Colic baby

Hi! I have been told by a doctor that my 4 week old may have colic, I am a first time mum and not sure what to do!

My baby is very clingy and will not settle, this is not a massive problem for me as it’s great for bonding but can be overwhelming at times and also hard to get things done.

We use colief drops in his formula milk and cannot tell if it’s helping, any advice from mums who are going though this or have before would be great and much appreciated x

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I have and am going theough this n the colic was awful. For the current baby going through it colief drops helped. Do you put them in every bottle and the right amount of drops? Just checking. Also I do mam bottles but have tried and failed dr browns which suprised me as dr brown bottles alone helped my baby who suffered previously. Also making sure to get the wind up some babies have extra wind.. I have a very windy baby and infacol can help too

Colic robbed me of my beginning of motherhood… its not for the faint hearted and i really do feel for you!! I used to Colief drops and i noticed a difference after 6 weeks. Just takes time! I switched to mam bottles and used the drops in every bottle

I spent alot of my time out walking and in the fresh air, was the only time it really seemed to settle her, bicycle kicks and tummy massages helped with any trapped wind and ease of tummy aches when she scrunched up and going to baby groups at the local family centre seemed to help distract her.

I used to also do a warm bath then bottle and bed in a room that had red light and white noise machines to help settle her during the witching hour period

I really do feel for you, colic is horrid but remember it doesn’t last forever ❤️

I agree to all of the above mentioned. Fresh air and on the move helped but also my baby preferred the carseat on wheels maybe the position and screamed in carrycot or preferred being on me in baby carrier. Ergo baby carrier is so comfy to wear defo recommend that one. Tummy massages too and holding baby to my shoulder alot more.

We tried everything from drops to prescribed cmpa milk and only thing that helped medication wise was gripe water, only really took the edge off though.

The best things that got us through this were baths, belly massages for wind and reggae, specifically Bob Marley. Hahaha he was my life saver during the colic days. Also we were giving her the wrong flow teat and sorting that did make a difference.

So sorry you’re going through this it takes the whole newborn experience away from you but once she got to like 3/4 months it gradually stopped and then one day around that age it was just gone?? Weirdest thing but it will pass!!!!! Best advice I got was take it day by day bc I just stressed myself out more trying so many new things. But also easier said than done when ure a new mum. Shes now 6 months old and is the happiest baby ever, I really didn’t think I’d ever see the day!

Good luck!You’ll be out the trenches sooner than you know it and it will be BLISS🥹

Lots of good advice here. My second son has had horrendous colic, from weeks 8 to 15 ish. He is starting to get better now and I am not sure if he has just outgrown it / his digestive system has developed, or if its because I cut egg out of my diet because I suspected an allergy (breastfed baby). Just do what you can for your sanity. I think my baby having colic had a huge effect on me and my ability to bond with him, because he cried all day every day and barely anything would stop the screaming. Hopefully better days are ahead for you soon.

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My husband and I keep arguing about our newborns milk intake and possible reflux/tummy issues

We keep having the same argument! I'm tired of it, and he keeps making me feel bad.

I need opinions and experience from other mums. (I do also have the Health Visitor coming out on Tuesday)

Our baby is 3 weeks old and formula fed. She is currently having 4oz bottles made up but I am convinced she doesn't need that much milk in a single feed.

She will however finish the 4oz bottle. My husband assumes she's finishing the bottle because she hungry for it and wants to give her 5oz now.

However from my perspective ( the one who does most of her feeds), she will finish a 4oz bottle but is screaming her head off afterwards, scrunching her little body up so tight and is clearly very uncomfortable and in pain. (Even after burping) So this tells me she's either had too much milk and is having silent reflux (I can hear her bringing it up and swallowing it back down), she's in discomfort because she's just so small to be digesting the milk and needs smaller feeds, or it's extra wind I haven't been able to get up. Maybe its a combination.

So my solution is to give her less milk (maybe 2-3oz), wind her a few times throughout the feed, and then keep her upright. She may just want fed more often but that's okay, as long as she's not in major discomfort afterwards.

My husband thinks this is silly, that I'm starving her by giving her less milk and that I'm causing her too much distress by stopping to burp her multiple times. He thinks she's just hungry and there's no other issues. But he only does maybe 1 or 2 feeds a day, and usually he just puts her down after and I'm the one who deals with her 10 minutes later when she's crying. He doesn't put two and two together that the reason she's crying is probably the feed? Whether that be because it was fast, too much, reflux or wind.

She's fast asleep on my chest right now after I just fed her. She drank 3oz and I stopped to burp her 4 times, she burped twice and then again at the end and then fell asleep with absolutely no crying whatsoever. She did have a few little refluxy-sounds, like she was going to be sick but swallowed it, but she didn't seem bothered or in pain by it. So I feel like my method has worked better? And stuffing more milk down her throat isn't the right answer. I also understand that he thinks that because she will drink it if its offered, but I've tried to explain that she's likely drinking it because its comforting and soothing in the moment, not because she's hungry.

I always respond to her cues, and will never not offer milk! It makes me so sad that he thinks I'm trying to starve her.

For extra context, she is a big baby, so that's another reason my husband thinks she needs more milk. She was 9lb 4oz when she was born. She was weighed a few day ago and was 9lb 9oz. She is very tall though, not very chunky yet.