Help!

I knew this would happen, I bloody knew it. 

Here I was thinking this newborn stuff is easy peasy... And there Blake was, being all quiet & content, cute and happy for those first few weeks of life- tricking me into thinking it was a breeze.... Just a stroll down straight forward street. 

And then....

Along came Oscar (the grouch). 

Yikes.

I realise it's only been 2.5 weeks so far- but those could quite possibly be the longest 420 hours of my life. The irony isn't lost on me either people- I realise it was only a few weeks back that I posted about how easy newborns are & it's toddlers we should be weary of. Well, lets just say Blake is a heck of a lot easier than Oscar at the moment.

He is relentless. If he is awake, he is either grunting with such force & conviction that anyone would think I had given birth to an elephant calf, or he is wailing. If he is asleep (massive if), it never lasts for longer than 45 minutes before the grunting kicks in again. The poor thing seems to be in such a great deal of pain! And never mind the fact that I'm so severely sleep deprived that I have a numbing headache pretty much non-stop. It all makes for quite the shitstorm of a situation. 

Thus far we have experimented with; chiropractor twice, pre-biotics, infant friend, Brauer colic relief, & numerous burping methods regularly but to no avail. Last night he barely slept at all, so not only is he writhing in pain but he is so over tired its beyond ridiculous. 

Arghhhhh.

This morning I've been researching breastfeeding elimination diets to help determine what I can cut out to help his tum settle, so as of right now I'm cutting out all dairy, chocolate, eggs (noooooo), coffee, soy, nuts, acidic fruits, garlic, chilli & cruciferous vegetables (broc caul cabbage etc). I'm still not too sure what that actually leaves me with to eat, but hopefully I can come up with some concoctions that aren't too bland. Something tells me my highly evolved taste buds are not going to enjoy this new venture... All for the greater good though eh? I'm also going to get some fennel & chamomile tea and pray that at least something out of the above list works. Surely right? 

As much as I love food, sleep definitely trumps it right now. Even if that means not being able to eat the deliciously dense dark chocolate brownie I made yesterday afternoon (he finally slept for longer than half an hr, I saw my window of opportunity and grabbed it). 

Meanwhile, Olis on duty & here I am not sleeping again- I better get onto that! 

Thanks for listening to my rant!

Has anyone else been through this with their babies? If so, any tips or tricks I'm overlooking? I'm willing to try anything, anything, at this point.

Thought of the day "I'll be lucky to avoid a mental breakdown by week 4"

Gemma