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! > > *********************************************** > > Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html > To reach list owners: [log in to unmask] > Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask] > COMMANDS: > 1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body of an email: set lactnet nomail > 2. To start it again: set lactnet mail > 3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet > 4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get lactnet welcome > > *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html To reach list owners: [log in to unmask] Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask] COMMANDS: 1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body of an email: set lactnet nomail 2. To start it again: set lactnet mail 3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet 4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get lactnet welcome