Colic baby

Genevieved · November 2009

Has anyone has a baby with Colic? What things worked well for you? I just found out the other day that my baby most likely is Colic

mh2t · November 2009

Me! Nothing really helps that much but we use a combo of homeopathic remedies (Chamomila and Cocyntal by Boiron) and gripe water. I also try hard not to let her overeat because it makes her gassier and exacerbates the colic.

Dobie_Mama · November 2009

DD was extremely colicky from 2-4 months. We used gripe water religiously and I wore her TONS. If we kept her in constant motion while wearing her it helped a lot. Water helped too - baths, showers, whatever. GL! I know how hard it can be.

lkstor · November 2009

Babywearing and white noise. Together. And lots of walking. Hang in there!

ladyyoung · November 2009

like the others said, wearing the baby and constant motion. i used to wear ds in the moby and bounce him while sitting on an excercise ball. worked wonders. swaddling helps, too. read the book "the happiest baby on the block". or just google harvey karp (the author) - we used the 5 s's religiously.

Genevieved · November 2009

Thanks ladies right now I have her in the beco and I think the next time I will try the exercise ball. What did yo do to sleep. Sometimes she will let me put her down and other times she will stay down for only a few mins. We have the happiest baby on the block DVD and we have been using it.

Dobie_Mama · November 2009

Genevieved:
Thanks ladies right now I have her in the beco and I think the next time I will try the exercise ball. What did yo do to sleep. Sometimes she will let me put her down and other times she will stay down for only a few mins. We have the happiest baby on the block DVD and we have been using it.

DH & I slept in shifts at night. She would sleep in thirty minute spurts. I took first shift & he took second. For naps I would either wear her or she would sleep in the bouncer. The thing with the bouncer was that the vibration cut off after 10 minutes, at which point she would wake up ... so I'd time the first nine minutes, then flip it off and on REALLY quick to reset it before it cut off itself and get a longer nap. It was very complicated! lol

satreece · November 2009

I believe we have a pretty colicky baby... he has only been unconsolable a few times... but definitely he has fussy days.

Our first night home, we watched happiest baby on the block and have been doing the 5Ss since then. Swaddling works wonders to keep him asleep longer than 20 minutes. We use the little tummy's gas drops... I'm not sure if they work or not, but at some point we give them to him because, well... it can't hurt when nothing else is working! I think we'll give the gripe water a try soon.

I wear him a lot around the house during the day and he is usually pretty happy in there.

His bassinet has a noise maker and vibration - it is a life saver! Unfortunately it has a timer as well. Though we bought a regular noise maker that goes for an hour, which is better than the 20 minute timer on the bed. A portable massage thing would work set in the edge of the bed/bassinet that would vibrate things... it really, really helps. I can set him in bed, almost asleep and he will easily fall asleep with his cues of being swaddled, having the noise maker, and the vibration.

Good luck, though... pedi says it peaks around 6 weeks and then start to get better. The other thing she told me last week that made me feel better was that babies ds's age cry an average of 3 hours a day...

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