1 week old is great all day until my bedtime

[Lena.eam]

I have a 1 week old. Most if the time she is absolutely wonderful. She sleeps through anything in the day, and she eats well. But for the past three nights, she has been getting gas after the evening feeding and has cried almost nonstop for at least 2 hours. I've been watching my diet and I don't think I'm eating anything too gassy, but my husband and I have been getting 3-4 hours of sleep a day and are absolutely exhausted. What can we do?

[jessmum46]

Honestly, just ride it out This is so so normal for a newborn, most of them have really fussy periods in the evening for the first few weeks of life and it isn't necessarily anything to do with what you have or haven't done in the day. 

(((Hugs))) on the lack of sleep though.  It's a matter of survival in the early days and you might have to think about changing a few things in your normal routine to maximise rest for everyone.  Can you and your husband take turns to settle her in the evening so one of you can get a good stretch of sleep?  You say she sleeps well in the day - can you nap when she does?  What about getting yourself to bed earlier and letting your husband do the evening feed once in a while (if you are giving bottles), or at least look after her until she is due a feed if you are breastfeeding?

Congratulations on your LO!

[MasynSpencerElliotte]

Have you tried something like infacol or ovol drops for gas? Or gripe water? If it is only that fussy period in the evenings I wouldnt think it is something you are eating as then I would suspect she would be gassy more often. Dairy was a big culprit for us, and soy.

And yes, those first few weeks with DD1 my MIL (who lived next door!) would take her after the bedtime feed while dh and I crashed and would then get her to sleep and sneak back in the house and pop her in her crib!