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Klmorgan83
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Colic
Klmorgan83
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Any tips for a colicky baby? Levi is wearing us out!
I had always though that colic was more if they cried for a few hours in a row every night, but after talking to the pedi she said it doesn't have to necessarily be long periods of time or even the same time of day. Levi pretty much cries whenever he is awake 
He sleeps, wakes up and cries when he's ready to eat,...that's obviously normal, but he'll continue to cry once he's been fed until we get him back to sleep. He's eating 4oz's at a time roughly every 3 hours. He doesn't always finish every bottle, so I don't think the crying is from being hungry, he's just never content when he's awake. We have very few moments throughout the day where he's awake and happy....he doesn't like you to lay him down anywhere, he doesn't like riding in the car. Between him and my two year old who acts like a bratty teenager I'm exhausted!
Tell me it will get better....I want to have a happy baby!
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Re: Colic
Interested to hear what others have to say as well. Although ours is not as bad as yours it seems (sorry!!) We have crying anywhere between 3 & 7 p.m. every single day. I of course seemed to forget this today when deciding to go to Babies-R-Us today - arrgghh!! Had to carry him around the entire time.
I don't have many suggestions (sorry!!) a few things that have made it a little bit more bearable are tummy drops, swaddling, carrying in a moby wrap, stroller rides, and baths (seem to help a LOT - they really calm him)
Hang In There!!
My Charlotte had horrible colic - plus she didn't sleep. Yay, fun. Anyway, things that helped:
- Miracle Blanket - at tight swaddle in that thing would really help to calm her and also to help her fall asleep
- a sling - it was seriously my best friend for those first few months - instant calm and usually sleep. The one drawback was the minute you took her out of the sling, she'd start crying again.
- going outside - there was something very calming (for actually both my girls) about going outside. It wasn't instant calm, but they were generally much happier outside - so take advantage of the warmer weather
- walks in the stroller - Charlotte loved the motion
- white noise - the fan, a vacuum
- the bouncy chair and swing
Also, is there any chance he could have reflux? That definitely contributed to Charlotte's crying spells. After we got the reflux under control, the colic didn't go away, but it certainly lessened.
Also, is he getting enough sleep? That was a huge issue for Charlotte - she barely slept and she was so overtired. I know the car doesn't work for you, but we had to force sleep on her from time to time by taking her on drives. After she got a good nap in, she'd be less fussy.
I know it's so painful now, but if it's any consolation, Charlotte turned into the happiest, smiliest, friendliest preschooler around. So it won't last forever. Good luck.
I went through this with Sawyer.
Just like you said, he cried all the time. Literally, he was eating, sleeping, or crying. I have very few pictures of him when he was a baby because he was always upset.We took him to several Dr's, he was given reflux meds twice although he never had any reflux issues. He was an absolutely exhausting time for all of us. There were many days when all three of us would sit and cry. I remember feeling so guilty for poor Jack, he didn't get the attention he deserved and I was just emotionally and physically at my wits end.
Some of the tips Rose mentioned worked for us too, but really, he just had to grow out of it. It took 7 months for us.
BUT, I do recommend HBOTB, it really did help, if anything, it eased my anxiety.
I have a friend who went through this recently and just like magic her daughter snapped out of it at 10 weeks.
Get outside, make sure you are taking care of yourself too! Eat right, sleep when you can, etc. It helps!
Email me anytime, I have been there!! It does get better!!
Lila has been like this too, and I just talked to our pedi about it at her well check last week. She suggested Gripe Water, which seems to have helped, along with some Zantac because for her she has a little reflux going on too.
I also agree with Rose about all of her suggestions. Lila is very happy in the Moby Wrap, but when I need to put her down I will use the bouncy chair. For sleep, she has to be swaddled tightly and I use a fan for white noise. She also loves our daily walks, very very calming for her (and me)!
My son Aaden was colicky also. He too, would pretty much cry any moment that he was awake. It was definately very exhausting. We tried taking him to the chiropractor, knowing other people that had luck with that, but it didn't work for him. Everyone would keep telling us that it usually goes away by 3 months.
We talked to his doctor about when he was around 6 weeks. She suggested trying Probiotics as studies have shown that this seems to help. It didn't completely take care of all of the stomach issues, but it definately was a huge improvement from where he was at before we tried it. He was almost like a completely different baby.
We gave him Probiotics once a day and finally weaned him off them around 6 months. We still use them anytime he is put on antibiotics because the antibiotics cause all his stomach problems to act up again if we don't.