Colic...Please help?
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Don't feed her anything until she gives you a BIG burp. Make sure you put your child on your stomach, the heat from your stomach should keep her warm, pace yourself with her on your arms and tap her back gently. She should be able to burp.
Colic in babies and infants is usually a sign of trapped wind (gas)
but it is a problem that seems to affect bottle-fed babies more than breast-fed ones; this partly due to the riches of cow's milk, and sometimes may indicate an intolerance to it. Colic, for this reason, can be noticed even in babies who are breast-fed, and may be due to the mother drinking a lot of cow's milk herself. If
colicky symptoms are frequent than get advice.
Keep this list handy; however, your baby may still be too small for these home remedies.
Catnip: calming, digestive aid; used for colic, sleeplessness, minor fevers.
Chamomile: a digestive aid and calming agent. (you can find in a tea form 'but don't' make it too strong' in any health food stores
and they have'em for children.)
My oldest child used to be very colicky; a 4 oz. bottle with diluted
chamomile tea used to do the trick. Many doctors will not agree
with this but it's been practiced in my family for generations.
Good luck!
also, see http://www.mothering.com
http://www.kidshealth.org
http://www.mayoclinic.com
http://www.parenting.com
http://www.ivillage.com
Try giving her Mylicon.
Try gripe water, it soothes their stomaches, here's a store locator to find where they sell it near you http://www.blissbymom.com/storelocator.a... It worked wonders on my son.
She needs to eat a lot because her stomach is so tiny! She's also going through a growth spurt-they usually do around 6 weeks. Don't feed her cereal yet-that'd just make things worse. Wait till she's around 6 months, some say 4 months.
Six weeks is too early for cereal, but with a colic baby theres not much you can do. Just have patience and take a break every once and awhile. get somebody to watch her for you and go out for yourself. theres only so much crying a human can take. Have you tried swaddling her in a warm blanket, or rocking her, or a soft sounds music cd? There are ways to comfort her and it is good bonding time with you and your child. i hope this helped, good luck.
give her some more think formula
no cerel her digestive system is not ready
Sometimes babies want to suck when they are not hungry but need the action to help their stomach to settle and sort out any wind. It seems a bit soon to give her solids but it is worth asking a health nurse. When my babies were in pain I would give them a dose of paracetamol liquid or gripe water. Sometimes they have pains that you can't fix. Best wishes.
ahhh my son was the same way first talk to your pediatrician get her on the right formula no cereal and make sure your not feeding her too much this could also be her issue as was with my son. rub her back in a circle motion then pat her back with her laying on her stomach across your knees this relives any gas problems she may have REMAIN calm she will know if your not and this causes her to react with crying even if your not saying a word she will feel your stress. play soft music and sing along to it. my son still loves it an d he's 6 now good luck it will get easier
also try using lactose free milk, maybe she is lactose intolerant that's why she cries a lot, i had the same experience with my son, after trial and error, we found out that what upsets him is the milk. he can't even tolerate my breastmilk.
also cereals in that age i think its too early. but you can try mashed banana with little water at about 2 months be sure to only use around the outer part of the banana. you can also ask her pediatrician when she could have cereals, you can begin giving her cereals or other semi solid foods when she could sit and also when she could spit the food if she's already full.
I wouldn't start cereal yet. My son had colic. . the best way to deal is just with a lot of patience and help (if you can get it). It takes a lot of time just finding what will calm your little girl down or what will relax her. Try all sorts of things. . rocking, a swing, a bounce seat, soft music. It's just a matter of trial and error and hopefully you'll find something that helps. Good luck, I've been there and it does eventually get better!
That sucks. Sorry you have to go through that, it is no fun for anyone! I would feed her until she does not want anymore, and while a Dr. would tell you not to give her cereal, I would say it is OK. Try it once and see if it helps. People will probably rage when I say this, but I put my baby in a cradle swing (swings back and forth) and propped a bottle in his mouth and he would fall asleep that way. I guess when you have a coliky baby, you do what you can to get by!! Good luck!!
Hi, I have been there and really feel for you. Feeding her would be the number one option (breastmilk or formula, whichever she is on. Babies go through a growth spurt at 6 weeks so she may be extra hungry). Don't give her cereal yet though until 4-6 months. Otherwise I would highly reccomend a CD we bought for our 3rd child which i wish i had for my first two. It's called sounds for silence and developed by a paedeatrician. It had our little one stop crying and settle without fail every time in under a minute. We bought it from our local babyco store but I think you can also get it online if you can't make it to the shops.
Good luck.
Listen and listen good. You need to talk to your doctor. Do not give your child any thing without talking to the doctor first.. I hope you have a young doctor that is up to date on all the new things out there. The older doctors just tell you to ride it out. That is what mine told me and I found a new doctor. Remember the child is yours and not every doctor is right all the time. Do not change formula with out talking to the doctor first. Do not give any over the counter drugs or remedy's without talking to your doctor first.
I always think what would bother me to the point of crying after trying process of elimination... you know, burping, changing diapers, baths, hunger, and I always used to gently scratch the baby like he/ she has an itch that is itchy , that always seemed to work and they really like it... just be very gentle not too gentle where they feel ticklish... good luck.
Give her Mylicon. It helped my son. It helps them pass gas that can be painful for them. Hope it helps!
May want to change formula to something like neutramigen or something refered to by doctor, she also could have thrash look for white patches in her mouth, they are very painful. i wouldnt recommend cereal just yet
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