Any tips for helping my babies colic please?
November 29, 2009 by admin
My baby boy is 6 weeks old this Wednesday. For the last 2 weeks his colic has got gradually worse, despite using anti colic bottles and using infacol or gripe water. Through the day he is so content, but at 6 pm on the dot he starts grizzling and this develops into inconsolable crying until at least 11pm. Then he has his midnight feed and everything goes back to normal?! How long did colic last in your experience and what worked for your baby? Thanks.
Every child is different but here is my story. My baby is now 15 weeks and I went through this from around 3 weeks. We tried Infocol but he screamed so much when we gave it to him, he put more air in his stomach. When he got older we tried gripe water too, it worked for a while then it came back. The best advice I can give is to massage his to stomach in a circular motion with 2 fingers clockwise, then pump his legs. Hold his ankles and then push he leg up bending his knees so they touch his stomach and his feet are next to his bum. Do this around 20 times. At first he will be stiff, but he will soon get use to it. I done this everytime I changed him and it made a real difference. He still some has problems sometime and I do the same thing and he actually passes wind whilst I’m doing this. I really hope this helps as I know what your going through.