Coping with Colicky Babies

Seeing babies struggle with colic is very painful for parents. It is a very challenging for parents to help babies deal with colic pain. Some parents have shared with us their experience of dealing with colic pain in their babies. Let us take a look at it. In this articleExperience of Jyoti and SamirExperience of Revati MazumdarExperience of Jyoti and SamirJyoti and her husband Samir had never heard of colic until their baby was born. Recalls Jyoti, Suraj started crying when he was about three weeks old. He went on crying from 7 in the morning until 11 at night. I was nursing him, so the doctor suggested eliminating foods starting with wheat and dairy products but nothing helped. I took him to the paediatrician as I was convinced that something was terribly wrong with him. “Suraj has colic”, said the paediatrician. “You have my sympathy. Theres nothing worse”, he said.Jyoti tried everything to comfort him, but nothing worked for more than a little while. She, however, ended up smoking again, years after she had quit.I was in a mess, Jyoti admits. I hated Suraj, but I fussed over him all the time. Samir really saved the day hed come home from work and take him from 5 to 11; Id go for a walk and cry. But his strength also made me feel like a dopey little princess, unable to cope.Jyoti kept all of her feelings bottled up until, one day, Shalini a friend whose daughter had been colicky, called and said, “Doesn’t it stink?” The dam burst, I told her everything, says Jyoti, and she told me that when her daughter was little, her husband had had to bathe her because Shalini was afraid shed drown her just to stop the noise. Shalini even came to my apartment, cleaned it, took the baby and heard me complain.With her friends help, Jyoti found her strength, and realized she could get through it.Experience of Revati MazumdarA supportive mate can make a big difference. But what happens when your mate cant or wont help out? Revati Mazumdar found herself in that situation when her first child, Amrita, developed colic at two weeks.I had always wanted our baby, but from the beginning my husband was ambivalent about it, explains Revati. When the crying started, he just withdrew. Although, he was supportive in many other ways but in terms of dealing with the constant crying, he was just not there. I was afraid to pressurize him because I didnt want to alienate him any more: it was clear that in this situation I was on my own.To keep her sanity, Revati started keeping exhaustive records of every conceivable variable. How often did the baby eat? How long did she suckle on each breast? Did she burp? Trying to find some connection between the feeding and crying, but there didnt seem to be any.What saved me, explains Revati, was developing a soldierly attitude. I knew that if I was going to have the family I wanted I was going to have to tough it out, so I did, even though I was on automatic pilot most of the time. In the long run, it paid off. Amrita is now nearly three and a delight, she adds.Helping children to cope with the health issues is the part and parcel of parenting. So, you need to gather a lot of courage in order to raise healthy children and a healthy family. You also need to have presence of mind to take immediate action during the times of crises. Seeking assistance from a good paediatrician is a must in order to make sure that children are healthy.