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Please help me colic stress

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sleepdodger · 27/04/2011 23:49

Please can someone help or advise who may be able to help
I have had no sleep since Monday night as my 3 wk ds has colic and screams from 10-3 each night
my dh is currently driving him round but I know when he's back it will start again
he seems so so desperate & uncomfortable I can't do nothing & accept that he will like this till c.4 months and grow out if it
it's making me so sad too I feel like I'm failing him by nit making Jim mire comfortable, and it's really taking the shine off being a new family
I am ebf so in theory bf reduces colic - but as he finds being on me soothing my nips are sore from that and I had hoped to express a bottle a day to get a small break but I'm guessing that will make things worse?
Is there really nothing I can do?
I've tried infacol massage swaying cot tilting etc

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narmada · 28/04/2011 08:56

Is he putting on weight ok? If your nipples are sore, his latch might not be quite right. Have you seen a BF professional - e.g., lactation consultant?

Also, it might help to see someone like this to rule out other causes of discomfort such as oversupply; cow's milk protein intolerance (proteins in your BM can irritate some babies) or reflux.

Sorry you're having such a hard time, I do know how awful it is, my son was like thiss.

milkjetmum · 29/04/2011 09:16

Colic is terrible and as a mother pushes all your buttons - I felt like I 'should' be able to comfort my DD out of it and often cried myself so you are not alone.

But... it is not your fault, its just one of those things, some babies are just prone to it. So until it does pass (it will, I promise!) you need to have a coping strategy. For me, what I found got us through was:

-infacol, 2 squirts before every feed

-gripe water when the 'kicky legs' start, good for instant relief, Buy a medicine dispensing dummy in mothercare to make this quick and easy.

-buy an electric rocking swing if you can, with white noise on loud (used to buy us enough time to eat dinner).

-watch this and buy his book! Swaddling is essential

-i am bf dd and I used to feed her in a more upright position and burp her during the feed (every 5-10 mins) and between changing boobs to try and prevent wind

-be creative with your winding technique - lots of ways to try when you google it, we found the hula hoop action good, and a vigorous back rub over your shoulder, but experiment and find what brings on the burps for your ds. Dads are good at this so after a feed hand over ds and put your head down until the next feed when you can.

-agree what your DH what you can each cope with, for me I could take 20mins solid colic screams before I started to lose it. Make sure you can see a clock in every room, look at the time and switch with your dh through the evening.

But it will pass, so keep your chin up, you are already doing a great job. HTH

sleepdodger · 30/04/2011 01:11

Thanks for your advice
I have hv here tues so will see weight change then and discuss more with her
have bought a rocking chair just need to build it and pray!!
I still find it unbeleveable there are no cures any adult illness causing such common discomfort would have a host of things to help!!
Thanks x

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narmada · 30/04/2011 12:08

Also, I would ask the health visitor to look for both anterior (frontal) and posterior ( at the base/ back of the tongue) tongue ties. These might be causing your DS to feed inefficiently if he is tongue tied (it's really common and can be fixed easily), and he may also be swallowing lots of air due to not being able to get a proper seal around the areola. Some HVs don't know what they're looking for but ask her to look in case she does!

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