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  • maries0508
  on Oct. 23, 2007 at 3:00 PM
• Hi, my name is Marie, I have a three year old and a two week old. My two week old started crying non-stop by his 5th day. We took him to the er because he cried for 5 hours and nothing consoled him. Of course as soon as we left for the hospital he fell asleep. The er dr. said he was too young for colic and wanted to take blood and urine samples, but it was so late, he was now fast asleep and we had our toddler w/us, so we decidied to just follw up w/our ped. Our ped didn't seem too concered about it, didn't even give me any suggestions, just said it was too early to say whether or not it was the formula.  It's only been about a week but I really need to figure something out. I am in tears right along w/him all the time and he generally has only about one hour of happy time if I'm extremely lucky. He cries all day long, most people say colic usually hits at night, but he'll cry any time of the day. My husband has been wonderful w/him, he shows him so much patience, but he will soon be working two jobs, his main one being 3rd shift, so I will be alone most of the time. I am also concerned about my three year old. I feel like I have no time to spend w/him and I am so frazzled most of the time I tend to snap at him for little things. I don't know how I'll make it through this, ecspecially if it last 3-4 months.

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  • tinkerwdw
  on Oct. 26, 2007 at 10:26 AM
• Hi!
  
  I am so excited to find this board!  The only reason I am able to sit at the computer right now is because last night we figured out that my son loves the vacuum!  I have to literally turn it on right next to where he is, and he quiets down.
  A little bit about me- I am a first time mom at 31 to a beautiful, but very fussy little angel.  I noticed that he had reflux when he was first born and was trying to swallow but was choking on his spit up.  The Dr. just told me it was normal, but as the weeks went by he became more fussy and would scream like he was in pain.
  At three weeks I took him back to the Dr. and they put him on Zantac and scheduled an Upper GI- I was able to see his reflux right there on the screen, and the Dr. agreed.  We are scheduled for a follow up visit next week to go over the results.  However, my son is also has colic, I believe.  Who knows!
  
  I am looking forward to meeting other parents who have suggestions and tips for handling our little high maintenance bundles of joy!

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  • Ms.EP
  on Oct. 31, 2007 at 9:03 PM
• I received a gift basket for my baby shower from my best friend before Spencer was born and included in the basket was a product called "Colic Calm".  I was clueless about colic  and thought this to be an unusual gift. Well, the moms at my shower were more than happy to tell me about their horror stories!  About a week ago Spencer started crying non-stop and after a couple of days without sleep I finally remembered the box of Colic Calm that I received in that gift basket.  I had no idea if it would work but I was desperate!  Within a couple of minutes Spencer settled down and fell asleep.  I kept thinking that it was a fluke and that it would not work the next time, but each time that Spencer has a colic attack he settles down soon after I give him this!  I don't know if I am just lucky that this is working but you may want to give this a try.  The information on the box says that it is a homeopathic gripe water for symptoms of gas, colic and reflux. I hope that this post will help someone.   know how crazed you get from the lack of sleep and constant crying! 
  
  
  

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  • stressedmom123
  on Nov. 2, 2007 at 2:10 PM
• My girl is five months old and she has never been a calm baby since birth.  I don't know how much more I can take.  Please, I'll take any advice. She has only gotten worse since she was born.

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  • aharmon
  on Nov. 11, 2007 at 8:34 PM
• hello mommies,
  i am soooo glad to find this group. my dd is just over 10 weeks and at 6 weeks she went from angel baby to crying all the time, her screams are relentless, like she is in so much pain. Then suddenly, after an hour of crying, she'll just stop and start smiling, laughing, cooing, and doing normal baby stuff...then the crying starts again. It is so hard and I am at my wits end.
  
  fortunately I have a great supportive husband who tries as much as he can to take her when he comes home so my ears and heart can have a break. Usually I spend the time in the bedroom with the door shut and I cry myself, I feel like a horrible mother who can't take care of her baby. I just hope to get support from this site, it is nice to know I am not alone.

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  • shaunleed44
  on Nov. 30, 2007 at 12:33 PM
• I am Shaun., mother of two. A two year old and an 9 week old. The newest is still colicky. The second I think I have it beat it rears its head. grrrr. But he is smiling now and being sweet during the day, which is so helpful to know there is a sweet lil guy in there. We still have our times now its between 5pm and 11pm. which is much better than starting at midnight and going all night which is how it was up until about two weeks ago. I have gotten to the point I give gripe water at first sign.....then go through my laundry list of mommy tricks until something works. if nothing does I give him five minutes to cry and try again. something eventually does work, although it seems to not be the smae thing two times in a row. Good luck to all you other mommies. We are the strongest women on the planet, even when we are in tears!

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  • Brandie_xo
  on Feb. 26, 2008 at 8:06 PM
• I'm Brandie, a 23 year old SAHM mom to Kailyn, 6 weeks, and wife to nathan, who is deployed to iraq.
  
  We recently figured out that Kailyn has colic. It seems to be getting worse every day. Not only that, but she also has reflux and several GI issues that we are investigating.
  
  Things i've found that help her are
  Gripe water
  Runng the humiderfier in her room (I think it's mostly just the noise)
  and the vibration unit i just bought to go in her bed and make it vibrate.
  
  

  
  

   

  
  

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  • missliss16
  on Feb. 27, 2008 at 1:08 PM
• Hi my name is Melissa and my baby boy Eaton is now 10 weeks old. He too was an angel until 3 weeks and then everything changed. Currently he is on meds for reflux and we are just taking it a day at a time. I hope to meet other moms in my situation and swap ideas!

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  • dreamer_tanya
  on Mar. 26, 2008 at 12:05 PM
• Hi my name is Tanya I am a first time mom of a  beautiful girl who was born 9 weeks early.....she was in the hospitol for a month and a half....when she came home she was an angel but a few weeks later she started spiting up and fussing. She is now on meds and we are taking it one day at a time.....i joined this group looking for support.

  And God Bless!!!! Tanya

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  • sparmer
  on Apr. 14, 2008 at 8:16 PM
• Hi everyone. I have a 2 month old baby girl who I think has colic. I'm hoping to talk to her doctor tomorrow about it if I can get an appt. She's been misrable since she was 3 weeks old. I finally broke down and bought a swing and she's pretty much in that 24 hrs a day. I have Rheumatoid Arthritis so I literally can't hold her very long. I feel like a bad mom since she's in that swing so long each day but I just don't know what else to do. I'm breastfeeding only and every solution I look up says switch formulas! :( She spits up a lot, has had bouts of constipation, lots of hiccups and gas. She wont sleep unless she's in my arms or that swing. The only thing that has helped is to have a warm bath so every night I grab her and get in the tub and sit for about an hour because its the only thing that quiets her down. My whole family is losing their minds. My 4 yr old walks around with his hands over his ears at all times and my DH recently spent an entire trip to Home Depot telling an infant to quiet down. *L*

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