Crying and Colic

We are having a problem with Joshua and his crying. It seems to be that every night after 8pm he starts crying for 2 hours straight (only stopping to feed - which I think might no be helping). I had a read of some posts that had colic in the titlr and got some info. But my question are - does colic happen for a  reason? What wonder things have you used and worked for colic? Did your baby also bring up feeds with colic? I'm coping with the crying (just), by using a quiet voice talking to him getting to relax, but DH can't handle crying and that can work me up.

Hi mummy_becks,
Don't know much about colic. But do know my son cried alot when he was a little 1. He used to bring up milk after feeds and be really unsettled. Have you spoken to your M/W or plunket nurse?? He may posibly have reflux, where the tubes of their throat dont close properly and bits of milk escape, and leave a burning sensation in their throat, which can be painfull. We used to raise 1 end of the cot slightly (where babies head goes)so he wasnt lying flat and the milk couldnt escape that easy. And things like gripe water, tummy massages etc. My son wasnt offcially diagnosed with reflux, am sure there is precription meds that are better than gripe water if it is reflux. Is he B/F or bottle??
Hope this helps and big hugs for you, i so know what your going through.

We had exactly the same thing and it went undiagnosed for AGES because according to my Plunket nurse if she wasn't pulling her legs up into her tummy it wasn't colic (even though she had every other text book symptom! )

Anyways, after we went through a whole bottle of gripe water which did nothing! We found Infacol which is the best thing in the whole world ever! It basically collects all of the little bubbles that get stuck in the tummy and makes it into one big burp.
I read that babies cluster feed more with colic as the milk calms the feeling of bloating and soothes them, but as they are drinking more the whole cycle repeats itself.
Caitlin has grown out of the colic now as she is sitting up heaps and shuffling around that eases the gas up (or down )

I know how aweful colic is when your poor little darling is screaming for hours on end, doesn't make for a happy time that's for sure!
If you have trouble getting the Infacol PM me as I bought heaps and I think I might have a bottle spare.

GOOD LUCK!

Toni, Ella's was never diagnosed. I had no idea until last year, when someone else was having the same problems with their newborn, that it could have been colic. Stupid midwife I was seeing at the time told me it was normal, no other advice Looking back, I had PND too as DP was working from home every night, until the early hours so I couldn't hand Ella over to him

Mummy_becks,   Brenna did the exact same thing and was diagnosed with both colic and silent refulx. We found 'Weleda colic powder' turned her into a different baby. That and using a thickener before each b/f. The weleda powder is all natural so you can't do any harm, or give too much. I used to give it to her before each feed in a thing called a 'Munchkin'. I brought it at a chemist.

If I was you, I would go see as many people as it takes until someone helps you!! I spoke to doctor, MW and plunket and then finally found out about the waikato family centre and they were brilliant!!! I have now got a happy and settled baby thanks to them (I was also having problems with brenna not sleeping during the day due to constant crying from about weeks 3 - 7). Their number is 07 834 2036. It is a free service that asks for donations when it can be afforded by you. Hope this helps

Big hugs to you