When I had my baby she slept ALL day and was up til late at night. theres really nothing you can do right now b/c your baby is so young. If he's colicky then you have to wait it out. At one point I called my best friend and she said to let my daughter cry for 10 minutes ... Just walk away and let her cry. Then go in and give her a binky. Then let her cry again for another 10 - 15 minutes. It gets them used to be a little alone, but also feeling you come back in and knowing that you WILL be back to care for them .AFter doing this a few times my daughter started falling asleep on her own
Remember, you are on HIS time table. There is no schedule for now. Simple as that :)
Ashley,
If the hanging thing helped, maybe he has some pressure in his spine/back that is alleviated by the decompression. Have you thought of trying chiropractic for him. There are very gentle chiropractic techniques, simply using pressure points. Hope this helps.
Lori P
Ashley,
I feel your pain. I have a daugther who did this for 2 1/2 years! Have you asked about refulx? Does he spit up?
I would strongly suggest having your Dr try some reflux med's to see if it would help. The Dr's ignored me when I shared my daughters similar sympotms. 2 years later we found out she had chronic reflux.
Hope you find relief soon & get some sleep!
Kelli
Night is the worse time for colicky babies and their moms. My son was very fussy and used to cry most of the night getting me out of my wits unless we started babies magic tea. This organic tea soothed my son just in a few dosages.
Thank you so much for all of the suggestions. We came to the conclusion that Everything we tried worked once. We tried swaying, bouncing, swinging, swaddling, putting him on the dryer in his car seat and many other things and each one worked the first time and that was it. Eventually, we ran out of new things to do and finally we discovered his off button. If we hold him just under his armpits up in the air and let his feet hang, he stops crying almost instantly. It’s pretty amazing! But he has calmed down alot and we only have to use that trick once in a while. Now we’re just working on getting him to sleep through the night, which I know will come in time. Thanks again for all the suggestions, they truly helped us get through those first 4 weeks.