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Oh and when she eats, she'll be fine for the first few minutes, but then every time my nipple goes near her mouth she freaks out crying. I KNOW she's still hungry... Why wouldn't she just EAT??

Yeah, welcome to parenthood and being stumped all the time. Just when you think you got it figured out your baby will throw a curve ball at you. I can't remember for sure how much my dd pooped at 11 weeks but i believe it was quite a bit. Breastfed babies tend to poop more than what seems necessary for a child to poop. It always seemed to me that more was comming out than going in. LOL I say give it time, it really does take a while for mommy and baby to fall into a comfortable routein.

Thanks Krissy, it's just been doing on since she was three weeks old and I'm starting to get awfully frustrated. Let's just hope she grows out of it, or someone can tell me what's the matter with her.

Yeah, she's right-it was actually more to worry about that she was pooping every other day. But yeah, pooping several times a day is normal, just watch the consistency and smell and color. And of course you know it's already a mushy mess, but if you notice that it's like pee with a little bit of grit caught on the netting of the diaper, then you know it's diarrhea. The universal thing to remember at this age is that there are going to be some changes, and then there's always changing. I'm gonna give you the best warning you've ever gotten: With this baby you are going to spend your time trying to catch up. You say 0-3 weeks old she was one way and you were just kind of getting your schedule together to mess with your schedule. I bet as soon as you thought you got the hang of it-BANG-sudden changes!!! Well that's going to be how it is. The best thing you can do is relax and take your time. I like to think of it like race car driving. Your going at those high speeds and eventual you smooth out and get the hang of the car. If anything strange should happen you can't stress or make any sudden moves or your headed over 200 mph into a wall. You have to slowly make the adjustments you need to make to either fix the situation or move to safety. Also I learned that when you have the frame of mind, you figure out those things that freaked you out before. Especially when it comes to b___stfeeding. Now on that note: first of all, it sounds like she is more normal now than before. That child obviously was just giving you a break since you had just had her and everything because I have never heard of a newborn b___stfed child eating every three hours. The way she is now is how they usually are. So you should thank her for giving you time to recover! Also, if you are tense when you are getting her latched on then sometimes that creates chaos so the baby may cry like she doesn't want it when really she does. I learned you have to sometimes be as calm as if you were drugged, in order to get b___stfeeding to go smoothly. My son hardly cried early on but he hated someone making a fuss over him. So anyone handling him who seemed nervous, jittery, you know panicked movement, or hurried movements-he freaked out. If it is your nerves then you will see her calm down and go into easy mode once you calm down and treat her like she is the easiest thing in the world. At the same time, you have said she has problems with her stomach so she's going to be a little fussier. Also, like I mentioned before-watch what you eat. You can give your kid hell over some foods. I made that mistake several times, and let me just say that I got no sleep those nights. Things with caffeine, too much acid, things that are spicy, and things that make you ga__sy can create discomfort in her. Now last possibility which I experienced twice in the first 3 months was the fussiness from the change in my b___sts. My milk came in the day I was leaving the hospital, and my son wouldn't take the b___st because my b___bs had gotten huge and HARD. It was like he looked at them and freaked out like they were going to swallow him whole. LOL! He adjusted and my b___bs stayed huge for awhile, then they seemed to deflate and once again, problems. So you just have to remember and bond with her over the fact that you guys are in the same boat. She is experiencing changes she doesn't like and is gettign frustrated too because she doesn't know what to do about them. Hope that helps.

I try to be as calm as I can around her, and I've been put on/put myself on a few different diets to see if anything helps... with no luck. She was prescribed some acid reflux meds with no results. And its also during certain times in the day too. In the morning she's pretty good, but as the day progresses she gets worse and worse. By the time she needs to go to bed--ugh forget about it.

Shes had this problem for a while. I remember talking to you about it like a montha ago. Poor Ellie (and mommy lol). Have you taken her to see a specialist? I tld you how Rylie had a similar problem when she was an infant and it turned out she was lactose intolerant. Everone just said "oh babies poop alot" and "its perfectly normal", but i knew something was wrong. Well they told us she would grow out of it by 1 so at 1 we put her on whole milk. About 3 weeks ago she started having the same problem. Pooping way to much, refusing the milk, and being just plain cranky. This time i knew the signs so i switched her to lactaid. (a lactose free whole milk). And now shes fine. Back to her normal, lovable, pooping once a day self. Of course, im nt happy about her being lactose intolerant. I hope she doesnt have any major problems b/c of it. Is there a childrens hospital in your area you can take her to? It sounds like yes shes hungry, but she knows she doesnt feel good after she eats.

Yeah I've taken her to a few places, no one gives me any help. It's not my diet because I've tried cutting out all sorts of food with no help. It's not acid reflux because the meds didn't work...I dunno. I do think something is wrong with her but I don't know what to do about it.

No, you are right, it really could be something other than your diet. I just meant, if you haven't looked into that, then to do it. I made that mistake so many times because I LOVE LOVE LOVE spicy food. Also I missed coffee so much I had a cup one day and my baby just about exploded out of his bouncer!!! LOL! I don't know too much about colic, but have you looked into that, or talked to other moms that maybe think it's just something normal??? I mean, I think sometimes babies are just people who came back and are p__sed about the process. Hell I would be too. You die one day, and the next your trapped in a dark but warm place-then your being forced through a birth ca___l and no matter how you try to claw your way back, you got this mean woman pushing you out and into cold hands and bright lights. Then you come out and see everyone doing a bunch of c___p you can't do because your brain doesn't work that way!!! I'm stumped but I hope that put a smile on your face!

Haha :) I've talked to loads of people about her...everyone sees there is something wrong, and they always throw a guess in but nothing ever seems to help. She's only getting worse :(

Id say all you can do is take her to a Childrens hospital and explain whats going on. Why isen't her doctor helping her? She should be being sent to different specialists until something is resolved.

Her doctor gave her acid reflux meds and when I called to tell him it wasn't helping, he kind of shrugged it off and said that whatever it is, she'll grow out of it.