Hello Diane,
First of all, excuse me for my poor English.
The situation you describe of het 2 month old baby reminds me of my own son
(now 3 years). He was a verry fussy baby. 2 years later we discorered by
means of an analfalactic shock that he is allergic to nuts and sesam.
If you are interested I can write down our whole story.
For now I respond to you because I immediately think of food allergy.
Best regards,
Wendy Valijs
LLL Leader Maasmechelen (Belgium)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Diane Perrone" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 4:26 PM
Subject: Fussy baby
> I am looking for insight for a situation with a 2 month old who cries
> constantly during the day, sleeps OK at night. I saw him in the first
week
> of life for latch on problems and slow weight gain. He now latches well,
> but Mom has to roll his upper lip out to get a deep, pain free latch. He
> has gained 3.5 lbs. over his birth weight.
>
> This baby goes from sleep to scream in a split second. He is totally
worked
> up when he begins to breastfeed, and he keeps up rapid, noisy breathing
> throughout the feeding. When he pauses, Mom puts him on her shoulder and
he
> burps LOUDLY, several times, cries and repeats the rapid breathing while
> feeding. Eventually he got 3.8 oz. during 20 minutes, but continued to
cry
> like he was starving.
>
> Mom loves all sorts of dairy products, so she will eliminate or temper her
> intake. I suggested More Milk Tea to get a little fenugreek in to soothe
> baby's stomach and maybe increase the flow of milk so he doesn't get so
> upset. Mother is exhausted, so I told her to lay down with him to nap and
> nurse twice a day. In the evening, he enjoys his bath, so I suggested
doing
> a warm massage afterward to help him totally relax then nurse off to
sleep.
> He will wake, scream, nurse and go back to sleep during the night. During
> the day he will not nap unless he is in a swing. Those naps last only
about
> 20 minutes. Then it is scream, nurse, scream, nurse. He has good bowel
> sounds and a normal elimination pattern for a child of this age.
>
> Am I missing anything? Any further advice for this mother?
>
> Diane Perrone, RNC
> Materna Wellborn
> Algonquin IL USA Merry
Christmas!
>
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