My .S.I.L is going through the same thing.

Call her dr and see what he/she thinks it could be.

Maybe colic?

Sarah

That sounds like one of my babies.. She fights her sleep. Her doc told me its just something I have to deal with

Finn was like that for the past 3 weeks. He would fight sleep and stay awake for 8 hours at a time and it was ugly. Nothing I did soothed him and I was so stressed out. I just chalked it up to colic and dealt with it but he's been so much better these past few days.

Hopefully this is just a short phase and ava will be better soon. Do you think it could have anything to do with moving her out of your bed?

The doctor said that it was colic, but it just started three days ago, so I guess I was in denial hoping it wasn't. I hope it goes away soon. I don't know what's the deal with her wanting a 2 oz. Bottle every hour though. That's ridiculous and exhausting having to fix a bottle every hour.

She doesn't want a bottle. It's the only thing that calms her down though....But it will eventually turn into comfort feedings and that ain't good.

If you're feeling a bit overwhelmed, call your .Dr and talk to him about medications to help calm your nerves. Cuz we all know how crazy we can go when our baba won't stop screaming

sarah

Okay, here I go again...

There is no such thing as "colic".

Babies cry for a reason. Whether it be acid reflux, a milk protein-soy protein intolerance, and ear infection, whatever.

Babies dont just cry for the hell of it.

My son did things like that before I found out he had acid reflux and his esophogus was burning him from all the acid coming up. So basically he couldnt eat much at once because his throat hurt everytime he swallowed. His stomach also hurt because he is intolerant to milk and soy protein-which many babies are. If I were you I would try to do some research. Obviously your child is in some kind of discomfort.
Our ped said that 99% of "colic" was actually reflux or milk-soy protein intolerance (or allergy), which my son has both.

She doesn't want a bottle. It's the only thing that calms her down though....But it will eventually turn into comfort feedings and that ain't good.

If you're feeling a bit overwhelmed, call your .Dr and talk to him about medications to help calm your nerves. Cuz we all know how crazy we can go when our baba won't stop screaming

sarah

I mean, every child is different. As is every dr's prescription...

I always had .Nana on soy...So she never gave me any "colic" type behaviors. But, I don't know if it's because of the soy, or because of the baba.

Talk to your dr to find out if there is any underlying issues that might be misdiagnosed as colic.

There is a book, "the best baby on the block". You should look into it. It explains a lot of unknown things about colic and the reasons baba's have it.

It also says how any gas medicne is waste of money. Warm water has the same effect on the bowels as the meds.

Sarah

Well it only happens in the evening, she goes 3-4 hours without a bottle during the night and day time hours. If it would be the milk she'd do it all the time. We went to the Dr. Today and she doesn't have an ear infection or anything like that wrong with her. If I bounce in front of the faucet she's quiet. Tonight I gave her a bath and gave her a noonie and she slept for two hours instead of ten minutes. In my motherly opinion from the time i've spent with my baby day and night I think she just can't calm herself down enough to go to sleep. The bath really helped her.

My baby did the same thing for weeks and it was a nightmare - I really sympathise with you! It will get better though, it' s only temporary. I found that my son would sleep better if he was sat upright and the best way I found to achieve that was to have him sleep in his car seat! It was one of those detachable ones. I asked my midwife about it because I was worried about the .S.I.D.S risk of him not sleeping on his back but she said it would be fine, as long as he wasn't in the car seat all day long as well as at night. He slept right through the night once I started putting him in there. Also, I found he liked it if I put the radio next to him, on a low volume, with the 'white noise' of between stations so it was going 'shhhhhhhhh'. It really soothed him.

I never thought of the radio noise. That's a good idea since she loves the faucet.

there is such a thing as colic but colic is most often a symptom of something else.

Colic is intestinal pain and colic killed my horse - trust me colic exists.

But in babies intestinal pain is a symptom not a cause - usually.
Find and treat the cause - not the symptom.

Kia - totally off topic but you probably know: is it true that horses can't vomit?