Colic. HELP!

My little boy went through this from weeks 5 to weeks 10. He’s slowly gotten better but not 100%, we still have bad evenings but it’s no where near what it was like for those 5 weeks. Red light, white noise, walking/rocking bubs in your arms, change of temp (standing at front door for short period), bath to try settle/soothe bubs and any form of colic drops (infacol). These are all the things we tried. Not sure if any of it worked but it was something we tried to work through to try and get him to settle each evening. I think they were more of a distraction tool as eventually my little boy would just tire out. GP couldn’t give us anything and just told us to ride this period out. I would also suggest good support system so that if you need a time out you can pass bubs to your partner etc. My mum was staying with us during this period and it was good to take turns (as bad as that sounds) as it can really impact your mental health seeing your baby in pain but nothing you can do x

The best suggestion is to make sure she has been burped. Gas build up hurts their little tummies. Walking around helps, too. Pace feeding if she is bottled feed. If formula feed could be, the formula is upsetting her. If breastfeeding, she could have problems with that. For example, it could have an allergy to cow's milk so you would have to cut that out of your diet. Try lavender baths. The honest brand has great lavender bath soap and shampoo. It has helped me a lot. Try to create a routine. I know it is hard, but you got it, Mama. As long as she is fed and changed, everything else will fall in place in time. A tummy time piano play mat helps to grt her to kick and let out extra farts that are trapped. Farts are worse than burps for a baby.

Like Nicole said, most times when my baby is like this it turns out to be gas. Gripe water has been a life saver for us!

It turned out to be CMPA cow milk protein allergy for us. The drs kept saying colic but we changed his formula to hypoallergenic Nutramigen and then to Alimentium and it all stopped! His belly was hurting so bad, he would cry 24/7 and I was at my witts end too. If you are breastfeeding then cut out all dairy and see if it is that issue.

Same with the moms in the comments. My son at 3 weeks would cry non stop during his wake windows for hours and we thought it was just silent reflex but one day he didn’t go to the bathroom for like 2 days and when he pooped he was so constipated he had some blood from straining so we took him to the dr that day and they tested him for a milk protein all and found out that he did have the allergy and recommended nutramigen and she said give him about 2 weeks to let the breastmilk completely get out his system and he’s a new baby! He’s 2 months now and he hasn’t cried like that since.

Thank you all so much! I spoke with the health visitor and told her I have been suspecting CMPA for about a week and she said I should definitely get her tested because she’s showing a few symptoms of it. We’re going to put her on lactose free Aptamil and see how that works 🥲

@Rebecca same thing with my daughter. It really did clear up after that. I hope everything starts to get better. You are doing the best you can for her and you.

@Nicole Thank you so much! It’s awful seeing them so distressed and in pain so we’re hoping this helps her 🥺 I’m so glad your little one is doing better now! It’s not easy at all.