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Post by ariasmom on Jan 6, 2014 12:20:26 GMT -5
So I am curious to hear from everyone what their thoughts are on this issue of colic and how lonely it can make people feel because there are very little resources out there. Seems like their are plenty of products for us to waste our money on, but not a lot of talk. What other groups, online boards are there out there? Other than this site, I haven't found anything. Is there a facebook group? Would anyone be interested in more support like a facebook group? Please share your thoughts. Colic has impact my life more than anything and now that I am through it, it still haunts me. I would love to give something back to the issue. I would love to help and be there for others!
Hated feeling so alone when I was going through it.
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Post by Ftm on Jan 6, 2014 13:08:51 GMT -5
Check my previous post!
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Post by kberg on Jan 7, 2014 16:48:39 GMT -5
I've often felt the same way...that there should be a support group for parents of babies with colic.
It's a lonely experience...and no one understands unless they've been through it. I remember, shortly after returning to work from maternity leave from the birth of my first baby, going to lunch with two other moms and talking about how it was so hard that my baby would never stop screaming. And that I had to turn on the hairdryer to get a break (strangely, the noise stopped his crying sometimes). They just looked at me with blank stares...obviously they thought I was either a huge complainer or a horrible mom who used an appliance to console her baby. When I said the same thing to my sister in law, she responded with "Oh, babies cry." My mother in law suggested that my baby and I were "feeding" off of each other's anxiety. So, eventually, I just shut up and didn't tell anyone anything. To avoid a nervous breakdown I eventually started seeing a therapist who diagnosed me with anxiety due to post-traumatic stress because of the colic screaming.
I wish there was a way I could help other parents enduring this hell.
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Post by Ariasmommy on Jan 11, 2014 12:38:00 GMT -5
My baby totally calmed down with the hair dryer too. There is that show Portlandia, they did a skit on getting a baby to stop crying, it included the vacuum and hair dryer so obviously it's a thing.
What I did when people didn't believe my baby was colic, I let them take over for a bit. I'll never forget the look on my mom's face after watching my 4 week old to give me a break. She was like " you were right", d**n right I was!
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Post by Jessica on Jan 15, 2014 12:44:53 GMT -5
Yes. I'm going thru it now and a fb page would be helpful. I wish ther was a chat room too. This is so hard and I'm so lonely but can't talk on the phone with all the screaming.
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Post by ALM on Jan 19, 2014 7:59:52 GMT -5
I posted something about 9 month old exhausted working mom and I got like over 100 views but NO replies. every other person got a reply this group sucks. theres no support you all just weed through the topics that suit you and don't concern yourselves with offering a nice word or phrase to others experiencing other problems. everyones concerned about THEIR problems . but don't seem to be concerned or offer any " warm and encouraging" advice if at all advice to us other mothers struggling.Again, I got NO replies to my post. pretty pathetic. ill go elsewhere for support.
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Post by Lesa on Jan 21, 2014 6:03:52 GMT -5
Hair dryer works for me too and very loud humming
It's horrible and no one knows what it's like. My mum and mother inlaw all agree that my daughter is a very big handful. Nothing helps colic but time I'm still waiting.. Four months on!
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Post by ariasmom on Jan 27, 2014 16:11:32 GMT -5
ALM I'm not sure what post you posted but I know if I read it I would have meant to comment on it. Yes most the time, people only wanna talk about their problems and not help others, bad listeners. We all have a little bit of it in us. But personally, I come on here to help others as much as possible. My baby does not have colic anymore, I don't have those problems but I will never forget it and really just wanna help other people. I feel like I survived it and I owe to others going through what I went through. But I don't come on here very often. I felt the same way when I was going through it. This site was a very depressing place because its very stagnant. No one ever responded to my posts back then. I also feel like I can not figure out how to send people personal messages. not the most user friendly site thats for sure.
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