What Does Colic Look/Sound Like?

May 30, 2007 - every night in the Duszynski household!

This is sweet baby G, who suffered from awful "colic" for the first 12-14 weeks of her life. Here she is at about 9 weeks of age, demonstrating her typical evening routine! Every night without fail, she'd begin to cry around 5:30 and was inconsolable for several hours. We tried everything -- symethicone drops, eliminating dairy, caffeine and tomato products from my diet (and thus, my milk), medication for GERD/reflux. Time was the only cure!

I had my husband take this video to show to the pediatrician when I took G and her twin brother in for their 2-month well child checkup. She was such a happy and calm baby during the day, no one believed me that she cried all night long! :)

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[yariipr81]

My baby does da same thing.. she is 3 months old n im soooo sad dat i cnt do nuttin to help. She also has acid reflux.. any suggestions?? at dis point ill try anythin :'(

[sduszynski]

@yariipr81 - No, there's really nothing you can do until she outgrows it :( For us, Gianna completely outgrew it at four months - she was like a totally different baby! We did try meds for acid reflux for a while because we thought that might be the problem, but they didn't help. Did your pediatrician do the barium test for GERD to make sure that's what it is?

I'm sorry I can't help more -- just know that it gets better, and hopefully soon!

[hvitarosin]

Wow, she soundes like my daughter. She still has colic and is five months old now!

[sduszynski]

Oh no! The good news for us is that Gianna "outgrew" her colic around 4 months and now she is a very cheerful 10 month old baby! I hope your daughter outgrows her colic soon!

[lostindiancamp]

@heidiphillipss

No the twins I used to babysit were the loudest babies alive, especially the one that had the high pitched scream. They were just brats though. Every time I woud put one of them down they would scream. They were just used to being held all the time.

[Jiimy33]

You think this is loud, you should see my reflux baby! She is 4 months old. She pulls my hair and hits my face and whales. She is going for more testing next week. It is so awful. I hope she ends up growing out of it too. She is on Previcid and also has severe protein allergies and is on prescription formula.

[heidiphillipss]

that is the loudest baby alive!