...to know how to help our poor baby!

[MaidofMuswell]

Dd just turned 3 months and having been initially not at all colicky for first 2 months plus these last two weeks is screaming blue murder, as if in serious pain, think high pitched red face shaking most evenings and random points in the day. I don’t understand what’s going on because our ds had both colic and reflux which caused this sort of crying abut from the get go rather than starting later on and can’t understand why it would start now. I’ve seen the GP who has given gaviscon but isn’t too worried as she’s gaining weight well, trying a council lactation consultant drop in tomorrow to check out feeding technique and possible tongue tie as does seem digestion related as does massive farts after crying fits, doing best to elevate and wind her after ever feed - nothing seems to help. Worst triggers seem to be pram and car rides, seems happiest in sling or when being cuddled and walked around over my shoulder. She’s normally such a happy little thing and really sad for her - it can sometimes seem that the screams come from nowhere. Am
I missing something obvious? Any ideas?

Try colief drops. They can be used with bf babies. Mine developed colic at about ten weeks.

My DD was fairly fussy for the first few months and I was counting down the days to 12 weeks when it supposedly gets better. But unfortunately things only escalated and weeks 12-15 were a nightmare. She screamed until she had no voice left and was hoarse afterwards (more like a screeching with a trembling wail towards the end). In weeks 13-14 she refused to nurse properly and cried hysterically when offered the breast. We had her checked for everything but it wasn‘t an ear infection or reflux. We thought it might be early teething as she started chewing her fists but she still does that without the crying.

So in a nutshell we never knew what caused it. It literally disappeared overnight sometime during week 15 without any changes in my diet or giving her any medication. The only thing that seemed to help was swaddling her when she was most hysterical and then giving her my boob to suck for comfort. Without the swaddle she‘d flail her arms and turn her head so it was impossible to get her to latch. The other method was carrying her in tiger in the tree hold and walking around in a dark room until she fell asleep.

It‘s so difficult but babies are just inexplicable sometimes. Hope you manage to hang in there and that things will improve soon.

My little boy is 3 months old and he never cried unless he wants something or is in pain. He's been letting out the screeching cry. And when we compared the symptoms, he's teething. Might be the same for your little one.

Edit: You mentioned prams and car rides. It could be possible that the baby wants to see things. I noticed that DD’s improvement coincided with being able to hold her head upright. As long as she has something to look at she‘s much happier. She still screams when placed flat in the pram or when initially stuck in the car seat with nothing to see (though thankfully falls asleep fairly quickly).

I agree that it could be an intolerance to cow's milk. This sounds all too familiar! We were fobbed off but my baby finally got a diagnosis at about 12 weeks and a change in formula immediately eased the violent, painful wind and nappy rash she was suffering from. Silent reflux continues to cause problems though.
It's definitely worth giving up dairy yourself. And possibly soy too as intolerance to both is common. Remember it takes a few weeks to leave your and baby's system though so improvements may not be immediately obvious. Good luck, it's the worst when you can't help them when they are screaming in pain.

Have a look at 'Purple Crying'. Both of my children started around 3.5 weeks and the only thing to settle them was late night walks in the sling up and down a busy road. Not so bad for ds1 who was a summer baby but ds2 was born in January. Brr!

Hope you find and answer soon, it's horrid when you feel so helpless.

One of my daughters got colic that started at 6 weeks, before that had been a dream. It lasted till about 14 weeks and was absolutely awful. She was checked by consultant paediatrician who confirmed there was nothing else untoward.

Skin ok actually compared to brother at this age who was like sandpaper... will see what they say at drop in today thanks so much x

Also watching this thread! My LO has reflux and has dropped 2 centiles (14 weeks old and exclusively breastfed). We are going to give the gaviscon another go but it’s such a nightmare to give. I’ve tried osteopath but it’s not made a difference. Good luck OP!