You gotta take the good with the bad

[MrsR]

Well the good is Sebastian is sleeping through and has been since monday x

The bad is......he has colic! I knew he did but no one would listen to me. I hate doctors right now! So from 6pm until 11pm he screams on and off! We work together to soothe him and we're slowly figuring him out but it also makes feeds during the day an absolute nightmare!

 

[megsmeadow]

oh dear, poor wee man! Are you using the colief and stuff? Our magic combination was colief and tommee tippee anti-colic bottles. I'm sure you've been there and tried everything. Have the assessed for reflux too?

 

[MrsR]

Yup got the reflux undr control thank goodness x we're getting colief tonight when we go shopping x the bottles don't seem to be helping much tbh x he likes being held really close and bounced and also having a bath seems to help so we've been using the moby to bounce him and hold him close x it's also keeping me fit as I get in some kegels and lunges too x

 

[megsmeadow]

The colief was great for Ross. Hopefully it works for Seb too. The slings are great for colic, puts that wee bit pressure on their tummies which really helps too.

 

[MrsR]

Yeah we think that's why he loves it x fingers crossed for the colief x x

 

[lanny]

cant you get the colief off the doctor? I do for herbie its over £10 and one bottle onlt last him 6 days. It work brill for herbie I use the doctor brown bottles now too, herbie never had the screaming on the night part he just would take any more bottle after 2 oz but you could tell he wanted more. I hope he settled soon and well done seb of sleeping through

 

[MrsR]

Thanks hon x the doctor is shit, I had to push for infant gaviscon as they didn't want to prescribe it and won't listen to me when I tell them what's going on, it was the hv who finally listened and said it's colic x I'm going back to docs on Monday to push for colief prescription x will try dr brown bottles too x

 

[serenitylove]

i dont know what milk he is on but daisy cant have aptimol at all i tried her on it and she was so colicy screaming off and on every afternoon and evening put her back on sma after 2 days then while i was out last week got caught short so had to buy readymade milk all they had was aptimol and same thing happened again so might be worth trying other mil if things dont improve

 

[MrsR]

He was on sma gold but is now hipp organic x it's made no difference though x

 

[Yodabo]

Colic is a nightmare! I only realised Drake had it till weeks after...Evenings were awful. Hubs used to train after work so i had Drake plus my other 2 to sort out and i could not put him down. Everything i tried didn't work, my back killed cos of all the walking around i did with him. I bought Gripe water and dentinox and now thankfully he's ok.

Type in 'Colic Hold' in google images, Drake liked this position.

I hope he's over it soon sweet xx

 

[MrsR]

Thanks hon x it took me ages to finally admit to myself that's what it was because he's so happy and placid tge rest of the time! I'll be honest though I absolutely dread feeding times-he's horrific! Both me and OH the other evening were like 'please don't wake up'! That's not what I want to be like with my baby! I'm phoning hv on Monday again x

 

[Zazu]

Dr browns bottles definitely help more than the tommee tippee anti colic bottles. Definitely push for a prescription, I got colief off the doctor, so they can do it xxx

 

[lanny]

dose anybody know how long you uses colief for? herbie is 13 wks tomorrow and has been on it for about 6 wks and has been fine eva since so how long do I leave him on it now doc said I cant have them milk any more as they say colic should past at 12 wks but will still give him colief for him so do you just keep using it ? any ideas