general colic/reflux clicky poll

brideonjuly8

Just something I'm curious about.  And please correct me if colic and reflux aren't related.[Poll]

ebat

I don't think these are the same thing...my baby's pretty fussy all evening but that's colic not reflux.

 

The symptoms can be similar though

MrsH07

They are not the same thing. Reflux used to be called colic because I guess they didnt know that  babies could get reflux. Colic is when a baby is fussy usually during the evening hours for several hours and cannot be calmed down. Reflux is all day long and especially while eating.  I dont think they even know what is the cause of colic.

Temp13436125005166

I answered 1 did, 1 didn't.  Megan had no reflux, no colic, barely any spitting up. Ryan has no reflux, barely any spitting up (like a couple times in his almost 5 months...) but he was colicky at night for ~6 weeks.  I think that his colic was pretty mild but it met the 3-3-3 rule (crying unsoluably for more than 3 hours, more than 3 days / week, for more than 3 weeks) with nothing else seeming to be wrong...