Please tell me colic gets better

[Lollypop0101]

I could literally cry everyday. My nearly 8 week old will never settle in the day if he’s awake and he’s a nightmare to get to nap. Then the past 2 weeks he just screams for hours come the evening and tonight is the worst it’s been. I’ve had to leave him in his cot in the nursery to cry because I can feel so much anger coming on I could scream.

I’ve tried everything, fed him, nappy change, winded, has infocol and gripe water, was giving him colief drops and now changed to comfort milk on recommendation of hv but he wont stop screaming! And it really doesn’t help when my friend who’s baby is a week later than mine is an angel apparently 😫

please tell me it gets better as I seriously wish I could go back to a year ago when life was so easy ☹️

Thanks again all. Been to the doctors today and they’ve prescribed omeprazole to see if it’s reflux and they’ve said if it makes no difference at his jabs in a week then the only thing left could be an allergy to milk as he’s unsettled all day too!

@Lollypop0101 i really hope the omeprazole works for you! It can make a real difference so fingers crossed. Sounds like you have a supportive gp if nothing else as quite a few of them just dismiss reflux x

Yes it’s utter hell and I wanted to die! But I promise you it gets better at 12 weeks. You just have to survive these next few weeks.

for us omeprazole was amazing - ours had silent reflux so not much was actually coming up but he was unhappy during the day as well as in the evening (when it would get a lot worse) and the HV suggested it.

please please try it - it neutralises the stomach acid so it stops burning their throat, I often wonder if we’d started it sooner his colic might’ve gone away sooner too. It takes a few weeks to work but once it does it’s fantastic x

Sorry just saw that you’ve got omeprazole!! It does take time to work but once it does youll have a much happier baby ❤️

My second born had terrible colic. We questioned ourselves every night whilst he screamed the place down and hung in there until 12 weeks at which point nothing changed! Took us until 16 weeks and then literally over the course of 3 nights it just got better and better and went away. Hang in there. It's painful when you're in the middle of it but it will soon pass X

@Olive2022 yes luckily she was very nice especially when she could tell I was about to cry and he started screaming right on cue as well 🙈🥴

@Cafeaulait27 thank you! I get bad heartburn myself so if it definitely is reflux then I can imagine the pain he’s in! How long did it take for you to notice your little one getting better? X

@gg96cgp oh god I hope it ends at 12 weeks and not 16 as it’s draining as it is 😫 what I hate most is that I’m wishing the weeks away when all I thought about before having him was having cuddles and a happy baby at this cute age and everything is just the opposite ☹️ X

Oh I few for you, we went through a terrible colic phase with dd. We ended up going to a cranial osteopath who told us not to expect miracles & then immediately performed a miracle. Seriously after one session it basically disappeared & she was a different baby. Just my experience but think it's worth a go if you can afford & access it

Hoping things improve for you soon

Maybe you should take him to the drs get him some omoprezole and gaviscon.
I know you are stressed by leaving him laying down crying won't help, reflux is worse laying down.
Maybe also try putting pillows underneath his mattress to prop it up.
Ring dr in the morning for an urgent appointment. X

Also you are doing a great job, hopefully dr will give you more advice
Definitely think omoprezole will help on top of the gaviscon.
I have reflux and need both. X

@allboysherebutme hes been on baby gaviscon for weeks but it’s not really done anything but I gave him omeprazole yesterday pm for the first time so fingers crossed that helps asap! X

@Lollypop0101 it took about 4 weeks, he was doing so much better but we thought it was just because he was 12 weeks and the omeprazole wasn’t working, so we tried taking it away but he started crying again! So we started using it again and he was instantly happier. Like a different baby and ever since then he’s been such a joy. He loved weaning and we stopped the omeprazole at 7 months and haven’t needed it again since x

Also for us comfort milk was thick enough that we didn’t need gaviscon, the gaviscon made it too thick. So we just used comfort milk which helped alongside omeprazole, and weaning helps too x

Someone told me to think about it as their little tubes and organs inside being so small, even a tiny bubble of wind can be really painful. But hour by hour, day by day those tubes are growing along with the baby so you're always on your way to it getting better. Eventually.

White noise app on my phone used to help. I don't see how cranial osteopathy is meant to work but I have heard people swear by it.

I think attitude can help as well, when they're screamy blighters it can all feel very stressful and as if you've made a terrible mistake. It's a phase and it will resolve. You've not done anything wrong. I used to sing a lot as I walked DD up and down, it made the time pass quicker, soothed her a bit and meant I took deeper breaths and didn't feel so pent up.

@Cafeaulait27 fingers crossed it works soon! As long as I can see him getting slightly better I’ll be so happy! Yes he’s only been on comfort milk for 2 days but he seems okay on it atm and I’ve definitely noticed how thick it is so haven’t put gaviscon in else it’ll be like porridge 🙈 x

@Dogtooth yes I can definitely see how it can hurt them but it’s just awful nothing you do seems to help ☹️ Think it’s worse when you get some babies that are angels and never cry and mine cries enough for 10 babies 😂. I did look up the cranial osteopathy but £70 for a session is a bit steep since it’s not guaranteed! X

Ours had a terrible colicky phase around 6-8 weeks. He’d scream for milk and then spit out my nipple as soon as it was in his mouth. Walking around while feeding him seemed to help. Sometimes. It wore

It wore off after a couple of weeks, bit by bit. Try not to get too stressed, it will get better! (If it doesn’t or it’s really unmanageable, you could ask your doctor or health visitor for help)

@Lollypop0101 how are things? I hope you have support & can get a much needed break for yourself. Every day you get through is another tick off closer to baby getting through this. It's so tough but you'll get there

I could have written your original post OP. I remember the midwife visiting and thinking she had the magic touch to stop DS screaming....er nope! It made me chuckle to myself at the time... like we hadn't already tried everything! DS slept 40 minutes every 4 hours for the first 4 months. Then screamed the rest of the time. Sounds like you're doing everything you can OP and you'll start noticing little improvements and they will mean the world to you. I remember the day DS slept longer than 40 minutes we thought there was something wrong with him😅 Hope things start improving for you soon OP and you have plenty of help and support

@buckeejit hes been a bit better since being on omeprazole and comfort milk and even slept for 7 hours straight Friday night! He stopped at my parents last night and never cried once so I was thinking he’s fixed but he’s been crying for hours again tonight so maybe not 🙈 x

@Tilda77 oh god maybe he’s not so bad then! He’s not so bad once he’s asleep he can sleep for hours but it’s just getting him to sleep in the first place 😫 and when he’s awake he won’t just lie there content like a lot of babies he constantly starts getting agitated then starts to cry it’s horrible! X

I could literally just re-write your post right now!! I have a 4 week old and i’m literally at rock bottom with a colic / reflux just generally unhappy baby! I have just moved to Aptimil comfort milk tonight and hoping it helps. We were on baby gaviscon but stopping that now with the comfort milk. And basically just want to know is your little one any better!? (like is there ACTUALLY light at the end of this shitty tunnel) I seriously hope you got some improvement x

Also the baby is sensitive to your stress levels so hard as it sounds you have to try to reduce them - we’re trying goats milk formula as convinced it’s a prob with cows’s milk even though have been bf - fingers crossed and 🙏🏽 prayers for fellow sufferers ☘️🙏🏽