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My youngest daughter is 6 months old today and she is still colic. The only advice that I was given to me from my Dr was to hold her and cuddle because thats what colic babies like. I have tried Gripe water (doesnt work) running a vaccumm(works) but i cant keep the vacum running all day long.....lol. I've tried colic tablets from the health food store. I have tried everything. I even changed her formula.
Some days I just cry cause I dont know whats wrong with her and she cries for hours on end 4-6 hrs straight. I am so tired, I dont remember the last time i had 4 hrs sleep straight. Could there maybe be something eternally wrong with her? maybe she isnt colic. My Dr said Colic usually goes away after the 3rd month.
I feel so helpless that I can't help my daughter. I want her be be comfortable and not in any pain, I feel that she is cramping alot cause she pushing her little legs up to her belly. My Dr isnt much help.

2007-02-20 05:34:43 · 11 answers · asked by Tammy 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting Newborn & Baby

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You can try gas relief drops, they are available over the counter at any drug or grocery store. If they don't help, at least they don't hurt. I had mixed results - sometimes I think they helped and other times I wonder why I wasted the money.

My daughter cried nearly continuously the first 8 months of her life. Now she is 26 months and on a routine like clockwork (except she's speech delayed, but that's another issue). At around 8 months, my mother got the idea to play a classical music CD in my daughter's room at a loud volume (Vivaldi, to be exact) and my daughter finally started sleeping. Not the most conventional of techniques, but it worked.

I had lots of formula issues and put my kids on soy formula (they're half Asian, and Asians are notoriously lactose intolerant but I never got a clear diagnoses). Looking back, I wonder if she was hungry and the soy didn't satisfy her (although she consumed what was considered sufficient amounts). Once my daughter started drinking milk at 12 months she slept much better. She really enjoyed whole milk and thrived on it for about 6 months. My mother had me give my son rice cereal at about 6 months (the daughter's twin bro) because he didn't seem to get filled up.

I also had a friend whose baby had terrible gas on breastmilk. Once that friend gave her son formula, he was alot better.

Don't know if any of these situations apply to you or will help. It's agonizing and you begin to wonder what's wrong with you, the baby or both. Ask a relative or friend to sit up with the baby one night so you can get some sleep. As a parent, I truely believe sleep is the most precious gift you can give a parent. No toy or piece of baby furniture can compare. Good luck.

2007-02-20 05:45:28 · answer #1 · answered by Stimpy 7 · 0 2

I know just how you feel. My daughter, too, had colic and it started later than what was considered average and went way past what was considered average. My daughter's colicky times were from about 10:30 p.m until 3:00 a.m, sometimes 4:00 a.m. It was not easy. My husband was working two jobs at the time and it was all on me. I feel your pain. It seems as though nothing works, and as mothers, it takes everything in us not to break down and cry. Which, for me, I did often. I was a wreck. My daughter was in pain, and I couldn't help. I felt totally useless to say the least. The most I could do for her when she was going through this was to sing to her and I layed her across my legs, bounced them and pat her butt. Not as hard as a spank, but not a little pat either. This and I would set her on my knee and move her in a circular motion. Those things were the only things that seemed to help. I agree about the vacuum. Tried that. We tried the formula change. Nothing seemed to work except what I stated. That of course was 10 years ago. So much has progressed even since then as what you can do. In sources I have listed a couple links for you to check out. Hang in there mom, you are doing a great job. Good luck.

2007-02-20 05:53:23 · answer #2 · answered by teashy 6 · 0 1

i saw this once on good morning america.

"The baby has colic, a condition that is the terror of new parents and somewhat of a puzzle to doctors. Colic is "persistent fussiness that appears for no obvious reason," said Dr. Harvey Karp, a pediatrician who wrote the book The Happiest Baby on the Block.

Your Baby's 'Calming Reflex'

Karp cannot always diagnose why a baby cries, but he says parents can stop it by tapping into what he calls the baby's calming reflex.

"I've been doing it for 20 years and I've never had a baby that I couldn't calm," Karp said.

Emmy's parents were skeptical.

"I kind of believe he may have met his match with Emerson — I'm not sure it's going to work," Dhari Thein said.

Karp taught the Theins five steps that he insisted would quiet Emmy and other babies in just five minutes.

"I call them the five S's," Karp said. "The first is swaddling. The second is the side or stomach position. The third is shushing. The fourth is swinging or jiggling movement and the fifth is sucking."

Swaddling entails tightly wrapping the baby in a blanket. The baby may struggle against it, but the swaddling will control the flailing and turn on the calming reflex.

Side or stomach position means holding a baby so that he or she is lying on the side or stomach. The more upset the babies are, the unhappier they will be lying on their backs.

Shushing means providing some type of loud, white noise to soothe the baby into slumber. In his book, Karp suggests a radio turned to loud static, a tape recording of your hair dyer or a white- noise machine.

Paul’s comments: The doctor put his mouth near the baby’s ear and made a Shhhhhhhhhus sound.

Swinging entails creating a rhythmic and energetic jiggly motion for the baby. As you support your baby's head and neck, wiggle the head with fast tiny movements, kind of like you are shivering. You can then move the baby into a swing for continual, hypnotic motion.

Sucking entails having the baby suck on anything from the mom's nipple to a finger or a pacifier. It works best after you have already tried the other techniques.

Paul’s comments: I saw then baby go from full out crying to Sleeping at Last in less then 5 munutes.

Good Morning America watched for several days as the Theins tried their techniques.

"The hardest part about this whole thing is the swaddling," Dhari Thein said. She seemed to have the "shushing" part down pat.

"She will just go off to sleep. It's super!" Dhari Thein said. "It's really working well!"

Before they learned Karp's techniques, the Theins quieted little Emmy by breast-feeding her, and driving with her in the car. They even tried putting her in her car seat on top of a clothing dryer while it was in spin cycle to see if the motion might soothe her into slumber.

Karp says it is a myth that babies should be in a quiet environment. They were jostled around in the womb, which, he says, is as noisy as a vacuum cleaner, so there is no need to keep them in a silent environment after they are born. You can even keep the lights on while they sleep, Karp says.

2007-02-20 05:39:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 2

My 23 yr old son was the same way. His Dr. perscriped Bentyl Syrup. There was some put in every bottle. He was almost a year before he outgrew it. I can tell you from experience, that there is a very fine line between the parent who abuses their child, and the parent who doesn't. I had reached a breaking point, after months of non-stop crying and not being able to help him, I called the Dr. in a panic and told him that I was afraid that with my lack of sleep, and the baby crying 20 out of 24 hours every day, that something had to be done. That is when he perscriped the Bentyl Syrup. I truly feel that it saved both of us. I am not proud that I came that close to even thinking of harming my child, but had I not made that phone call in desperation, I can honestly say, I couldn't have taken much more. Good luck to you and your baby. I know how hard this is.

2007-02-20 05:41:25 · answer #4 · answered by MommaSchmitt 4 · 2 2

Yes ...you should take her to a childrens hopital. They are much better at diagnosing problems with babies. I read an article in Parenting Magazine about colic, I was interested because my son had it. There were children in the study that they were doing that had severe colic. It lated longer than 6 months. My sons lasted about 6 months.I think this is extreme but if I were you I'd get a second opinoin. You should always get a 2nd opinion if you a have any doubt about your baby.

2007-02-20 06:55:29 · answer #5 · answered by cinnycinda 4 · 0 2

If she is having stomach problems, it may be gas. There are some drops you can get for gas. You can also help her to expel the gas, assuming that is the problem, by laying her on her back on your lap and gentle jogging her legs back and forth so they press on her stomach. A sign that this may be the problem is that she seems to calm down a great deal right after passing gas.

Another possiblity, and my daughter had this problem, is a chronic ear infection. My daughter would wake up quite often and act cranky. After having tubes placed in her ears, her behavior changed dramatically. Essentially, infection would build up behind the ear drum and cause discomfort.

In the mean while, you might try swadling your child. Wrap her up tightly in a blanket so that she cannot move her arms or legs. Don't make it too tight, just enough so she can't move. This sounds uncomfortable to us, but to babies this is how they spend the first nine months of their lives and it's comforting.

2007-02-20 05:44:33 · answer #6 · answered by Greg H 3 · 0 2

My son was the same. I used gripe water, but nothing really made a difference until I switched bottles. Get the Dr. Brown's bottles with the funny tubes in 'em. They are freaking awesome and the only thing that cured my son's colic. Don't bother with those Ventaire bottles, as they let in bubbles, but the Dr. Brown's don't.

2007-02-20 06:38:37 · answer #7 · answered by keenbritchick 2 · 0 2

There are bottles called Dr. Browns Natural Flow and let me tell you they are AWESOME! My baby hardly even needs burped after using these. My cousin turned me onto them because her baby had colic and refluxs disease.

I also suggest trying another pediatrician.

2007-02-20 06:11:44 · answer #8 · answered by scrabbleqatgirl 1 · 0 2

try fresh air. some people say this is the cause of it... but others say fresh air helps a lot. good luck and i know where you're coming from! good luck and hang in there! nothing worked for my daughter, we just had to deal with it, it'll pass... hang in there!!!

2007-02-20 05:51:10 · answer #9 · answered by Amber 3 · 0 2

Please read this:
http://www.askdrsears.com/html/5/t051300.asp

It lists some other causes of "colic" and please consider getting a second and third opinion.

2007-02-20 05:43:29 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0 2

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