Hours of crying..mainly of an evening..please help!
Hi
We're really struggling with our LO at the moment. For the past few weeks has gone from a very contented baby to one that just wont settle and gets very upset. It seemed that she had trapped wind so we tried her with infacol which seemed to help for a short period but she eventually got worse. The crying has gone from maybe 1 hour to 5/6 hours every evening.
We have recently been to the docs and she gave us colief which she has now been taking for 4 days with no improvement. My doc said if it didn't work try using another formula with no lactose in it.
However after a really bad night I rang the docs to see how quickly the colief should work and I spoke to another doc, not my usual one, and he said to give it a few days and if no improvement try another formula but not one that is lactose free just yet as she has to build up her tolerance to it and if we take it away now she may never have tolerance for it!
So I really dont know what to do now. She is on Cow and gate at the mo so I was thinking of switching to aptamil but do I then carry on with the colief or do I try something else like gripe water or dentinox??
When she cries she has real tears and her legs kick like mad and she arches her back. We're really struggling to comfort her and its awful..please help!
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!!!
Thanks Jo and Niamh (7 weeks) xx
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I wld ring yr out of hours doctor and ask for advice again!!! Have you rung yr midwife /health visitor - I always found them to be much more helpful than GP! xxx
i would advise to change one thing at a time so you know whats happening, if you change the formula keep with the colief, i dont have experience of this as we use gripe water that settled him quite fast.
if your not keen on changing formula maybe try some gripe water and it may be worth contacting the health visiter they are often more knowledgable on these things than the docs x
I sort of know how you feel, Tyler has colic/wind/reflux all been diagnosed by the doctor and we have tried everything. At the moment he is on cow and gate comfort food, Dr Brown bottles and dentinox as we found colief and infacol did nothing for him. He still has bad trapped wind and you can hear it in his little belly but it does seem easier to wind him. We get an hour most nights of uncontrollable crying, I bought Colic Calm from the internet which is all natural ingredients and it seems to calm him within around 20 mins. Its black in colour but he seems to like the taste of it aswell. It is awful to see them in pain and not be able to help, i've forgotten how many times we've been back to the doctor.
sarah+tyler(11 weeks)
If you think it's wind related (which it sounds like you do), then the Colief won't work, neither will Comfort/lactose free milks.
The girls had bad trapped wind and we also used Dr Browns bottles and Dentinox. It wasn't a miracle cure but it definitely helped a lot
xx
I know they don`t work for everybody but they changed our lives dramatically and made me a very happy baby.
So glad it is easing up a bit!
Sarahx