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Anyone interested in starting a colic support thread?

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whittywan · 04/03/2010 21:16

I know my DS is reaching the end of the colicky period (he's now 11 weeks)but it has been and continues to be a real struggle to cope with his colic.

I feel like I'm the only one out there dealing with it and it would be great to hear from other mums suffering.

Would love to hear your story...

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whittywan · 05/03/2010 09:50

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OhForASilentNight · 08/03/2010 00:39

Hi Whitty

Have just been trolling thru MN looking for advice on how to deal with colic... DD2 is 5 weeks and I feel as tho I've not slept for at least 4 of them! Just awful when she is shrieking and pulling her legs up and I don't know what to do to help her. Am then grouchy with DH and DDs during the day too - think we're all feeling the strain a bit!

vasillisa · 08/03/2010 18:39

yes we are in week 9 - have had 4 weeks of colic...anyone tried rice powder for babies this young? various people have suggested tho on the packet it says 4 months plus.

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whittywan · 30/03/2010 19:38

Oh and Vasilisa sorry I haven't been on MN for awhile as been dealing with DS. He is now 15 weeks and much better but still has moments of inconsolable crying. I'm just taking one day at a time. IThe thing that really upsets me is that I feel like a complete failure when I can't figure out what my precious boy wants/needs. It's not like I haven't done my best to get to know him and respond to him. I feel like there are times when I don't have aclue what to do and everything I do is wrong!

We also live very close to my in-laws and my own mum is abroad so I feel like I constantly have to prove that I'm good enough but don't really have anyone from which to get advice.

Vasilisa have you tried colief? It is the only thing that has really made a difference with DS

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whittywan · 30/03/2010 19:40

Just want to add that it really gets my goat when people call it 'A touch of colic' they clearly have no idea.

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CharlieBoo · 30/03/2010 20:15

Hello ladies, i just wanted to offer some support/advice as my dd is 10 months now but as a small baby suffered with colic until she was 4.5 months old. It's so tough and I'm sure you've scoured the net for ideas/ help. I tried everything, spent a fortune on dif potions and bottles and cranial massage. The only thing that really made a dif was giving gripe water after each and every feed in the max dose.

It does get better, my dd still gets trapped wind but that's all it is, colic can be sheer hell for mums and babies.

Hugs xx

CharlieBoo · 30/03/2010 20:23

It does get better, my dd still gets trapped wind but that's all it is, colic can be sheer hell for mums and babies.

Colief made no dif with my dd as it only works if it's the lactose in the milk that's causing your babys colic.

I was so tempted to wean early with the rice too and did wean dd at 5 months but the colic had started to tail off by then. As they get bigger and their digestive system matures the crying gets less and less. If dd had been my first I would have found things much harder, you all have my sympathies.

Ps what a fab idea this thread is

Hugs xx

CharlieBoo · 30/03/2010 20:24

Sorry typed this on my bloomin I phone n started playing silly buggers half way thru

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whittywan · 30/03/2010 21:41

Thanks Charlie

It is so great to hear from another mum that has come through and survived. I think that the worst thing about having a colicky baby is that all the other mum's and babies you meet seem so perfect, and no one ever tells you that they have a hard time too.

Whenever DS and I meet new people thee first question is always 'Is he good? Does he sleep through? Does he cry?' and I just want to scream.

How can a litle baby be bad? And aren't they really asking whether I am any good at being a mum? I feel like I am betraying my child if I tell the truth and that I'll be judged as a bad mother if they know just how much he cries.

I do think us mums do each other a disservice because we don't always tell the truth about how difficult it is and that it is even worse for those of us that struggle with colic.

I just want anyone else out there to know that they are not alone and that there are many of us that have to deal with the heartbreaking reality of a baby that is miserable and inconsolable and that it is not their fault.

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CharlieBoo · 30/03/2010 22:11

It's just one of those things and to be honest my baby has only just started sleeping through now and she is 10 months. Take what other mums tell you with a pinch of salt. I know mums who boasted about their dc sleeping through from 6 weeks etc and are now having problems. my ds was an angel baby but a nightmare toddler and is now not a great sleeper. Take each day at a time and try try try to enjoy your baby, colic and all because it WILL be a distant memory soon Hun! X

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