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Offline Mariellamom

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6 weeks old and gassy. No sleep independence.
« on: September 10, 2014, 15:31:04 pm »
Hello to all.
I am getting more and more confused. My 6weeks old DD has been on easy mostly three hour routine for about 3weeks. We had a rough start with the feeding due to my sore nipples and her improper latch and tongue tie. We clipped it and need to stretch her wound every day and might still need to do it second time ;( her tongue is stubborn.
Since she can't latch on properly I am using silicone shields to reduce my pain.
She is fine eating and gaining weight. So far we can't change anything about her latch and just need to wait probably. 
Mostly she eats every three hours.
I ve been trying to put her to sleep independently. But I just can't really understand how? I am reading BW and can't get what I have to do with her?
She gets gassy almost before each nap. Pulls her legs towards her belly. So we try lots of things to calm her. She is not crying desperately. But I just see her struggling to pass gas and I was wondering that according to the book I have just to pat her? It doesn't give her any comfort. I try to rub her belly and help to pull her legs towards it so that she will feel better. Or to avoid over tiredness I rock her a bit either in a sleeper during the day or in her crib before night. Often I put her in my arms.
Every morning the same thing. She gets up an hour after I feed her and makes hard pushing sounds and pulls her legs toward belly. It's been 4 times every morning. . In order to extend her sleep I would place her on my chest and bring her legs closer. Or my husband would hold her so that she can sleep and I could rest.
I keep thinking that she is still in her 4 th trimester and I can't imagine how she can fall asleep on her own especially with gassy stomach. And feel so guilty reading the book and that we are creating accidental parenting by comforting her...? I think...?
It is confusing and I can't understand what exactly I can do to help her to fall asleep independently at this age? I don't  feed her to sleep during the day. But how to be in the night? Can I feed her to sleep if she wakes up every 3 hours to eat during the night? Or it is a bad habit also?
I didn't have time yet to grasp the idea of dream feed. Just catching on my sleep since I haven't recovered from the birth yet.
Please help me to understand what can I reach her about sleep. How exactly if she is gassy? Just not to pay attention and let her cry and just pat/shsh her even is she cries not crazily loud?
Thank you !
Olha

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Re: 6 weeks old and gassy. No sleep independence.
« Reply #1 on: September 15, 2014, 20:05:05 pm »
Hugs on the rough start! So great that you are sticking with BF! I would take your time and be SURE your LO is quite comfortable before any sort of independent sleep work. She is so very, very tiny still. HAve a look here:Getting started - how I survived the first 3 months

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