My name is Angie and I have a four month old little boy. My little guy hardly cried at all after he was born....but within about 6 weeks things took a turn. Athyn was diagnosed with colic and I struggled to figure out what was really behind his crying for two months. THen one day it was gone just as fast as it arrived. So Athyn is much better now although I would still consider him a high need baby lol! So I started this group in hopes to relate to other mom's who know how hard it is to raise an infant with colic.
I have a one yr old daughter who was born with reflux. I had a few dr's tell me it was colic and it was nothing. That I should just "deal with it".....
that did not fly with me. I knew it was something more. I finally got a third opinion and found out about reflux. This was something I never ever knew about until my dr. kept asking me about symptoms. My daughter fit the profile exactly. I could not understand how two other dr's brushed it aside when my daughter had ALL the classic symptoms. I met with my dr after 8 weeks of not sleeping.. AT ALL. He explained everything to me. I told him I wanted to know top to bottom what this was and what the meds will do ... I really did not want to put my 8 week old daughter on meds but I knew she was in severe pain.
three weeks after we started with the medication she was like a new baby. My husband and I really never thought we would see the day where she napped for more than 30 minutes at a time with out being woken up by gas pain.
It was amazing.
My reason for joining this board is to let other new moms know that 1 in 3 babies have reflux. It's very common but left untreated it can cause permanent damage. Not every child needs medication. It could be as siple as a switch in the formula or elevating their beds. I just hope I can help any new or veteran moms who never experienced this before.
Hello, my name is Holly and my son was colicky form the age of 8 weeks to 9 months. He is now 7 yrs. old and it is all past us now, but I would like to help out anyone who needs support with this. I know exactly how you feel and my son was the 1st child and I wanted to be the perfect mother. But I had a hard time dealing with colic and did not receive any support from my family nor my husband's. I would like you ladies to knwo that I am here for you if you need a shoulder to cry on, someone to just listen or whatever you need......believe me when I say I completely understand. One night I was so frustrated when my husband was away on business that I literally broke a TV remote by throwing it across the room after placing my son back into his crib. I thought I was losing my mind?!?!?!?
I am looking forward to talking with all of you ladies!!!
Quoting RHIANON:
Hello my name is Shelby my little angel was well an angel for three weeks then all hell broke loose, pardon my language but there is no other way to describe it. I also had nurses and other moms tell me to deal with it but how do you deal with non stop screaming for 12 hours? So thats when i noticed she really looked like she was in pain and talked to my doctor and he gave her medicine for reflux. And thank you lord she is my little angel again! I also changed her formula to Nestle Good Start Supreme, it is the best for her little tummy. Life is good!
Hey all...Jillian was only three weeks when she began to SCREAM non-stop! It was the worst feeling ever to listen to hours upon hours of crying and not be able to console her. After awhile, I became concerned when she began to spit up her formula non-stop...Low and behold, it was ACID REFLUX. We went to see a pediatric gastro. doc. and she told us that that was what it was...Now on axid, and special formula she is doing so much better. I really think that once the 3 month mark hits, it gets better and better. I agree with MamiAngi in that my daughter is a "high needs" baby as well...I read somewhere that that doesn't make them fussy and it makes them INTELLIGENT BECAUSE THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANT! (that should be on a t-shirt somewhere). But there truly is nothing like colic and when you are emotions are so erratic after giving birth, it is certainly not the cure...I really think we are a special group of moms to have endured this in our babies...i always felt when it was happening that i shouldn't feel so bad and that there are moms who have it far worse than me...but truth be told, it doesn't make what we have to go through any better and we are moms in a special category too...Hope to chat more and swap stories with all of you...
I think my son has colic. He cries so much. The first two weeks were great but now his is spitting up ALL the time and cries constantly when awake. He had me up for two hours in the middle of the night before I calmed him down and got him to sleep. My firstborn didn't do any of this so I am looking forward to the help and suggestions on this site.
Thanks,
Michele
need tips on how to help a colicky baby
- MamiAngi
on Feb. 18, 2007 at 1:45 PM