re: How to manage fussy Baby?

Slip half an ambien into the formula

You should consider changing doctors.

1. Any doctor who recommends crying out for a 3 week old is a quack.

2. Any doctor who doesn’t try reflux medicine for a fussy baby isn’t thinking about your baby or family.

I’ve got a 3 month old and he sleeps usually from 8-5 every night sometimes 8-8 and has for over month now. Same thing with my daughter who’s 2 and a half and has slept in our bed a total of two times when she was really sick.

The first month to six weeks is pure survival but after that here’s what worked for us:

* Pick a bedtime and stick with it.
* 12 hours after bedtime start your day. We’re not morning people so we go 8-8.
* During the day feed on a regular schedule as best your can every 2-3 hours, if they’re sleeping and it’s feeding time wake them up.
* Carry on about your normal life during the day. Don’t be extra quiet don’t pull the shades to make it dark make sure they know the difference in night and day.
* An hour before bedtime start your bedtime routine. We give him a bath every night, massage with lotion, read a book or play music then give him his night bottle. Night bottle he’s fully swaddled, sound machine is on and all lights are out.
* Rock then until they’re right on the edge of falling asleep, give them a pacifier, and put them in the crib.
* Do not wake them up, during sleep time they determine the feeding schedule. If you don’t think they’re getting enough up the volume during the day. Our son was taking 4 oz bottles regularly at 6 weeks.
* Realize that gas is a problem in babies and sometimes they’re just going to cry, try different formulas, use gas drops, and BURP BURP BURP. Gas goes away after a few months but it’s just part of being a parent.


Most of all realize that the first time you come home from work and she comes running saying dada and hugging your leg you’ll forget all about it.

Dude my oldest was the exact same way. I didn’t sleep for two years. It was horrible! Good luck to you

Get her on a schedule and stick to it. Can you imagine the trauma of coming into this world, it is off the charts crazy. You and your wife are her only tether to safety and security, when she cries hold her, look at her, feed her, and when its time to sleep kiss her and put her in the crib with some kind of sounds machine and/or mobile. Consistency is the key.

Allergy to formula or something mom is eating.

Try your best to get your baby on a sleeping schedule. We were having the same issues and my wife bought a sleep schedule program for 40$. I thought it was a scam but to my absolute astonishment, it worked. Hang in there and look into Halo Sleep Sacks on Amazon. It's like an easy swaddle that helps very much as well as they can scare themselves awake (similar to when you jump because you feel like you're falling) Good luck and you must absolutely make your child sleep in a crib.

You deserve to continue to have no nuts

My first child screamed for 6 straight weeks. Over and over we went back to the dr. They kept saying it was reflux but the med wasn't helping. One night i got an idea during a scream session,
and immediately went out and bought formula designed for babies with lactose intolerance (soy based). Baby gobbled it up like she was starving and all 3 of us slept the whole night for the first time.