Help me!!!! Colicky baby, advice please?

Question

I dont want any internet researched answers, I want answers from people who have had a colicky child. What can I do, I am going crazy she cries for up to 4 hours every night!

I have tried singing, rocking, shhhing, baths (work well, but we cant sit in the bath all night), rubbing baby oil on her tummy, burping, mylicon drops, swing, pacifier, rubbing her head, holding her hand....

She is 7 weeks

Answer 1

My daughter (10 weeks) is also very colicky. Not much works for my daughter other than a warm towel on her stomach and then holding her close with the towel there. I usually put a towel in the microwave for about 25secs. Good luck - I know how frustrating it can be.

Answer 2

My 2nd born cried and cried. You didn't say if your baby is bottle fed or nursing and it makes a big difference. If your baby is bottle fed you may have the temp of the bottle wrong. Try adjusting it warmer or cooler...it may be giving her or him a tummy ache. I was nursing and my baby girl was not getting enough to eat although I was producing tons of milk! She was born without the ability to suck. I had to put her in the hospital and they put her first on an eye-dropper and then a premi-nipple and little stepps up to a normal nipple. I guess what I am trying to say is that it could be anything and most probably is NOT your fault. It could be the type of formula or if you are nursing something your are eating or an over the counter medication you are taking or a spice you are eating that doesnt agree with the baby. I would strongly advise you to talk with your nurse or family Dr. and rule out anything medically wrong. And then start with your diet if you are nursing. If the baby is on formula work on the temp of the bottle and the amount you are feeding the baby. All of this can be discussed with your nurse or Dr. Don't feel bad or stupid about calling. That is what they are there for...your nurse can answer a lot of these questions. Good luck and congrats on the new baby!

Answer 3

You have my sympathy! All of it. I know what you are going through. I never understood exactly what colic was until my 2nd daughter was born. I think hers lasted for about a month. Every night at the same time she would cry and cry and cry until 1-2AM and nothing worked. I read somewhere that now they think colic is due to an underdeveloped nervous system. I also remember reading somewhere that whatever you try, you should try it for at least 5 minutes to know if it is going to work or not. (Well, that was the news about 3 years ago.) I kept the lights low, and just held and rocked her and patted her back (after trying everything else I could think of). My daughter never stopped crying but it made me feel better just to be doing something instead of letting her lay there and cry. Just keep telling yourself that it won't last. It's not forever. She WILL grow out of it. That helped me, too. And if it ever becomes too much, just lay her down in her bed and walk away until you feel you can deal with it again. She will sense it if you are frustrated and angry and that will make it worse for both of you. It will not hurt her at all to spend a little time in bed crying.
Good luck!

Answer 4

First thing - do not get upset at your baby. She is just doing their job as a baby. If you need sleep get someone you trust, such as your mother or anyone that you trust fully, to come over and give you a few hours break to sleep. Just make sure you trust them not to get frustrated with your baby. It is just too easy for someone to snap under no sleep and hurt their baby. When you are working on no sleep you can snap. (No I never hurt my children, but you read about it all the time in the news)

For advice from a mother of 2, take your baby to your prediatrician and ask for some help. They may have some options you haven't tried. My first daughter had a reflux problem and would cry a lot because her reflux hurt her. This was diagnosed by her doctor and she was put on medication. She stopped with the crying. My point is it may be a medical issue, not just colic. Just check with your doctor.

Hum. Not for your babies benefit, but yours. When you are pacing and rocking, just hum. It will drown out the crying a little and your baby may like it.

Also try having your baby sleep sitting up. My daughter with reflux had to sleep sitting up for almost 3 months.

Walk around holding the baby and rocking and try everything else that others posted.

Just keep reminding yourself that it won't last forever. It will end and you will sleep. You can survive on litle sleep and lots of caffeine. Oh, reminds me, if you are breastfeeding do not have caffeine. You may just need to change your diet if you are breastfeeding. If not, drink up that coffee and tea.

Good luck. Again, it won't last forever, but your child's love will. So don't get too frustrated. Just keep thinking of the first itme you will hear your babies laugh and smile, and all those other wonderful times.

Make sure you sleep when she is sleeping. When she is having her crying fit you can do stuff around the house, or eat, or whatever. If you aren't too tired you won't get too frustrated with her crying. Also try sitting with her in a rocking chair with a low light on and soft music and you read a book while you rock her. If you are like me reading a good book can make you almost oblivious to what is going on around you. It may help you relax a little.

Just call someone if you do get toofrustrated. Never take it out on your child. She is just a baby and needs you to make her feel better. You are her world right now and she just needs your love and comfort.

Answer 5

My wife and I used catnip tea in the baby's bottle. I didn't think such a thing existed, but I'm telling you that it works like gangbusters. You can get a recipe by doing a yahoo or google search on catnip tea. You just may get the relief that you and baby both need.

It's a very old remedy and it has hung on for a long time. There's a reason why. It's tried and tested.

I hope this answer helps you.

Pastor Phil

Answer 6

basically endure in strategies it is a classic developmental section, one in 3 toddlers have "colic" and virtually all wade by using a crying section that seems to top in the night - there is not any longer something incorrect alongside with your toddler different then being unfinished. Rock her, swaddle her, positioned her in a swing, pass on a walk together with her in a stroller or decide for a automobile experience, the sounds of a vacuum or washer could sooth her, a bath could help, and if all else fails it is alright to place her down for quarter-hour in her bassinet or crib and take a bath, do dishes, regardless of so as which you would be able to regain composure in the previous choosing her up returned. This too shall pass, it basically takes time.

Answer 7

I so feel your pain. my daughter just grew out of colic 2 months ago. it started at 3 1/2 weeks old and lasted up until she was 4 1/2 months old. She was allergic to the dairy that I was eating in my diet. I have since switched her to nestle good start after my milk dried up. Rocking, laying her face down across my forearm, putting a towel in the dryer and heating it up and then placing the towel across my lap and her face down also. MYLACON drops!!!!! I also used gripe water they sell at grocery store and also online. I also have a hot pack that is specially made for colic and infants that you place in the microwave for 30 seconds and place around the belly made by happy tummies if you need it I will gladly send it to you to try, and a hot water bottle also made by the same company. Good luck and hope that this works. Nestle is good also, its what I'm using now :)

Answer 8

Go to the store & buy some "After Dinner" Mints They easily dissolve in water an you put a couple of them in a 4 ounce bottle and give that to the baby. also, roll up a blanket and put that on your lap put the baby on it's stomach on the blanet the pressure will relieve the pain and then burp her. If you're standing put the baby's head in the crook of your arm the hand on her belly needs to be put into a fist. an rock her back & forth back & forth. My son was so coliky that he would throw up about half his bottle. So he had to put his tummy on a rolled up recieveng blanket New mothers are afraid to put their baby on their belly, but i felt it was better that my baby spitting up and drowning in the formula. I hope that helps it did me Good Luck!

I forgot to add If you have a hot water bottle lay her on that instead it's the warmth that will help her belly.

Answer 9

I have had a colicy baby and feel for you. If your baby is formula feed try a different formula. Try letting baby sleep in a bouncy seat or swing(try it with a nap first if this feels unsafe to you). Buy a different bottle if you are formula feeding. Try the Dr. Brown bottles, or Parent's Choice bottles from Walmart. I would not recomment the Avent bottles. My son had a horrible time with these bottles.

If you have anymore question please e-mail me. I have tried many different things for colic.

Answer 10

My son was a colicky mess for months we tried every thing finally we found that Avent bottles and Nutramigen formula and baby swing on a faster setting.