colic :(

[Red_Fairy]

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[xkikix]

Chester has it now he's 5 weeks, and I think it is wind related... we're giving him gripe water now which we've only been using for one day. H cries after feeds and gets really angry and HV said its colic. His poo pattern has remained the same but he's only had it since approx last thursday.

Sounds like your LO might have like a tummy bug or summin tho ???

 

[xkikix]

Also giving chester a dummy seems to really help as well xx

 

[Squiglet]

lil miss complains a lot with pooping and when she was tiny... if she didn't have at least 4 big poops a day her colic would be 10x worse.... basically think of colic as intestinal cramps...same as having constipation or diarrhoea... i found fennel and camomile infusions in boiled water helped loads...

 

[Hellokitty]

Maia cried constantly so I know how that really gets to you.

The timing does seem to point to colic, because early babies get it at their adjusted age, so in Emily's case if its colic it will be gone by the time she is 16 weeks old (adjusted 12 weeks).

My friends baby had awful colic, even her neighbours found it hard! Sometimes she would resort to putting the baby in his cot and going and shutting herself in the conservatory for a bit so she couldn't hear.

It really is tough, but there is an end to it.

 

[Sage]

my son was terribly colicy and it was an absolute nightmare to tell the truth at the start. he use to poo constantly like little wet farts every half an hour! and it was BRIGHT yellow with little grainy bits! We put him on comfort milk at about 8 weeks and i saw a massive change in him within a week. He went from pooing nearly ever half an hour to once a day (although comfort milk makes their poo absolutely gross and green! ) and he had a little "colic episode" maybe once a day usually in the afternoon but all in all i saw a huge improvment, including only waking once in the night for a feed 8)

 

[Red_Fairy]

its getting so bad.
Yesterday was worst yet... she was basicly screaming like she was being murded all day... the only time she wasnt was when she was so exhausted she'd fall asleep for half hour then start up again.



me and my boyfriend are at the end of our tether.. even now talking about braking up and just taking a child each. (as i dont think im coping when he's in work,so im on my own facing this evbery day)
Its just too hard I always knew it was going to be hard with 2 little ones so close, but i was doing sooo well up to a week ago and now ive got this colic to deal with too.

Whats comfort milk?
we've just bought colief (£10 for 7mls!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) been using it for about 12 hours and havent noticed any difference yet.

 

[Hellokitty]

Oh I'd forgotten about comfort formula, Maia had it for her reflux, it was great for her. probably worth a try.

It is hard when you have a baby like this, but remember it will pass. You and your bf need to try not to take it out on each other however difficult.

 

[zebrastripes]

Infacol is really good. It's also a lot cheaper than colief. Hope she gets better soon

 

[Red_Fairy]

Oh I'd forgotten about comfort formula, Maia had it for her reflux, it was great for her. probably worth a try.

It is hard when you have a baby like this, but remember it will pass. You and your bf need to try not to take it out on each other however difficult.

thanks

wherre not gonna 'split up' as such - we together are fine its just when things are so bad we both feel somthing has to change, somthing has to give.
I think that was just talk last night cos we were both so exhausted and i keep going on how he dosent understand what its like when your on your own durring the day.





saying all that... today i had only one MASSIVE crying fit for about 2 hours, but i coped (just!) maybe the colrelif is working? - heres hoping

Thanks everyone for your help and understanding.

 

[Red_Fairy]

my son was terribly colicy and it was an absolute nightmare to tell the truth at the start. he use to poo constantly like little wet farts every half an hour! and it was BRIGHT yellow with little grainy bits! We put him on comfort milk at about 8 weeks and i saw a massive change in him within a week. He went from pooing nearly ever half an hour to once a day (although comfort milk makes their poo absolutely gross and green! ) and he had a little "colic episode" maybe once a day usually in the afternoon but all in all i saw a huge improvment, including only waking once in the night for a feed 8)

That is EXACTLY Emily!

 

[laracomps]

We are suffering terribly too with Phoebe. She is screaming all day every day.

I totally understand what you mean about your OH not understanding what its like to be at home with it all day. He thinks I have it easy and can sleep when she does.. ERrr she doesn't!!!! She just screams. Let alone with another young baby

We are using the comfort milk, can't say i have noticed a great improvement. GP also told us to put infacol in her milk (as she spits it out).

She seemed a little better today, we changed the teats on her Dr browns bottles from variflow to size 2. She is now taking more milk which is helping. Problem is I don't know what has helped, the milk, the infacol, the teats?! Its all so trial and error...

Having said that, she is crying again now. At least husband is home to help for a bit. Though she normally gets handed back to me when he can't settle her

Have you tried putting her in the car seat to sleep? Sometimes it works for Phoebe. Though then I worry cos its not good for her spine / breathing. d'oh. Can't win.

Hope things ease for you soon

 

[Redshoes]

Oh it really breaks my heart to hear this Rachel, I am so so sorry you are going through this Isaac cried/screamed a lot as a baby and it can drive you completely mad I know, you and your partner will be fine, you will have those moments but its normal, just try not to dwell, and try to support each other

Do you have friends/family who could visit now and then, watch Emily for an hour or so while you go out with Hannah? You really need to get a break now and then if its constant, I'm not telling you what to do but I do hope you can do that because your sanity may need it

Have you looked at Surestart for some support?
Colic
Coping with Colic
Crying
Cry-sis Support

I've heard fresh air and walking up and down stairs with colic babies helps, I really pray you find something that works, it must be very hard, and I hope you get plenty support from your OH, I know he's at work but so are you, and you can't leave yours and go home, very very very best wishes Rachel, sending BIG hugs to you all, I hope you're all OK and having a good day today Make sure the Doc does do the tests and gets Emily all the results she needs to help her feel happier where possible

 

[daftscotslass]

We've suffered from this for about 3 weeks with incessant screaming from 6pm to 9pm and there was no consoling her. I never twigged it might be colic (and the health visitor just said a lot of babies are "unsettled" in the evening).

DebbieM suggested infacol which took a few days to kick in but worked really well. Again, we started doing some other things to try and make the evening pass quicker and more calmly so it's hard to tell if it was the infacol or setting up a routine! She still cries a bit around 7pm so we give her a small feed. She's a comfort sucker and would drink a whole bottle while upset even if it was only an hour since she last fed and throw it up again. At about 8 we bath her which she absolutely LOVES and coos for about half an hour afterwards! I also think the warm water helps any sore tummy she has. Then she gets her proper feed and I put her in our room with the curtains closed in her moses basket. She doesn't cry, just grizzles and grumps, and is asleep within half an hour. The last 5 days she has slept 6 hours in a row!

Who knows if it's the infacol, the routine or if she's just starting to grow out of it!

 

[muppetmummy]

I remember James regularly screaming his head off for 5 hours at a time until he got so exhausted he'd fall asleep. I found a dummy and walking around with him helped a bit, but it was often a case of just letting him get on with it and be there for him.Hard when you're knackered and have a screaming baby.

I have all this to come with logan!

I hope it gets better soon

 

[clarey]

aaw hang in there hun, colic is horrible I cant even imagine how much tougher it is when you have another LO to take care of too.

We have found infacol to be great, it seems to be an accumulative effect though so takes a few goes before you notice a difference. Also a dummy has helped too, the sucking seems to soothe her tum.
Colief is expensive but the mums in my postnatal group have said once you know it helps you can ask for it on prescription from doc, might be worth a try if it works?

 

[Sage]

aww it is very hard work with a colicy baby but as you can see your not alone!! and 4 months ago i was posting the same sort of questions and now ive come out of the other end i can safely agree that colic does eventually go!

are you breastfeeding?

 

[saffydreamer]

ive also been here hun, If you read some of my old posts i was at the end of my tether its such hard work, i took ava to the gp so many times because i started to convince myself there was somthing majorly wrong... BUT... im happy to say she grew out of it at about 5 months ( she was a late finisher) but it does stop, i can 101% sympathise with you, we had it day and night even to the point where she refused her milk where she was in so much pain, we tried tons of things colief detenox infacol, h/v reccomended fennell tea to us (depending on how old ur baby is) but she threw up on it, We found peppermint tea soothed her and got some wind up and also gripe in her water, if you need a chat pm me, i know how awful it makes u feel xxxxxxx