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Hi Ladies - thank you all for your responses. I decided to stop BF last night around midnight and gave the lil babe a bottle of formula. She slept for 5hrs straight after that! I don't think my body was giving her what she needed. Anyhow, today has been a totally different day, she is a NEW baby being on formula. She eats, then naps. Was also awake in her swing for a bit. She hasn't cried ONCE today. I'm sad BF didn't work out, but all of us are doing much better. Thank you all again for your responses, it helped a lot.

I went through purple crying with all 3 of my kids. with my first 2 babies it started around 2 months old to 6 months. they would start crying around 6pm and not stop until 10pm or so. there was nothing i could do at the time and i know how you feel... so helpless and frustrated, but just know that its not something you are doing. I read about a study that found all breast fed animals go through the purple phase which is interesting and comforting in a way.

With my 3rd baby, the crying started right away, as soon as we were home from the hospital. the only time he didnt cry was when he was sleeping (which wasnt often) even when he was nursing he would cry between breaths. it was heartbreaking. I summed it up to the same thing, only it started much earlier then my other 2 kids, and it was ALL day rather then in the evenings. i went to my mothers when the baby was about 3 months old, to get some help and she had bought a case of Similac Sensitive formula,,..cont.

My son is three years old. I put him to sleep in the evening for an hour and a half. I tried not to put it. And in the end he could stay until two in the morning. I tried not to pack it during the day, but then he fell asleep at four o'clock. Then woke up at seven, and there was a sleepless night. I only dream about falling asleep.
Happens, sleep is hampered by increased nervous excitability. When I worked as a kindergarten teacher, I met such children. That is, in each group there were those who calmly went to bed and fell asleep. There were some who needed a special approach. Some children can not even lie quietly: they pull a blanket, wind hair on a finger, pull eyebrows. I sat down on the stool next to the bed. One hand gently fixed the legs of the baby. The second hand lay on her shoulders. Further, she made very light, jiggling movements. This element allows you to quickly reduce the tone of tense muscles.

Here are a few experiences of me or close friends. With my son, when he cried it was almost always gas related. Doing crunches with his legs and giving him gripe water helped a ton. With my friend, her little girl wasn't getting enough milk when nursing and the mom didn't know that until one month in and she screamed or nursed constantly all day and night. She switched to formula and pumping, then giving the pumped milk in a bottle and her daughter was a completely happy baby. When my husband and his sister were born they were both allergic to milk. They screamed constantly and their mom ended up giving them goats milk (I dont think they had as many options today like the soy formula and such) and it helped them a ton. Good luck! I am so sorry you are going through this!

heya hun my lg was the same i braguht her home aftrer 4 days and all she did was cry even thought i feed her chqanged ehr cuddled her gave ehr abit of boiled cooled water checked for colic

have u tried to see if she got colic try giving her abit of infalcol see if she struggling to bring up wind

in the end thought i used to leave my lg to cry for abit after about 5-10 min she settled and no dont think she was to younge if she had everythink she just being funny and porb so used to getting picked up and soothed when she put down she prob think hold on a minuit and start crying but know one thing it will get better

(just to clarify, with my friend whose baby was not getting enough, the baby screamed all day and night for a month until they figured it out, it started when she was born)

Cassie, I'm so sorry you're struggling right now! I can't say I completely relate to the crying as I didn't have this with my dd, but I can only imagine how you must be feeling! But with sleep my dd was waking every 1-2 hrs which was so exhausting! It makes you feel insane when you're not sleeping. But my dd didn't cry very hard though, so that part was different for me. But when she did get fussy and I suspected gas, I gave her gripe water which worked GREAT! I did it everyday pretty much if she was gassy or hiccupy. It's completely safe too! So I recommend that! Once a routine is establish your life get so much easier. I never had the baby that slept 8 hrs like some of my friends did. But it's amazing how great 5-6 hrs straight can feel. It'll get easier I promise! And if you do have someone you can call to come over so you can sleep, then do! You need your sleep! Big hugs and blessings! -Nicole

my first child was colic. He cired all the time. I finally ask the dr and she told me to try formula. He was hungry and wasn't getting what I could give him. I had to switch to a gentle formula. He was a different baby after that. I know you want to breast feed but sometimes you have to do what's best for you and your baby. It was so worth it to me. I enjoyed my baby more and he was happy. It's worth a try.

I do supplement with formula , similac alementum for milk protein allergies and colic it works good but to be honst I rather breast feed. I too have gone back and forth on not wanting to bf, I have decided to give up and then changed my mind a million times ....but as someone who has done both bf and bottle feed once the routine is better established you DO get more sleep when breast feeding .

That's awesome news. :) So glad you can finally get some sleep and enjoy your little one. It's a great feeling isn't when you can find out what's wrong? :)Congrats on your new baby.