Crying baby

Sounds like colic

My parents used to put us in the car and drive us around to get us to stop crying and fall sleep. When my son was about baby I would take him into the bathroom with the lights off so it’s pitch black and sing a lullaby and that worked for him but he wasn’t colic

could be colic, go to a gp maybe?

Gripe water , colic drops may help , but yeah I’d speak to doctor x

It gets better I promise! You’re doing a great job, right around this age is when they are at peak crying and sometime for just no reason. A few weeks ago I was in the same situation and then one day I realised I’d barely heard him cry all day and it started getting better 😊

Yes this was peak crying for me too! I think they are starting to figure out they are part of the world and not with us anymore and it’s scary for them!!

Sorry to hear you are going through a difficult time, it can be really overwhelming during times like this! Could it be an allergy, does he have excessive bloating, constipation, diarrhoea etc? Our daughter used to cry a lot and we thought it was colic and it turned out to be an allergy. Another avenue to possibly look down is cranial osteopathy - our daughter had a birth strain that we were unaware of for months, but it was picked up by a friend and we were recommended to go to someone and it honestly changed our little one’s demeanour completely! Things like long labour, forceps, csections etc can all have an effect! This is something our Cranial Osteopath spoke to me about - I had gone through all of those things listed!! Hope it gets better soon, remember to take a breather and look after yourself too xx

Mine is a month now and if she’s awake she’ll almost always be looking for food, which is why the pacifier helps a lot, but I’d say maybe 25% of the time she can just chill while awake, but most likely needs to be held. Otherwise it’s food, pacifier or crying for it, and of course the crying gets worse towards the end of the day and she needs a lot more support and contact to get to sleep. It does get better, but there are some pretty rough phases at times of them being super active, not sleeping and fussy but it eventually evens out, especially when they can interact with you more. Do you have a swing? That seems to really help too.

Sounds like there might be a problem, maybe he’s ill? Going to a gp might be worth it. Could be as simple as feeding more?! Definitely get him checked out and see a specialist if you have an inkling

Everyone says colic... colic is just a word they use for crying baby, that doesn't help you! You need to find the reason behind the 'colic' - excessive crying, and prevent it rather than just treat it. I've been through a LOT with my daughter, now 4. She was allergic to the protein in cows milk, it gave her constipation and Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), you couldn't see GERD just that if she was ever put on her front or led down before at least a good 45 mins after milk she would sick it back up. To her, it was absolute agony! All the way up her food pipe, and all the wind in her bowels. Crying could also be due to wind. If you get excess gas in your bowel it can be uncomfortable to painful depending on your pain tolerance, for a baby with under-developed bowels it is agony! It could be a number of things, it could just be the '4th trimester' if you haven't heard of it, read up about it, it explains so much that nobody ever seems to tell anyone. It's always worth getting support from GPs & HVs.

@April colic is actually a digestive issue, so no its not pawned off as ‘excessive crying’ babys get colic with too much gas in milk, or having a reaction to allergens in mothers breast milk, so please be aware of that, completely respect what youve been through and im sure the fact it was pawned off as colic for you gave you a bad experience but dont deminish it as an illness all together:)

Thanks everyone!! I went and bought colic bottles today, as I don’t think LO is eating enough while nursing, causing him to be upset. Hopefully it subside soon, or I will check with his pediatrician. Feels good to know some of you have also been here, and that it gets BETTER! I just want my baby happy🙏🏼

My son was like this and turns out he was allergic to milk! Switched him to a prescription milk and almost instantly was better!