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[quote=Anonymous]DS is 5 weeks and will NOT be put down. I'm not exaggerating, sadly. If he is not being held, he goes completely hysterical. I can manage with him in the moby for most of the day, but the nights are killing me. I end up falling asleep holding him, which I know is not safe (although I have a Snuza on him).

He does have reflux and is on Zantac, which is doing squat. We have a GI appt in a few weeks, but I'm not sure this is linked - his reflux crying is very linearly traceable to 15-20 m after a feed. We've tried everything to get him to sleep in a bassinet - in cline, tummy sleep (hence snuza), swaddle (when on back). We've also tried the swing and a rnp. I am on an elimination diet for all major allergens and he gets probiotics (gerber soothe).

But the problem just seems bigger. When he's alert and not crying, putting him down makes him cry. If he's asleep, putting him down wakes him up and makes him cry. He also won't really engage with toys although he does seem pretty engaged with the world when he's awake.

I am at my wits end. DH thinks we should be putting him down regardless but still patting/ soothing him so he knows we're there, just not picking him up, but I have to think the degree to which ds gets upset is just not ok.

This is pretty abnormal, right? What the heck do we do? At wits end!!! [/quote]

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