mb- me is jealous! what's a full nights sleep again? i haven't had one of those since before i was pregnant!!! xx

hehe I love it lol sorry I dont like 2 show off but im soo happy lol we will all have full night sleep soon cos they should leave home at 21 hahaha

Hey girls,

Been quiet on the thread hasnt it? We all busy mummies???!!

I know I am. Lilah has been suffering with colic all week. I tell you now, its no fun. Literally screaming in agony from 6pm, till 12 last night. looks like its gonna be a bad one again tonight too.

Ive changed her milk to aptimil, spent a bomb on Dr Browns bottles (after having a stack of avent ones) brought every colic medicine under the sun but nothing works. Its so distressing. HV said she could have an intolerance to dairy which would mean swapping to soya based milk. Its a nightmare here atm. Will be off the the gp in if its no better in a day or so. gfingers crossed.

In other news she's gaining weight. She was 10lb Thursday! Thats double what she should have weighed by this week. She has her mums double chin and everything!!

I hope everyone is doing ok. WL - I can blieve what you're going through hun. Some people are just prone to bad luck! At least you geta nice tummy at the end though- can I have a hernia pls?!

TTFN xxxx

oh bless ya hun must be really hard im hoping aaliyah dont get it its really hot down here so she seems to be really wingy cant really complain cos me mum and sisters have been great but looking forward to going home and having our baby back lol, sleep was good but still wake up every 2 hours

aww shelley
isabel suffers with wind in eve but its not quite as bad as colic...last night i burped her in different positions continuously between feeds and did baby massage on her stomach and it seemed to help as she was a bit calmer...maybe this tactic could help you guys...?

maybe - make sure you keep aaliyah cool hun cos its hot where we are and isabel is covered in heat rash and dehydrated (i found this out cos her soft spot is sunken in and so have just got her checked at out of hours docs) gotta give her some water so have mixed some with expressed milk as apparently BF babies often refuse water!

ok cheers hun ill do it now, i was reading ur thred as well

Oh, Shelley I hope she's doing better tonight.

I bought a DVD called 'The Happiest Baby on the Block'. It's all about how to stop babies crying (when they seem to cry for hours at a time and nothing will sooth them). You can google it, but basically - tightly swaddle, turn on side or stomach (while holding), loud shhhhh-ing or white noise, using a swing, and a dummy/pacifier.

You work your way through the 5 until they stop. They show lots of babies who seem to be in a lot of pain, completely carlming in just seconds. You're probably tried some of it but it's meant to work really well if you put it all together (in order). (Max is a real fusser, for hours, but not so much of a continuous cryer, so I haven't tried the method myself, except for the swaddling and shhhing at bedtime which is helping).


I just found this about it:


•Swaddling - Tight swaddling provides the continuous touching and support the fetus experienced while still in Mom's womb.

•Side/stomach position - You place your baby, while holding her, either on her left side to assist in digestion, or on her stomach to provide reassuring support. Once your baby is happily asleep, you can safely put her in her crib, on her back.

•Shushing Sounds - These sounds imitate the continual whooshing sound made by the blood flowing through arteries near the womb. This white noise can be in the form of a vacuum cleaner, a hair dryer, a fan and so on. The good news is that you can easily save the motors on your household appliances and get a white noise CD which can be played over and over again with no worries.

•Swinging - Newborns are used to the swinging motions that were present when they were still in Mom's womb. Every step mom took, every movement caused a swinging motion for your baby. After your baby is born, this calming motion, which was so comforting and familiar, is abruptly taken away. Your baby misses the motion and has a difficult time getting used to it not being there. "It's disorienting and unnatural," says Karp. Rocking, car rides, and other swinging movements all can help.

•Sucking - "Sucking has its effects deep within the nervous system," notes Karp, "and triggers the calming reflex and releases natural chemicals within the brain." This "S" can be accomplished with breast, bottle, pacifier or even a finger.

thanks sarah have just sent the info you posted to one of my friends whose baby has colic so cries continually as it may help her!

hey wos u jinxed me I have not bf since 11:30 last night and she had her last expressed milk bottle at 6 and my boobs started leacking they bloody kill lol thank god she is waking up now hahah,