HELP - I left a similar message in the feeding section but I think it is relevant here too. Our new DD is 9 days old (and formula fed) - so actually not even 2 weeks, and I'm feeling so frustrated and at my wit's end not knowing what the right thing to do is....She will only eat a little at night, maybe 1/2 ounce at a time, and then after changing her and putting her in the crib, she'll cry for more. I've tried to get her to eat more the first time but she refuses. So the result is I'm up literally all night. During the day she eats pretty normally for her size (6 pounds) and age - about 1 to 2 ounces, sometimes more, every 1.5-3 hours or so. The rest of the time she sleeps although we've been trying to keep her up a bit before bedtime or periodically throughout the day. Then the minute we put her in the crib for the night, she's crying. If it's not food, she usually just wants to be held and easily falls asleep in our arms. But the minute she goes in the crib again, she's crying. My husband keeps pushing to let her sleep with us or to have her fall asleep with me in the glider, since he sees that as an easy fix to getting her (and me) to sleep. I refuse to do either since everyone including our pediatrician says "bad idea" and I'm really worried about her falling or suffocating. I know newborns tend to have day/night reversed but this is ridiculous - I was expecting to get up every 2-3 hours for feedings and honestly feel I could handle that, but now I spend all night either holding her or feeding her.

Any advice or experience with this kind of thing?
Many thanks