Coping with Colic Babies

I gave birth to my first son after 90hours in labour and an assisted birth. Joshua was born at a huge 8lb 10oz. We got him home and thought the next few months would be blissful - we were in for a big shock. For the first 2weeks Joshua was such a good baby, I breast fed him for the first feed but after that I was so exhausted I could hardly hold him let alone feed him so, as dreadful as I'm sure some people will think it is, I bottle fed him. He took to it all like he had been doing it forever and we had no problems getting the milk in to him, getting the wind out became harder as the days went on but I was assured this was normal and told to just ...  Read the complete review

My much talked about daugher in my reviews had colic as a baby, and without doubt you learn to know what desparation feels like. On a previous review regarding SMA formula milk I wrote that i was advise to stop using this as sometimes the animal fats within it can be problematic and switch to farleys made with vegetable fats. I also switched to using the Dr Brown bottles, now these were pricey I couldn't quote the latest price my daughter is 6 now, and to be honest I don't know if they work or if they are just a placebo, but when you are desparate you will try anything. If you are going to contemplate using them - steal some time to fathom out how you will get ...  Read the complete review

Colic is a very difficult thing to diagnose. In fact, many doctors deny that it exists. Colic is a catch all phrase for a baby this is crying uncontrollably and will not stop no matter what you do. For many people, they think of colic as trapped wind. I am a great believer in the philosophy that human babies are born too early because they would get too big to come out if they stayed inside the mother any longer. Due to our superior intelligence, our heads are bigger than the birth canal. Very few animals in the wild are as vulnerable as a human baby when they are born. I therefore think that we must replicate the womb as much as possible in the early ...  Read the complete review

Our little girl started with Colic, I would say from 1 week old. As soon as she was born her eyes were rolling and she was blowing bubbles...both signs of wind.Our first night at home (2 days old) she was screaming and we didn't know why. By the end of her first week she was so unsetteled and so began Colic. We had nights of no sleep, I would be on the phone to my mum at 6.30 in the morning whilst hubby was driving her down the motorway and I was asking my mum if she will watch her so I can get some sleep. My mum was a godsend from this time. She would cry from 4pm until 11.30pm nearly everynight, on the other nights it would go on all night. She ...  Read the complete review

Firstly I will explain what colic is: it is when a baby cries uncontrollably for a long time and for no apparent reason. No matter how hard you try to comfort them they carry on crying. Experts think that one of the main factors that could cause colic is trapped wind but this hasn't been proven. Most babies grow out of colic after a few months. When my girls were a few months old they suffered from colic, it was only for 10 days, but it was horrible. For some reason they would suffer from it at the same time every night it used to be from 9pm to 12pm. It was horrible as they would scream like they were in so much pain. There face would go red and they would ...  Read the complete review