Colicky baby - out of the box ideas

[Anonymous]

I used to swing on the swings with mine in a carrier..

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I used to swing on the swings with mine in a carrier..

That sounds like fun. And reminds me to look into carriers.

So far we have determined he hates the following:

He hates the park. He hates being home. He also hates riding in a stroller, being held, not being held, being changed, and Trump.

Well, we didn't try Trump. But it's safe to say he'd cry from Trump too.

[Anonymous]

Re silent reflux and weight gain - paradoxically, as a GI explained to us, these kids want to keep drinking bc as the milk/formula go down, it feels soothing. They don’t spit up line non-silent reflux babies do hence the normal, and sometimes too much, weight gain.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Re silent reflux and weight gain - paradoxically, as a GI explained to us, these kids want to keep drinking bc as the milk/formula go down, it feels soothing. They don’t spit up line non-silent reflux babies do hence the normal, and sometimes too much, weight gain.

Sometimes. My kid with silent reflux, was stimulating his vagus nerve and triggering asthma and burning a huge number of calories with work of breathing.

Reflux can look all different ways. I think it's easy for parents to think "Oh, I know (or had) another kid with reflux and they (lost weight, gained weight, spit up, wheezed, loved/hated the stroller/swing/carrier) and this kid is different so it must not be reflux. But in reality reflux can look so many different ways.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Re silent reflux and weight gain - paradoxically, as a GI explained to us, these kids want to keep drinking bc as the milk/formula go down, it feels soothing. They don’t spit up line non-silent reflux babies do hence the normal, and sometimes too much, weight gain.

Op. Noted.

For those concerned, I am planning to make a GI appointment next week, unless he manages a miraculous recovery before Monday... it can't hurt and it will make me feel like I'm doing something about it. Don't worry about waiting long, we are best buddies with the GI office already, and frankly i dont think they'll say anything new, but might as well dot our i's and cross our t's.

[Anonymous]

Bouncy ball with white noise near you, facing a darkened window/reflection.

Also, put him down and walk away and do five burpees.

Have someone come over and help you.

I had a colicky baby for my first (I have four and they’re older now- early 20s and teens) and it was so so so hard.

Are there just some times a day when it’s bad?

[Anonymous]

Op, I had a baby on ready made alimentum and they were there bc of blood in stools and dairy allergy. I’m questioning your pedi who said “this is normal we see it all the time.” Mine was clear that blood in stool is not normal. Over time on the right formula it should test negative. It took 1-2 weeks for my baby to test negative. glad you got reflux meds too.
If blood in stool doesn’t test negative soon and your baby is still crying this hard on Alimentum, you probably need to think about trialing the elemental stuff soon.

I know it’s stressful. but when you find the right combo the baby will be better and you will feel better too . I hope soon it gets better!

[Anonymous]

Try the expensive high quality probiotics!

Visbiome

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5852771/

“Conclusions: Administration of a probiotic-mixture appears safe and reduces inconsolable crying in exclusively breastfed infants.”

[Anonymous]

Probiotic brand recommendation from another mom: https://babyprobiotic.biogaiausa.com/

I really wish that I had known about this with my son.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Swaddling really helped my colicky baby as did the baby swing, in addition to alimentum.

Hates swaddling. Baby swing stopped working about a week ago. But it was a very small one. Debating getting a stronger one.

It was 8 years ago, but my colicky baby LOVED the zipadee zip sleeping bags - it was tight on her body/torso but allowed movement of her limbs.

We also used medication for reflux which I think helped a little bit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I used to swing on the swings with mine in a carrier..

That sounds like fun. And reminds me to look into carriers.

So far we have determined he hates the following:

He hates the park. He hates being home. He also hates riding in a stroller, being held, not being held, being changed, and Trump.

Well, we didn't try Trump. But it's safe to say he'd cry from Trump too.

Aw, OP, glad to hear you've at least got a sense of humor about it! Good luck, it was so hard, and I know this doesn't help you now at all (in fact, probably pisses you off), but they do grow out of it. My colicky baby is now a hormonal tween, though, so she's back to crying a lot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Probiotic brand recommendation from another mom: https://babyprobiotic.biogaiausa.com/

I really wish that I had known about this with my son.

This is what we used for my son and it really seemed to help.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Walk outside for hours a day. Even in rain and cold.

This does not work once he has ramped up the crying.

Yes it does. No one is calling CPS for a colicky newborn.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Check the tooth chart. When my baby was colicky a tooth was usually about to break through. We gave them Motrin and everyone was happy again.

That's not colic, that's fussing. You don't know what you are talking about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bicycle exercises with the legs, tummy massage, baby wearing.

These helped us the most, including skin on skin baby wearing. So many leg bicycles. Plus sometimes the swaddle.

Also dancing but not little up and down bumps, but like big swoops. Best to do with a partner along, kind of like waltzing while wearing the baby.

We didn't try this at the time, but I wonder if nose cancelling headphones would have been helpful BOTH for the parent taking the break and also maybe the baby who i think was sometimes just over stimulated. Not sure if they're safe on a baby's head, so look into this before trying.