give up breastfeeding???????

Hi here I go yet again.....I am having such a bad time with Brooke again!!!! Has been going on for bout three days now.....shes worse than she ever was and Im really not dealing with it well.I try my best with her but am at a loss to what her problem is......She has been checked by doc and yet again Im told theres nothing wrong with her....She is always happy and smiling when I take her.She wont sleep hardly at all during the day.sometimes 30 mins and other times 10mins.and thats after spending sometimes an hr or so trying to give her dummy in bed and rocking her.....I am only feeding her 3hrly yet it seems like alot of the time she has tummy upset......and by the time evening comes she is so overtired that we have huge screaming sessions......leaving her to cry it out in bed just doesnt seem to work...she just gets hysterical.Im having fights with hubby bout that one.he thinks leave her to scream no matter how long but I feel it not the way.My little boy is missing out on my attention and when he does finally get it I just yell at himHe doesnt even want to be home with me anymore.I feel like since Brooke been here theres been nothing but stress in our household...lastnight I put her in carseat and drove up to my mum inlaws and told her that I dont want her anymore and burst into tears....she came hm with me and helped and it took till 10.30 to finally get her to sleep.soooo here I get to my point.....do you think I should give up breastfeeding????would she be more settled on formula?????I am being soo careful what I eat but she always so unhappy..perhaps the quality of my milk is not great cause Im so tired and stressed.Id really like to find a miracle............sorry this so long but Im honestly so desperate now

Poor you guys. I really think before you do anything as drastic as giving up breastfeeding you should speak to a peadiatrician. i dont know if you are currently under a pead or if you are just going to a GP. Ask around. If you go to the www.cryingoverspiltmilk.co.nz website im pretty sure there are some paeds listed there.

In my experience cutting down breastfeeding and starting formula didnt help at all and possibly made things worse. Because Jayde ended up having to go on a special formula that you can only get on perscription.

I know going to a paed is expensive but i think your sanity and the health of your child is worth the cost. You could also ask your gp for a refferal to go to a public paed but you may have to wait some time for an appt. I went to one publicly as none worked privately here and i just phoned every day and got people i know in the hospital to phone for me as well and instead of a one month wait i got in in 2 or 3 days.

The health system is there for you, but unfortunately you have to push and push. Another thing you could do is to just go to the emergency dept at the hospital and ask to see a paed.

Just wanted to add that putting her on formula won't help if she has a tummy upset, but maybe there is someone you are eating that she's allergic to.. dairy? or something else.. you need to see a different doctor as you're her mother and you know something is wrong..

Have you called Plunketline? Asked to see the plunket nurse again? Tried La Leche League (they are in the phone book).. all will have lots of suggestions to try as they've seen so many babies before.. also you could try the Familiy centre, they are great for advice too.

Thanks heaps guys.....maybe formula not the go............I will have big talk with my mum inlaw and try decide what to do...think I will try family centre.mayeb go for day and they can see what Brooke like....we even talked bout trying to get someone to come stay for a week so they can help us sort her out.....we honestly wouldnt care how much it would cost us!!!!!!!!Not sure if there is that kind of service in NZ though.Really wish we could have a happy relaxed family............She sooooo beautiful when she happy and smiling

i no i would have paid anything too help james,people told me your his mother u must no whats wrong the thing is i didnt it turned out he had a heria in his groin and the pulket ladys found it u do have to be real pushy when it comes too doctours/pulket (my spelling is arwful)lol i say give anything a try its worth it if u can help yoyr bubs and yourself

have u thought about a nanny just a thought

oh, and to try getting a sling too... these have helped alot of the mums on there, esp the ones with two children or more..

Good luck rox, hopefully that is what is causing the crying etc and that the osteo really did work!!

good luck please keep us updated if u feel somthing is wrong with bubs pushed till u find out i hope this doc can help

Poor you, Roxy, I totally sympathise with you.I hope you get some answers today, poor thing.
Am thinking of you, so take care.