my baby for the past 4 days has been crying constitly when she wakes up .could it be colic?how do i tell?

Question

what could i give her for a upset tummy?shes 1 month old.

Answer 1

A long time ago, when my oldest son was only three or four weeks old, an elderly woman approached me in church with a piece of advice that I thought to be a little "stupid" in the beginning.

She said that when a baby's feet get cold that it makes their tummy hurt and they cry. She told me that if my baby ever got fussy or cried a lot to put him on some socks regardless of whether it was winter, spring, summer, or fall.

I smiled and told her thank you, really just being polite cause I figured with today's medicine that I didn't need any "old folks" advice.

As time would prove, the elderly woman was so right in what she had said. I finally put socks on my son's feet (each and everytime he was fussy) and you wouldn't believe how much it helped. From that day till now, I've always been a firm believer in socks on an infant and find myself passing that bit of information along every chance I get.

Won't cost you anything to try and you have everything to gain.

Good Luck and Best Wishes!!!

Answer 2

First, you should call your doctor or a 24-hour Nurse line. In the meantime, get help if you feel to frazzled, if you can't feel calm (or at least pretend) then the baby can't feel your calming influence.
It sounds very much like colic but a lot of things could be wrong and this is the baby's only way of telling you. Are you breastfeeding? If you are try cutting out garlic, onions, and any other strong flavors (usually foods with a strong odor). Keep the caffeine down (preferably cut it out all together). And try drinking your milk during or right after nursing to give your body time to process the cow's milk proteins better.
If you are giving her formula, DO NOT change formula until you actually have taken her to the doctor. She is little and a change that isn't necessary will only make it harder on her.
The Peri bottle they gave you in the hospital is really good to help with gas or an upset tummy. Make sure the outside is clean, then fill the bottle with really warm (but not hot enough to hurt the baby) water. Lay the baby down on her back on a soft surface like the couch, bassinet or her crib. Gently roll the water bottle on her tummy. When the water starts to cool down, take her legs and move them in circles like riding a bicycle. Singing happy lullabyes can make this time a fun bonding time (especially if it works).
Swings can also work wonders for hard-to-comfort babies.
Don't give the baby anything until the doctor says it is okay. My doctor recommended store-bought (ie food grade) chamomile tea made weakly (2 ounces a day, give her just a little bit before eating and the 2 ounces last all day). ASK YOUR DOCTOR FIRST! Make sure he knows if anyone in your family is allergic to anything (if they are, skip the tea).
ONLY if your doc says to, there are gas drops for babies, but they usually say not for babies under a certain age (two months I think).
Your baby is still very little and she may just need a little time for her tummy to mature, especially if she came a little early. Your pediatrician is your best resource and would rather you call than the baby suffer.
Good luck.

Answer 3

Hi if your baby has colic she will wake up at the same time everynight and cry,they do sell colic medicine that is suppose to help.My daughter had colic and all i could do was hold her and rock her because i had no idea about the colic medicine i could by.Is her tummy feeling alittle hard?If so she could be really gassy,you could rub her tummy and that will help push out the gas.You can give her infant tylenol and that is all.If she continues this you may want to take her to see her pediatrician.

Answer 4

This is more than likely just your baby telling you that she wants you to acknowledge she's awake and wants your attention, especially if you hear her playing or cooing in her crib before she begins to cry. In my ten years of baby-sitting/parenting experience, I've learned that babies don't have to have anything more wrong with them then being lonely to cry. I'd still suggest taking her to the doctor just to make sure, but don't just always assume that there is a problem. She might also be just starting to cut teeth, as that can happen even at that young of an age.

Answer 5

My baby started doing that and having a lot of gas problems when the hospital insisted I supplement my breast milk with formula because he was jaundiced for a while. Well, it turne dout he was allergic to cow milk and lactose intolerant so the poor little one was reacting to the formula. I had to go back to stricly breastfeeding and I myself had to change my diet to make sure I did not pass stuff the baby was allergic to through the milk!

Answer 6

i have were given a one month old at abode and for the first 2 weeks of his existence he did an analogous element. Slept and slept and slept. I actually had to wake him up (which now and again took 1/2 an hour) to eat, and he might want to oftentimes fall back to sleep after purely a jiffy of nursing. finally only lately he each and every of the surprising all started waking up SCREAMING for the breast, and then does not fall back alseep for now and again hours. relish her extreme napping even as it lasts... she's stocking up now so she will shop you wide awake for the subsequent few months!

Answer 7

For heaven sake if it colic her her of cow milk. Colic and be an allergie to cow milk. The best is try her on goat milk or soya milk

Answer 8

could be gas, small babies are usually always gassy. it could be colic. she could be hungry when she wakes up.

Answer 9

the only thing doctors will let you give them at that age is tylonol drops. have you looked in your babies mouth? if there is white stuff on its tongue it is thrash and they will give you a prescrition for stuff to treat it. is your babies stomach hard or bloated? you can give him/her gas drops. usually when my baby cried like that it was that she needed gas drops or had thrash.

Answer 10

Time to take her to the doctor's.