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LO was colicky and it wasn't until she was about 2.5-3 months old that we had a rigid bedtime routine.

But before we sleep trained, our evenings basically looked like this:
- rock and shush until baby fell asleep
- repeat

OR

-nurse until baby fell asleep
- rock and shush and place in bed (baby screaming commence)
- repeat

Ultimately, we drove her around in the car until she slept, then carried her still strapped in her car seat. This went on until we actually sleep-trained.

LO cried more hours in the day than not.

Most books don't recommend STing for colicky babies until a couple of months later than a non-colicky baby. That doesn't mean you can't start instilling healthy sleep habits now. Have you read Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child? I highly recommend it even though it can be a little boring and science-y.

At your LO's age I wouldn't hesitate to use things like the swing, carseat or paci to help her to sleep.

@brownie: Your quote, "it doesn't work if your baby has a need and pain is a need." is so true!

@brownie: You've convinced me that I have to finish my blog post on this. I have a huge resource post over at WB that I'm going to have to dig up and compile into something meaningful!

It's a hard road... and having to think about every single bite you put in your mouth absolutely takes it's toll. All I wanted was to eat out without having to get something special or compromise on what I wanted!

@regberadaisy: MSPI is Milk and Soy Protein Intolerance. My son can't digest any dairy or soy. About 20% of infants have a Milk Protein Intolerance and of those 70% have a Soy Protein Intolerance. My son came out and screamed from whenever he woke up (between 1 and 3 pm) until 3 am in the morning no matter if he held him, nursed him, or left him. We thought it was acid reflux but he didn't respond to the medications. I believe the medication ultimately hurt him in the end.

Protein Intolerance is when the infant doesn't make the enzyme to break down the protein. So the protein goes through their system at full size. This ultimately will rip up the intestines (because they expect smaller sized items). This is when most parents find blood in the stool. We never saw blood, but my child NEVER had mustard breastfed poop. It was green, very loose and mucousy. If it wasn't that, it was constipated. It ultimately led to him not digesting any food and not gaining weight appropriately (some of that is from the reflux meds too I personally believe). When the intestines get all ripped up, it creates a histamine response which can lead to a life long allergy to foods. This is where the reflux comes from (your acid pumps are histamine pumps).

Nutragemin and Eleocare are typically predigested formulas. They break down the milk and soy proteins smaller. We ended up on Neocate which is amino acid based.

Our routine at 5 weeks was something like, nurse for 30 minutes, sleep for 10 minutes, wake up and cry, repeat. From like 7 pm to 1 am every night. At some point LO and I would both put on pajamas. Haha, this was our routine.
Then all of a sudden, he started falling asleep at 7 pm around 2 months. For us, it was obvious when he needed a bedtime routine and it wouldn't have made sense to do it before he was ready.