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Irritability, grizzling, inconsolable crying, screaming.
Bloating, cramps, excessive gas.
Heightened communication around bowel motions.
Constipation, frequent watery, frothy and/or explosive bowel motions — often yellow in
colour with an offensive odour, seed-like deposits and/or of stringy texture.
• Weight gains that are consistently at the upper regions or beyond recommendations.
• Wakefulness from discomfort with episodes of longer periods of sleep, but the latter
is often from exhaustion through crying and lack of sleep rather than because the
newborn feels comfortable.
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Frequent searching for something to suck — exhibiting the ‘rooting reflex’.
Arching backwards or sideways, writhing, wriggling.
Pedalling legs.
Gulping their food, seeming very hungry while being restless — sometimes refusing to
feed, pulling off the nipple or when bottle-fed, having flailing arms and legs with much
turning of the head because of digestive discomfort.
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