Advice History

With my second baby what I thought was colic - constant, ear-shattering screaming, usually after every time she nursed - turned out to be dairy allergy.  It took me WEEKS to figure out why she was so miserable with life, but the very first day of my elimination diet, she became a new baby.  If your baby is appears to have colic and you're breastfeeding (or using a dairy-based formula) I highly recommend cutting out dairy, it worked like magic with my daughter.  It was HARD and it felt like I could barely eat for the four months it took her to outgrow it, but if your baby has colic, you'll probably try anything to get him/her to stop crying!

It may drive you mad at first, but you will get it. You may even get to a point when you see it coming and can ward off the cries somehow. When they are tiny and crying, run through the mental checklist, are they hungry, are they tired, do they need to be changed. Most of the time, it?s one of those in the beginning. When the cries go on and on, it could be that they are too hot or too cold, their clothes are scratchy or uncomfortable or they are just over stimulated. If it?s about stimulation, holding them and rocking them might help calm them. If you can?t soothe them, let your partner try. Sometimes another parent, grandparent or even neighbor can do the trick.