Colic question

[KellyandBean]

Has anyone here been through colic? My girl is 19 weeks old (4.5 months!!) and is still suffering from it although it is a lot less severe then it was before the 3 month mark. She has good days and bad days and the fits seem to be shorter then they used to be lasting only a hour or so compared to the 4-5 we used to deal with. We did EVERYTHING to find out what it was. Everything from diet changes, to meds for reflux etc etc etc. Anyway we have given up on finding some kind of cause and i am convinced it is just a emotional/stress/temprament thing and that she isn't actually in any pain. She just seems frustrated when she is screaming. She is also now COMPLETELY hooked on motion/noise/binky for sleep because we had to do this constantly for so long now she is used to it. I'm the only one that she will let get her to sleep anymore without screaming first :/...


So my question is has anyone out there had a baby with this particular KIND of colic? At what month did it seem to get better? I'm hoping 6 months is the winner but i had hoped 3 months was the winner so now i'm not so sure. What is your babies temperament like now that they are older? I'm a little nervous because i occasionally read about babies with this kind of colic having behavior problems when they get older.

TIA!

[vulnerable]

I remember those days! My daughter had what her Drs called super colic, all day and all night. It was terrible. We went through the same things too diet, reflux, ect and nothing worked. She was actually hospitalized 3 times because the Drs swore somethinh had to be terribly wrong.

Hers stopped probably a little after 6 months. She never had a good day, the only time she didn't scream was a 3 day stretch at 5 months when she had an ear infection.. she was perfectly normal and quiet..weird I know.

Now at 10.5 months she is such a happy baby. Always smiles never really cries. I noticed after she learned how to sit, roll, and almost crawl she seemed to be a lot better. I used to have to take her out every night on car rides just to put her to sleep.

Hugs I know what your going through and how bad it is!

[KellyandBean]

YAY! My husband is going to be excited to read this when he gets home. It is so great to hear that your girl got through it and is happy now! Isn't it just intense!? We can't help but feel like we have a very jaded view of parenthood now. I think you are spot on with the developmental leaps helping. It does seem like the more alert she is becoming the less intense the colic is so maybe that really does help.

That is super messed up that an ear infection made her NOT cry. Sabine had like 3 good weeks right after the 3 month mark but then it came back. And yup we have made several sick visits to the ped to see if there is something else wrong with her because i was just at my wits end. My doctor didn't seem very interested until she had a fit in front of her and then she seemed slightly concerned. I swear I've cried more then the last 4 months then i have in my whole 26 years bunched together!

How are your girl's sleeping habits now? Sabine seems to have a lot of trouble with sleep so i'm really curious. She only takes very short naps and is SO hard to settle.

Thanks again for your reply it really makes me feel better!!!

[Bokonon]

I don't have experience with colic, but my DD has been a high-needs baby since birth, and I'm pretty sure I couldn't have survived colic!

[Katie T]

All of mine have had colic and the one that had it the worse (almost all day and well into the night) is my calmest kid. I can't remember when it really improved but I want to say around 6 months.
From birth to 6 wks she screamed all.the.time then she finally took a binky (I had bought every binnky made and would try them all daily) she took that and would only cry/scream from about 4pm to about 12a. Then at 4 months she found her thumb and it improved a little more and then by 6 months she really got the hang of the fact that she controlled the thumb and was much easier to sooth.

I can totally understand how you are feeling right now, it feels never ending but it does I promise. You are getting to the tail end of it I think and then it will just be a memory. Strange thing is how bad it was fades and I would still have another baby even though I am sure they would have colic as well.

Hang in there mama!

[sunnygir1]

My dd had colic/tummy troubles until 7 months. I couldn't make it go away through diet, but I could make it worse by eating certain things, so my diet was very restricted until she was 8 or 9 months.

My son's got better around 4 months, what a relief after dd!

[vulnerable]

Originally Posted by KellyandBean

How are your girl's sleeping habits now? Sabine seems to have a lot of trouble with sleep so i'm really curious. She only takes very short naps and is SO hard to settle.

Now? She is in bed around 6:30 unless I decided to go out somewhere with her. Last night we went to the fair and didn't go to bed till almost 10. She slept until 8 this morning. Typical on a normal night she is in bed at 6:30pm and up around 7:30am. Goes down for a nap around 10 wakes up at 12. Then a shorter nap around 2 till about 3. Falls asleep in bed by herself, I just lay there and read and she plays with her toys or feet and passes out.

A few months ago..5-10 min naps in a swing and a car ride at night that put her to sleep for a few hours. Then I spent the rest of the night walking/crying her around my house! It was horrible and I feel for anyone that is going through it especially if its your first kid.

Hang in there it does get better. I never thought she would be over it. I never thought I would actually be able to go out in public with her lol. I used to stop for fast food (i ate more junk food in those 7 months than I did my entire life), drive for an hour or two every night because I was worried about taking her to the grocery store. I dreaded Dr visits because of the screaming and people staring at me like I was some kinda terrible mother. I basically was a homebody for 7 months, and that is so unlike me.

Now I am pregnant again and worried the next one will have colic..but if he/she does, well I know how to handle it this time...kinda lol

[morganlefay]

Hang in there; it does get better. My DD had terrible colic that got slightly better after three months and I think it went (mostly) away between 6-8 months. Then she had sleeping problems for a few months But now she is a happy, intelligent, fun two-year-old that sleeps great! I wouldn't say DD has behavior problems, but she's always been intense. I do think things started to get much better when she started walking and talking. As horrible as the colic was (it was probably the most difficult timein my life), I still want another baby! You will get through this.