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.
Just my opinion.....I see nothing wrong with using the swing chair all night, every night. Even Dr. Havery Karp says that baby has been "rocked" in your womb for 9 months, all day, every day so using the swing chair for 12 hours is half of what baby is used too. We got a swing chair with an a/c adpater so we don't go through the batteries as fast. Last night he slept from 11pm-ish to after 8 am today in the swing chair, swaddled with the radio on static!!!!!!
But remember, do what is right for the baby and YOU. Just a thought
Quoting mamabear731:Hello Mommies!
My name is Jenna, I'm a mother to a brand new, beautiful 5 weeks old little girl. This is our fourth baby, & we are living a whole new experience with this one! She has got to be colic, and surely fits all of the symptoms for it. We deal with it the worst at night, and both being very calm natured people (probably because of already raising three:), we still have been quite tested during this few weeks. But things have gotten to the point that we realized we both cannot afford to not get sleep, so since daddy works a weekday 9-5 job and I am a stay at home mother, I take the weekday nights, he takes the weekends, and one of us stays downstairs with the little one, to allow the other a good nights sleep. Only problem with my "time off" is I am breastfeeding, and we have still not succeeded in getting her to wait any longer than EVERY two hours to eat....whether day or night.
So yes, I am a stay at home mother, but I do have to tend to three other children all day (I homeschool the oldest two, but with my exhaustion getting the best of me lately, we are looking into public school, even though homeschooling is more of a fit for us & them) Anyway, during the day it has gotten to the point that I have to lay her down SCREAMING just to take 10 minutes and make the fastest meals I have ever made for the other three during breakfast and lunch. The other three kids are lacking attention so bad, and its not fair to them either. But more than anything, it absolutely breaks my heart to see my little girl act like she is in so much pain. We hold her 24/7, and I truly mean 24/7, and we have been trying method after method.
I guess I am looking for any answers, suggestions, advice, or soothing (for us too! lol) that anyone here can offer. A couple of things I want more information on are breastfeeding and colic, sleeping issues (she HATES her bassinet, but we cant lay her in the swing to sleep at night, every night!) new bassinet? Honestly, any little bit would help...
Thank you so much.
<3Jenna
hi, my name is Audrey, I'm 21, and i have a seven week old daughter, who i was told has colic (tho reading the posts here, i think it might be reflux). I am going to talk to her doctor about it. I am exhausted, and tend to be lonely (sahm). My husband doesn't really help me out, he works six days a week, and thinks all i do is sit on my ass. doesn't seem to care i don't sleep at night, or during the day, i do the dishes, and make him dinner almost every day. oh, yeah, and deal with my crying baby.. *sigh* sorry for the vent in my intro, i'm just so tired... i need extra support from somewhere, because i really don't have any... our families are in oregon, and we live in alaska... i found a mommy baby group, and am going to try that out today *wish me luck*
Mother to Paige Alexandria (1 month),
Mercy Lynn (4 yrs)
HI my name is Jenni and my baby is 1 month old as of Jan 18. Ariana skye is her name.. she was really good at first she cries every night around the same times its usually like 2 am-4 am and sometimes late at night around like 11 or 12 am. at first i thought maybe it was an allergic reaction to the formula but I have to say I do breast feed her most of the time. or give her pumped milk.. only when i am tired or don't have anything pumped i feed her formula. she pulls up her legs and crys for like 3 hours really hard. I looked it up online and it does seem like she has colic .. I am not sure what to do. I do smoke though and i think that could be why she is colic i smoked while i was preg too but not a whole lot really only 4-8 a day which was good for me. I just get upset cuz it seems like nothing works. she is good alot of the time though that is why i didn't think she had it at first.
Hi everyone. My name is Missie and I am a stay at home mommy to Nicky (3) and Lacey (1 month) Lacey has just officially been diagnose as a colicky baby. I had a feeling she was because Nicky was a colicky baby. I would to share and gain some new ways to help calm her down and help her through this time. I look forward to talking to you soon
Have a great day
Missie
I am Diana. 24 years old/mother of two/high school teacher. My first child was apparently blessed with a calm disposition, but my second cries and cries from about 9pm-1am about five nights a week. We've tried many approaches and nothing helps. He is only 2 months and the dr. says he should be calming down by 6 months, so... It is truly rough. I was a nonbeliever. I thought babies only cried because their parents were not taking proper care of them. OH was I wrong.That's what I get for my disbelief. We massage him, walk with him, sing to him, cuddle him, bathe him with lavender, rock him, swaddle, sway, let him suck on his side, and shush him. He is breast fed but we tried various formulas. of course all that works is a car ride. But he is healthy and we are surviving. So GOD BLESS all of us, and may the colic pass quickly!
Chiropractor?
- MamiAngi
on Feb. 18, 2007 at 1:45 PM