New here, pretty sure my little girl has colic.

[goodghost84]

My baby girl was born on September 20th, so she's only 12 days old.  I had her by c-section two days before her due date.  The first four days of her life, she didn't cry at all!  My boyfriend and I were actually concerned that she wasn't crying at all.  I laugh at that now.  This past Sunday, all of the sudden, she's been crying constantly for hours at a time.  It usually starts in the late afternoon.  She will cry for a few hours, nap, then get up at around 11 and cry and scream for several more hours.  Nothing I do can get her to stop.  We've only been dealing with this for four days and we're exhausted already.  Last night was the worst so far.  I called the doctor today and begged them to let me take her in so they could check her out.  She's already several ounces over her birth weight.  The doctor said she's healthy but has colic and suggested we try different bottles and formula.  I didn't think colic started until at least three weeks.  If she doesn't improve over the next few days, I don't know what else to try.  There's so many different things out there that seem to help some babies but not others.  It seemed like she was constipated, but now she poops a few times per day.  She has a lot of gas but gas drops don't seem to help, and I couldn't even get her to take gripe water.  She won't take a pacifier, she spits it out and cries even more.  Sometimes it seems like she is hungry, but when I put the bottle in her mouth, she'll spit it out.

I feel like a terrible mom because I'm not paying as much attention to my 2 1/2 year old as I should.  Sometimes my baby's crying will wake up my son and he'll start crying.  I'm grateful that my mom has been coming over on occasion and will bring my son to the park.  She took him today so I could get a nap in but as exhausted as I am, I can't fall asleep.  I'm worried that my baby will wake up screaming.  My son was not like this at all.  He spit up a lot but never cried like this.  People say that it gets better.  My mom said I had colic when I was a baby and I was better after a few months.  But it seems like there's no light at the end of the tunnel.  The only thing I'm grateful for now is that I stopped after two kids and had my tubes tied! Lol  

[Amber Lynn]

Hey there.

I feel for ya. Hang in there bc if it's true colic you are dealing with, you have awhile to go.

It's good your mom is helping out. Take all the help you can get!

I don't know What I would do if I had another child to take care of while my baby had colic. You will get through this!

Unfortunately, if baby is gaining weight well, it seems like the doctors don't want to do anything. I have been to the ped several times abut my baby's colic/high needs and she keeps saying he is fine and it will pass. We are going strong at 11 weeks here.

It sucks and while I can't say you get used to It, you find ways to cope and get through it day by day.

What formula are you using? Or are you breastfeeding? I forgot if you said. We swItched our formula to gerber soothe and it helped a little. Gas drops really didn't work for us either.

Come vent to us when you need to!

[L]

*hugs* It sounds like Colic to me and my ped (all 8 of them) told me there was nothing to do beyond formula changes, too. So, for what it's worth, here's what helped *some* (but not cured):

Nutramigen formula (start with the liquid, pre-made stuff as some babies have an allergy to the preservative in the powder form)

Karp's book Happiest Baby on the Block (swaddle, white noise, swinging)

wearing him in the moby wrap and walking outside with him when the weather was cold and he was in a cry cycle -something about the cold made him snap out of it, cuddle up and go to sleep.

running up and down steps

holding him on top of the dryer machine

dancing around with him to keep him jiggling (I used My Breast Friend boppy pillow -the one that straps on to help support his weight so that I didn't have his weight in my arms) with rather loud dance music playing

the swing at night, turned to a faster position.

Nearby, there was a store with a large fountain inside. The noise of that fountain, loud and soothing, while I walked him round and round it really helped.


I did those things all day long for 18 miserable weeks. Colic is just horrible. BIG HUGS!

[goodghost84]

Thanks, I can't believe you have 8 peds for your baby, L. The doctor I brought my baby to yesterday was not her regular doctor, and I'm glad because I didn't like her so much. She kept talking over me, not really letting me explain everything that has been going on. My baby is already 8 lbs 5 oz, and was 7 lbs 8 oz at birth; she'll be two weeks old tomorrow. I've been using Playtex Ventaire bottles (they worked pretty good with my son) but the doctor told me to switch to Dr. Brown bottles. She gave me two cans of the Nutramigen formula to try (the powder kind). I thought it weird that she would just assume that my baby has a milk allergy and did no testing, especially because there are so many reasons babies can have colic.
Anyway, I've been giving her the new formula in the new bottles since about 2pm yesterday and there already has been some improvement. She cried only from 4:30pm to 6pm last night and from about 5 to 5:30 this morning (I had to rock her for a half hour in her chair to get her to sleep), which is way better then four straight hours. She was fussy earlier this morning, but wasn't screaming/crying like she has been. I finally got more then 3 or 4 hours of sleep last night. I'm praying that this was the problem but I'm not holding my breath yet. If it really is colic, switching formulas probably won't help in the long run. I'm sorry that you both have been going through this for so many weeks. I've only dealt with it for four days and already feel like cracking up!