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All babies in our family given Woodwards Gripe Water,

Also from way back Farleys Rusks in warm water fed to them.

As this was years ago, dont know if all the above mentioned are still available.

Always rubbed the tums as well.

my son suffered from it terribly - I found a spoonful or two of fizzy lemonade eased it

Hi ask a chemist to make up some rhubarb and soda. I used infacol and no luck, the ruhbarb and soda worked a treat. good luck

Havent read all the way through but if no one else has suggested it, try rolling you a cot or pram sheet so the matress is at a slight angel this help my daughter had colic and nearly drove me mad..in the end the mt GP prescribed something for her I used to give her 20 mins before I fed her worked great.

My eldest had colic. Nearly drove us crazy. As suggested laying on tummy across your knee helps at the same time drawing up the babies knees froggy fashion.This helped during the day.
However from 6-10 each night she screamed and nothing helped. At 10pm each night she stopped crying . It was so strange.
It usual gets better after 3 months and yes early solids seems to work even though it isnt recommended.
Having Sat night off with the help of grandparents was such a help . Thankfully my other 3 ( all boys) didnt have the problem

My eldest suffered with colic, I used gripe water, it used to be some for the baby and some for me, love the stuff, used to give her some before I fed her, then after feeding and winding, I used to get a hot water bottle that wasn't too hot, wrap it in a towel, put it on my knees and lay her across it and then sway my legs side to side. That used to always do the trick.

my only suggestion is..

I know some have mentioned Gripe Water, but it is good for colic I used it on mine who was suffering awful with colic.

After giving it, leave for about 5 mins then lift babes up via under the arms and hold, that should relieve the wind one end or the other, it worked with mine

but hope bubs starts to settle soon

Kim

Irishgirl - when I said dump - I meant dump - it was as fast as her little legs could get out of the garden gate on a Friday teatime having left her son and was always late back on Sunday to pick the little angel up! - we had that for at least 2 months.

my 20 month had it, i gave him woodwards gripe water, but remember to burp after a feed and when feeding from bottle to make sure the baby doesnt suck on air from in the bottle that gives them colic... release the bottle so the air bubbles up... do that by tipping the bottle when the baby releases during a feed.
wish the wee mite better, ashton and parsons powders work aswell
xxx

Johnsons do baby oil with lavender in it - think Tescos do it as well. I have to massage my hands with baby oil and OH brought ne a new bottle it had lavender in in! Soothes me - worth trying on baby.

Interesting i will look for that book, and i will try the lavender. Lol i like the one about nanny having baby at weekends, well i had them all last weekend and took baby during the night, loved every min, and guess what there due here again tomo for the weekend.lol

on the bupa site it says use lavender to rub on baby ....well Johnsons ..........do a bubble bath with it in .............

Have you read the Contented Little Baby Book by Gina Ford? She claims by using her methods of structured feeds and naps she's cured every case of colic she's come across.

Rose

The problem with gripe water is that they took the alcohol out!!!..........................not so good

But it still worth a try ....

What a nightmafre babies with colic are, I used the special colic teats and a herbal drink, fennel, it solved my little ones problems, when he suffered servere colic, gosh he is 22 now, good luck X..

Thanks Kemp, gosh first inj already i had no idea!!!!!!!

Yeah it's so unfair bless him and mum and dad. Just wanna take his pain away.

All I can say is do what my daughter did - dump the baby with g.parents each weekend! g.son nearly 20 and I remember with horror the day and night colic from 3 mths. We took the baby to give them some sleep at weekends whilst here, OH, myself and son took it in turns - tried everything changed from breast milk, to different types of food, different bottles, different teats, goats milk, bottles with plastic liners. I thought colic usually came at around 3 months - fingers crossed for you.

Sorry but at 3 weeks I would give him a drop of capol as hes due his first injection next week so they would give it then ........

Poor little mite ...life aint fair is it

Hi, only just come back thanks for all your replies i will take on board everything that's been said.
Just to let you know i am the nanny. He has just gone on to formula milk, as mum found it so hard with the breastfeeding. Midwife said he has colic, he is only 3 weeks old bless him, they are having a rough time tonight with his screaming!!!!!!!

When my daugher was a baby I never put her over my shoulder and pat her back to "wind" her - I had read somewhere that it was only something the western culture did. When she had finished feeding I would just lay on her front across my lap for a while before putting her in her cot - she never had colic.

Well I say never - she did once after ,my mum had looked after her and she had done the burping over the shoulder thing with her. lol