Hello

My sister has a 6 week old baby and he cries and screams all day and all night from colic. She has tried gripe water and medications that contain Simethicone but nothing is working!

Does any one have any other wonders please? Would really like to try and help her out.

Thank you very much

Hannah

Does she breastfeed?

Oh boy...I just went through that. Honestly, the only thing that worked for us was to let it ride out. We tried gas drops, and they did work for a day or 2...but I think they only kind of worked because I was desperate. In hindsight, they really didn't work.

Ava's colic started at 4 weeks old and it miraculously stopped around the 10th or 11th week.

The best thing that helped us get through it was the book "The Happiest Baby on the Block" which tells you how to soothe your baby. Swaddling nice & tight, and often, and a pacifier were the biggest helps.

Also, I took her to see the pediatrician to make sure it wasn't something else. When the Dr. checked her over & reported there's nothing hurting her and there's nothing wrong with her, my husband and I were better able to cope emotionally and get through it better ourselves. Colic is worse on the parents than it is the baby.

I've never tried the Gripe Water.

My daughter had colic for 6 months. thats right I said 6 months. the only time she didn't cry was when she was out in her carriage. she loved the outdoor's. She is now 11 and still loves the outdoor's.

One of my daughters had the colic. She could try putting him in his car seat, and sitting it on top of the washing machine. (of course, don't leave him there unattended), or try running the vacuum beside of him, these really helped us out,we even made a tape of the vacuum, and put a recorder in her bed, and it always quietened her down.

Like Gayle, I highly recommend "The Happiest Baby on the Block" dvd.

One thing that always worked with my dd was turning on the hairdryer.

Also, this sounds strange but it is shown in the dvd: i put her in her swing and jiggled the head of the chair then put it on high speed. Without the jiggling part, she hated the swing but once we did that she would stay in it for hours. wired I know, but somehow it worked.

My dd is now 9 weeks and she is an entirely different baby than she was just a few weeks ago. If nothing else, reassure your sister that it will pass eventually.

Thank you for all your replies, hes still screaming though! My mum has flown over to try and rescue my sister!

Thanks again!

Hannah :)

My oldest had colic until she was like 1 it was horrible. The only thing that worked was the vacuum sound and a vibrating bouncing seat. also we would take a receiving blanket and wrap her up tight and that would help she liked being confined and rocked and then she would quiet down cause I couldn;t run the vacuum all day. also when she was 3 months old my doctor took her off of formula completely and on to 2% regular milk and that helped with the throwing up and gas pans tremendously.

My son was like that... We tried a combination of things... First off, we switched to Dr. Brown's bottles. That and the gripe water a couple times a day helped alot. We also switched to Enfamil Lactofree Formula and he got even better. Also, you can try a wedge for under her sheets for when she's sleeping (it might help a little) And white noise like the vaccuum cleaner running also helped --- I know it is awful, good luck!

Momatheart has good ideas, that is alot of what we did, excpet for the wedge and the vaccuum, DS liked to hear me sing Amarillo by Morning and Beatles songs, over and over and over, lol.
Basically though, there is no cure for colic! Just ride it out. Something that willl help though, is if the person holding the baby is calm, I know that sounds impossible but babies sense anxiety and if the person holding them is upset then they will be more upset. When DS had the colic, my Grandma was best at calming him down, she had raised two of her own children and helped with six others, so she isn't bothered by much.
I hope things get better soon. Colic usually goes away magically around then end of three months.

My daughter was Colic in the first 3 months and she didn't sleep well, and yes cried a lot!!! It wasn't until I did a search on the Internet (after figuring out she would stop fussing when I ran my Hairdryer) that I looked up White Noise and found a CD of a Hairdryer. Yep - and it worked like a champ - in fact, we will use it at night (I run it on repeat so it runs all night long!!!). They also have a vacuum one and an Electric fan - it's a set. It was WELL worth the money and I have even suggested it to my DR (her DR) and he has recommened it to his patients......(I will get feed back at her next apt!). She is and was a changed kid at that point. Another thing that helped was to quit breastfeeding - the gas drops - well it helped with her gas- but she still cried. The Gripe water - didn't work at all.......rubbing their tummy in a clock wise motion (while facing you) helped too. Rides in the car helped......one day I was vacuuming while she was crying and with in about 10-15 minutes of me vacuuming she finally fell asleep - I let the vacuum run for like 1.5 hours. Sounds crazy - but I did it and it worked. (I didn't make a habit of it but it saved my sanity for 1.5 hours that day!!!) It's emotionally hard on a Mom when you are home with them like that - but after about 4 months she was a changed little girl and now is very happy and healthy! If I knew now what I would have like to know then and did it all over again - that CD would come back out and I would use it all the time! Keep the faith - it doesn't last forever, and remember it's OK to let them cry for a while (if you need a break) to just go outside (leaving them in a safe place - crib or whatever) regroup and come back in. I did that a lot......!!!!! ;) ;)

Does he like baths? I know that when ds was like that a warm bath really helped. Hang in there, I know that it feels like it's never going to end, but rest your sister assured that it will, and overnight!

I found this today!!!

Pediatricians in Melbourne, Australia, recruited 90 healthy, full-term infants and mothers. The infants clearly suffered from colic and all were breastfed. One half of mothers went on a diet for nine days that eliminated cow's milk, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, wheat, soy, and fish. The other half continued to consume these foods as part of their normal diet. Mothers filled out journals of their infants' crying and fussiness throughout 24 hours the first two days and for two days on the eighth and ninth days.

Crying was reduced in 74 percent of the infants with mothers on the restricted diet versus 37 percent of the babies with mothers on normal diets. In other words, the infants with mothers on a restricted diet were almost 40 percent more likely to have less crying that the others.