and hold her, before long she's nursing again. Finally baby sleeps but wife has to sit in bed and hold her. This lasts for one hour. Then it's more screaming. And screaming. And more nursing, but I can't remember. I think I gave her more formula because all night while she's been crying, she's been sucking on her fist and rooting. So, she must be hungry, right? Right?
At 3 a.m. she nurses again and wife has to hold her as she falls back asleep. Will she stay asleep? We had no idea.
Sometime after that, my wife had to use the toilet and set Alayna back into the bassinet. Baby stayed put, no more crying.
Then around 8, my wife wakes me up and says she is nursing again. Baby was awake, but was only fussing mildly asking for breakfast.
Baby had slept for five hours straight, a new record.
Now baby Alayna is fine. She nursed for over fifteen minutes each side, I changed her diaper, she is sleeping in her bassinet because apparently the demon has left her. My wife pumped one breast and got one ounce.
Those are all the highlights, and I'm not sure I got all the details right because the whole night's a blur. In a nutshell, baby screaming nonstop, fed formula and breastmilk, kept screaming all night. And she ate a lot. Now ahe's fine.
So, what in the world was going on? Any mothers want to take a crack? Was it really a demon? And if this happens again, what do we do?
(BTW, otherwise, everything's great and we love her to death.)
Last night things were pretty normal, she last fed after 9 but kept rooting around and kept fussing. We gave her 10 mL of formula in a syringe. More fussing, more rooting. She started crying. And screaming. Wife's nipples are sore, gave her more formula. More crying, more screaming. Let her nurse. More crying, more screaming and fussing.
This, btw, was going on over a period of at least two hours. We had to keep holding her, she kept wiggling and kicking and refused to lie down. Mommy and Daddy were exhausted.
Saturday Night Live comes on. Wife is holding her, nursing her. She appears calm but when I try to lay her down in the bassinet, she wiggles and kicks and cries and screams and screams. And I mean the ear-splitting scream. The neighbors must have thought we were abusing her.
Wife takes her back and hold her, before long she's nursing again. Finally baby sleeps but wife has to sit in bed and hold her. This lasts for one hour. Then it's more screaming. And screaming. And more nursing, but I can't remember. I think I gave her more formula because all night while she's been crying, she's been sucking on her fist and rooting. So, she must be hungry, right? Right?
At 3 a.m. she nurses again and wife has to hold her as she falls back asleep. Will she stay asleep? We had no idea.
Sometime after that, my wife had to use the toilet and set Alayna back into the bassinet. Baby stayed put, no more crying.
Then around 8, my wife wakes me up and says she is nursing again. Baby was awake, but was only fussing mildly asking for breakfast.
Baby had slept for five hours straight, a new record.
Now baby Alayna is fine. She nursed for over fifteen minutes each side, I changed her diaper, she is sleeping in her bassinet because apparently the demon has left her. My wife pumped one breast and got one ounce.
Those are all the highlights, and I'm not sure I got all the details right because the whole night's a blur. In a nutshell, baby screaming nonstop, fed formula and breastmilk, kept screaming all night. And she ate a lot. Now ahe's fine.
So, what in the world was going on? Any mothers want to take a crack? Was it really a demon? And if this happens again, what do we do?
(BTW, otherwise, everything's great and we love her to death.)