meaning?

* have you tried belly massage?
* have you set up a bedtime routine for her?
* have you tried bathing her just before bedtime?
* rocking?
* bouncing?
* try feeding her in a more upright position?
* try keeping her more upright after feeding?
* stop feeding mid way to burp her?
* try burping her again a few minutes after feeding is finished?
* carry her in a front sling or back pack
* wrap her snugly in a blanket (this is called swaddling)
* keep her moving in a baby swing
* place her near continuous noise or vibrations from household appliances like the dishwasher, vacuum cleaner or washer-dryer
* take her for a car ride or a walk outside
* give her a dummy to suck on
* give her tummy or back rubs
* take a shower together - the warm water may be comforting

try colic drops, gripe water or dimeticone
parental anxiety can be a cause of colic in baies

avoid these foods for yourself:
cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, sprouts, beans, onions, garlic, apricots, melon, spicy foods, caffeine and alcohol.
By reintroducing foods gradually, you may be able to identify which food, if any, is causing the problem.

If there is a family history of milk sugar (lactose) intolerance, you could try eliminating cows milk fromyour diet. Sometimes babies are not able to digest lactose well - this improves as they get older.

It's a good idea to continue breastfeeding because weaning the baby from breast milk may make the colic worse.

Common causes of crying:

* hunger
* tiredness
* lack of contact - some babies want to be cuddled all the time
* startling - eg due to a jerky movement or sudden noise
* undressing - most babies don't like the feel of air on their skin
* temperature - is the baby too hot or too cold?
* pain - is there an identifiable source of pain, eg a nappy rash

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common symptoms of acid reflux:

* pain, irritability, constant or sudden crying, "colic"
* frequent spitting-up or vomiting
* vomiting or spitting-up more than one hour after eating
*not outgrowing the spitting-up stage
* refusing food or accepting only a few bites besides being hungry
* poor sleep habits, frequent waking
* "wet burp" or "wet hiccup" sounds
* bad breath

Ah so confusing, some of it sounds as if its acid reflux with the way she cries and spitting up a while after eating , but she gets hiccups alot too, I hold her all the time she still cries , put her down still. We have a swing I brought it back out to try again, last time I put her in it she didnt like it to much then joseph wouldnt stay off the thing. Hopefully he doesnt notice it out. Jason got her to sleep the one night rubbing her tummy. I tried it last night , didnt work. I always burp her halfway through eating. I dont think its my diet thats bothering her since even when weve use formula the few times its still the same deal. Been there done that swaddling, what sucks is we dont have like colic things here, like gripe water well they might have it at a german drugstore maybe I dunno. But in florida igot it at a health food store haha I had to drive an hr to the place.
Someone told me before like 2 oz of water ina bottle and dissolve a peppermint in it and that helps soothe the tummy. Not sure if anyone has tried that or not.I think ive tried almost everything but the car ride at this point and the gripe water and stuff like that since meds are limited here even vitamin and herb supplements they dont have to much to offer on base either. I might try and keep her awake the rest of the afternoon or something and hope she sleeps tonight, shes been quiet all day sleeping and waking up to eat and diaper change. She gets a lil quiet in the bouncy chair wich has alil vibrating thing on there. But she ends up leaning sideways and looks uncomfy in it lol. After she eats again im gonna put her in the swing and see how that goes. Hopefully something helps. Just sooo tired.

Wow, .Kia basically covered it all.

You also need to get a nap time routine in place, and put her down for a nap at the same time everyday before she gets tired. If she misses a nap or her nap is interrupted etc. She will definately be cranky.

how do u do that with such a tiny little one though? I never got into routines with my son wich sucked because of my parents work schedules and mine and I was the one giving them rides to work etc. So he slept whenever, he had a bedtime by like um 8 mths old but he still didnt sleep all night he didnt sleep all night until 14 mths. Its just when theyre so little I dunno im not sure how to get the whole routine going with naps. Weve been trying to do a bedtime routine but then hubby kinda gives up and leaves me by myself to get her to bed. Wich ends up at 3am after eating not eating eating etc an`d s`creaming . Can u give them at a month old those little tummys gas drops?
Sometimes I think its gas but then she lets out huge burps and stuff then 15 min later she is screaming all over again. With joseph when he had colic the only thing that sorta helped was gripe water after 2 mths of him screaming we finally found that and it worked lol.

at her age she should be taking at least 3-4 naps a day, when she is bathed, fed, and has played for a while just put her down in her crib, if she needs silence to sleep ensure there is pure silence (no loud, sharp noises), close the drapes if necessary and she should fall asleep eventually. And ensure that you do this everyday around the same time. At night it is normal for her to wake up several times a night to feed, ensure that when you feed her you do it in darkness so that there is nothing to stimulate her....That way when she is finished she will fall back to sleep.






this really sounds like acid reflux to me. This happens to me alot and it ends up with me throwing up.

To reduce the gas, when feeding her try stopping and burping her throughout the feeding

Thats why im a lil confused cuz sometimes she spits up like right after eating but then even like an hr or so after eating she does sometimes. I havent really heard much into acid reflux in babies till recently a few people I know there kids have had that problem. Is there like a website with the symptoms of acid reflux in infants on it?
Sometimes she turns red crying if u just lay her down. Like all day today shes been on the couch propped up with the boppy pillow when shes been sleepign wich I tried in the bed last night but didnt happen. Shes been sleepin fine all day like that and somewhat fine in the bouncy chair until I moved her . And she falls asleep fine on me throughout the day.

it's doing it hard being a new mom and thinking that you have to go through months of screaming. I've said it a bunch of times before. And worse.

I hope you never have ppd depression or anything kia if you ever have a kid.

Di, have you tried cutting dairy out of your diet or gving her lactose free formula?

you choose to become a mother.You knew having a crying baby could be something you have to deal with. There are woman out there that cant have kids. So be blessed that you do have kids and just deal with it!

No but then again I dont really have much dairy in my diet to begin with , I am trying to eat more dairy stuff. The formula ihave when ive supplemented is the similac with dha and ara but we hardly supplement unless she seems like she is starving and thats only been a handful of times. Cuz I sit here thinkin maybe its the formula but she is the same way when I just breastfeed and she has had no formula that day. But of course it cant hurt to try right? I tried lookin up stuff on acid reflux as well . Somethings are odd like how can u tell if they have heartburn lol. Sometimes it seems like she jsut wants to eat but then she sucks for like 5 min and starts bobbing her head like crazy and starts crying. And this can go on for alil while. But they say poor weight gain but she is gaining weight fine, just the spitting up way after eating is odd. But he rnose has been congested but its only at night and not during the day.
And she was at the drs waht 3 days ago he said shes healthy as can be so I dont know lol

yes, sometimes you will throw up right after if you are still suffering from the last attack......Or an hour later if the symptoms from the last attack has already disappeared.

.Kia basically said what to look for in infants with aicd reflux....Look at her previous posts.

Also if you are suffering from acid reflux laying down makes it even worse and much more painful, being propped up makes it a little less painful.

jesus christ leave the girl alone. If you think her saying she doesn't know if she can handle months of screaming bad then you don't want to hear what i've said before. So sorry we're not perfect!

never once have I said anything about being perfect.She just seems vey unhappy with her kids cause they are such a bother to take to the dr and the cying bothers her damn what dont bother her and thats all I am going to say ..Bye

i think that was harsh, as a mother it is very frustrating when your child is crying uncontrollably and you can't figure out what is wrong and nothing you try will make it better...........Its frustrating because you feel helpless, combine that with exhaustion and you are a ball of raw nerves and you actually feel like you are going to go crazy with each passing day. Then you begin to doubt your mothering instincts and nature because you can't seem to help your baby and basically everything goes down hill after that.

Critisizing .Tink every chance you get will only make her feel much worse. We need to try and help her right now.

I dont think anyone wants to go through months of a screaming baby not knowing whats wrong or nothing is helping etc. I did it withjoseph and it wasnt fun and I felt bad because we tried like everything under the sun to help him out. I was running out of ideas at the time. Its even harder when by the time she does get to sleep now a few hrs later josephs awake .

And everyone knows all babies cry but colic is likea thousand times worse. Joseph used to scream from 11pm to 5am for 2-3 mths straight lukily I hadnt started back at work yet

For the next few days keep a diary of your baby's routine....Or lack thereof ...Then make a dr's appointment and discuss all this with him and see what he tells you to do....Babies are trial and error....Just dont' keep playing a guessing game when you have a doctor at your finger tips.

okay, this is getting extremely old, not to mention excruciatingly annoying. I don't know what your problem with tink is but you seriously need to stop nitpicking her threads as a way to get in your little digs. If you have such a problem with her and you think she's such a bad mother, then ignore her posts and stop filling up her threads with your venom. It's completely unnecessary, not to mention juvenile.

every mother in the world has felt that way at some point and saying that to other adults, doesn't make you a bad mother. We are all human and we all get fed up sometimes. No one is perfect, not even you. And i'm sure that even you have said that to someone at some point.

that does sound like acid reflux - maybe speak to nat, she has lots of info on that.

i've had more than a fair share of depression thanks, I know full well what depression is like.
And her posts do not sound depressed, just endless complaining about how much of a bother her kids are.
I'll take 'em, send 'em over.

exactly - it is a choice to be a mother, be lucky you got that choice, for some that choice is either taken away or otherwise impaired.

I'd do pretty much anything to have a screaming baby 24/7


for everyone else, it's not having a go at diane.
It's just that it seems as if she is always fed up with her kids or that they are a bother.

No-one said anything about perfection, everyone on her has made mistakes at sometime or another. No-one elses seems to endlessly complain about the nuances of parenting.
It's not even like it's a first baby and she didn't know about sleepless nights and stuff.

My son has acid reflux, I was told he was "colicky" until I did my research-you can pm me.


Some reflux signs:
# constant or sudden crying or colic like symptoms
# irritability and pain
# poor sleep habits typically with frequent waking
# arching their necks and back during or after eating
# spitting-up or vomiting
# wet burp or frequent hiccups
#frequent ear infections or sinus congestion

thats what ive been trying to do and I told him all the stuff etc when I was at the drs on friday. But he really didnt say anything other then she seems fine and healthy . I told him about her eating habits , how much shes pooped. The crying , the congestion still at night. Of course her nose was clear at the drs when we went. But he gave me saline drops that I already got at the store anyways . Hopefully my husband can get off work if I need to take her to the dr, he has my car until his can be fixed since his friend backed into it when it was parked. Shes been poopin alot more today so eh maybe shes been somewhat constipated. Since there have been the few times ive given her formula when shes been this cranky. Hopefully something gets figured out lol I feel so bad when shes like turning red screaming and I dont know what to do.