Colicky baby - out of the box ideas

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Keep us posted!

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Hugs OP! My first DD had horrible colic during her first couple of months. We discovered the beauty of white noise when one of us started vacuuming while she was crying nonstop and she immediately stopped. Radio static, the dryer, and a white noise machine were also lifesavers during that time. Unless she was sleeping, she would be crying.
It does end, even though it seems like it won’t right now. For my daughter, once she outgrew whatever the issue was (we never figured out), she became the most happy and calm baby. And she’s now a quiet and introverted teenager.
Good luck to you!

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Anonymous wrote:Check for silent reflux and get meds as needed. Alimentum

+1 - Insist on trying reflux medication - it was a game changer for my colicky baby.

Op
Thank you for the tips. I will ask for reflux medication today.
He did sleep some last night, maybe that was the liquid alimentum or maybe he was just tired from the past few nights, but I'm hopeful.

To respond to a few things - my pediatrician said it's too early for GI because he's a month old. And blood in the poop is something they see all the time and not a problem because he's gaining weight.

It sounds like all a GI would do at this point is prescribe reflux medication and recommend the next level of allergic formula.

Thanks to the poster who knew in depth about the difference between nutramigen and alimentum, that was super helpful

I am sure my neighbors won't really report me to CPS, but it's a quiet neighborhood and he probably would really wake people up, and I need to save up goodwill for when he's a mischievous little boy. Also, the weather is terrible. But if he has another night like last night then I will totally take him walking- it just doesn't help my nerves any to be walking a screaming baby.

You need a better GI. Formula alone may not do it. My kid wouldn't drink those. We did a mix of sensitive and rice starch Similac (they have since changed the names). But, the key was reflux medication. Your ped is wrong. They need to test the poop.

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I'm so sorry. I don't know a magical solution. I exclusively breastfed and did dairy free/soy free (we did a weekend of alimentum once but it didn't help.... and at 6 months allergist told us our daughter also had a dairy allergy and to avoid any thing like alimentum/nutrimagen... fortunately she aged out of that and now chugs milk and eats cheese non stop).

mine screamed all night long for hours-- i just had to constantly feed, hold her up, change diaper, repeat, she grew out of it by 7.5ish months but it was so so rough.

we used famotodine which i can't tell if it helped (if it did it was very inconsistent... and had to keep increasing and increasing).

your neighbors will not judge if your baby screams during a walk. mine was usually calm while lying in the bassinet for walks but never in the at home bassinet. drs do not recommend sleeping inclined...

i'm not endorsing this but i was told due to reflux to hold up for 30 minutes after every feed and mine wanted to nurse continually at night due to the pain so would just end up holding her sitting up and i'd often fall asleep (and then startle myself awake terrified that i could've smothered her)

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When my kid would be screaming inconsolably, putting him in front of the mini-split fan weirdly helped. I think he would get all worked up and hot and screaming and a blast of cooler air helped reset him. So I guess my advice is to try a fan? Also, noise cancelling headphones.

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Op
Less blood today than last time
Continues to gain weight
We have a wonderful pediatrician and I'm not going to second guess them about the formula or GI.
Pediatrician prescribed reflux medication and we'll talk about thickener if that doesn't work.

Also, he was delightful on the way to the Dr and at the Dr and started screaming on the way back. So at least he performs nicely to an audience.

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Anonymous wrote:Op
Less blood today than last time
Continues to gain weight
We have a wonderful pediatrician and I'm not going to second guess them about the formula or GI.
Pediatrician prescribed reflux medication and we'll talk about thickener if that doesn't work.

Also, he was delightful on the way to the Dr and at the Dr and started screaming on the way back. So at least he performs nicely to an audience.

Your ped is not a specialist and your child is suffering.

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Anonymous wrote:We found gently bouncing on a large exercise ball while holding the baby helped. Especially at night and facing a window, he would stare at the darkened window and something about the combo of bouncing/light reflecting in the dark was soothing.

An exercise ball is also what I was going to suggest. You can get good rhythmic movement going using less of your energy.

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Anonymous wrote:Op
Less blood today than last time
Continues to gain weight
We have a wonderful pediatrician and I'm not going to second guess them about the formula or GI.
Pediatrician prescribed reflux medication and we'll talk about thickener if that doesn't work.

Also, he was delightful on the way to the Dr and at the Dr and started screaming on the way back. So at least he performs nicely to an audience.

You’re not required to tell your ped that you’re cheating on them. Your relationship with your child matters more than that with the ped.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Op
Less blood today than last time
Continues to gain weight
We have a wonderful pediatrician and I'm not going to second guess them about the formula or GI.
Pediatrician prescribed reflux medication and we'll talk about thickener if that doesn't work.

Also, he was delightful on the way to the Dr and at the Dr and started screaming on the way back. So at least he performs nicely to an audience.

Your ped is not a specialist and your child is suffering.

I would 💯 go see a GI specialist. There is no downside, and they may (very likely) know something that your pediatrician does not, because that is their specialty.

Seriously, there is no downside. Make an appointment.

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The pediatrician is right there is nothing a GI can do right now. That said , specialists book out far so you could make an appointment now if you wanted.

Been through this and the GI said they can only scope and they’d never scope such a young kid.

I think it’s gross that people are shaming op on this point. Let’s keep this a helpful thread

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If reflux insist on Nexium. Worth it.

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Anonymous wrote:The pediatrician is right there is nothing a GI can do right now. That said , specialists book out far so you could make an appointment now if you wanted.

Been through this and the GI said they can only scope and they’d never scope such a young kid.

I think it’s gross that people are shaming op on this point. Let’s keep this a helpful thread

This is 100% untrue that a GI can’t do anything. My oldest cried so hard that one time our ped (a mother herself) happened to call during g one of his screaming stints and thought he needed to go to the ER if the crying didn’t subside within X time. We got Nexium after I insisted and writhing DAYS my baby slept and his whole personality changed. He stayed on for maybe 6 months and then we slowly stopped. I had to insist on Nexium and I was right. My younger kids all had silent reflux that was managed by the ped with that other med i forget. All are much older now and totally fine.

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Op
Last night was relatively good. I was hopeful the liquid was solving the problem

Alas today is terrible in terms of fussing. Although I'm impressed that a 9.0 lb baby can keep down 4 Oz at a time. It'll be hard to keep up with the liquid!

Re GI, I appreciate the concern, but everything mentioned has already been done by my pediatrician (or is waiting on being done). My pediatrician has prescribed antacid and it's being held up by cvs. Meanwhile he is gaining weight really well, so I am not overly concerned long term.

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I did take him out to the park today and he didn't like it one bit.

Anyway I've come up with a good term to describe holding him right now

"Screechy baby snuggles"