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Grunting Baby
Asked by K.F. from Portland
on June 20, 2007
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Does anyone have any experience w/ a constantly grunting newborn? My daughter is 3 weeks (she was 36.6 wks and considered preemie)and she seems to have great difficult...
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- Hi K.! My daughter had colic starting at 6 weeks. She was the same way with the grunting and the whimpers. The gas drops seemed to only make it worse for her. Here ...
- this is quite a common thing actually...I have a friend with a child around 4 1/2 months old and her baby is finally seeming to grunt less and less. The Ped said to h...
- Babies grunt when they are having trouble breathing. Have they checked her lungs? Given her a chest xray? Was she in the nicu at all? My baby had trouble breathing...
Help with My Colicky Baby
Asked by A.R. from Austin
on April 25, 2009
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This is our second son and he is giving us a run for our money. He doesn't sleep well...harldy at all when he does...and cries all the time. Every night he cries for a...
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- I had a really similar experience with my second son. He cried constantly. After a few doctors visits and considering that it might just be colic, it turned out that...
- My daughter had terrible colic for the first 3-4 months of her life. I breastfed and cut out ALL dairy from my diet. If your son is on formula you may want to consid...
- I would definitely have him checked for reflux- all three of my kids have had reflux and one of mine had reflux and colic- so I feel your pain completely. Does he arc...
Sleepless and Desperate for Help/advice with Colicky Baby
Asked by K.G. from Chicago
on February 14, 2007
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I am desperate for some advice from other moms that may have had a colicky baby. Our pediatrician thought she had GERD so she prescribed Axid for my baby. This was l...
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- K., Congrats and hang in there! Our daughters share the same b'day two years apart. I was just about to type my advice when I saw Karly's advice - EXCACTLY what I...
- Many of my friends have tried gripe water and they all say it's great. Even a pediatrician I know has said that for some unknown reason it does allieviate discomfort....
- I have no advice, just reassurance that this will pass. My son had colic and I think I'm permanently psychically scarred by the experience. Good news is that it did en...
Looking for Ideas to Sooth a Colicky Baby
Asked by K.C. from Chicago
on February 4, 2009
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i'm about at my wits end and need some advice about colic. my month old son for about the last 3 weeks can not be put down at all or else he crys. at night it's worse....
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- Hi K., For those of us that have been where you are today, we feel for you. It is such a stressful time trying to figure out how to calm your baby without going cr...
- If you aren't using a sling, get one.
- K.--are you breastfeeding or bottle feeding or a combination. Something is not agreeing with his digestive system and making him uncomfortable. I can help if you l...
Colic
Asked by P.B. from Chicago
on April 11, 2008
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my sister has a colic baby needs help anyone has a answers,
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- a lot of times people think they have a baby with colic, but I have heard that unless your baby cries continually for 6 hours or more a day without being consolable th...
- I think the book The Happiest Baby on the Block has some great tips for soothing babies. Mine have not had colic but the tips worked.
- Try taking her/him to the chiropractor. I had a crabby/colicky daughter that would just CRY unless she was held...after a couple weeks of going to the chiro she becam...
Very Gassy 2 Month Old
Asked by A.A. from Salt Lake City
on April 2, 2008
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I am a first time mom of the cutest little two month old boy. He has major gas problems, whenever I ask anyone they always say their babies weren't that gassy. Most of...
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- All I can say is Ovol... it's a parents dream. Sometimes my son got very gassy, and it is a gentle way of relieving their gassy problems... good luck!
- If he does have allergies, mangosteen juice would help. It's what we've used for that and spitting up. I have two brands that have been recommended to me, if you're ...
- I had a similar problem with my daughter, I can joke about it now, but then it was really hard. I found the best for us was gas drops, mylicon is good, but the generic...
Difficulty with Bottle Feeding
Asked by L.R. from Pocatello
on February 16, 2008
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I have a 5 week old infant who has gone through a number of formula changes over his short life, is on reflux meds and gas drops w/gripe water (all suggestions from my...
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- Hi! My son had a horible time with reflux, we had to try 4 different meds before we found one that worked with him, which was prilosec. Our Ped also said that it would...
- First of all I would get a second opinion on the colic. You might also want to check the flow of the nipple on the bottle. If it is slower then it may be that he is ...
- This sounds a lot like my nephew. It would take his mom 2 hours to get him to drink 4 oz. because he would suck for a minute and then start crying. She took him to a g...
Colic
Asked by A.H. from Dallas
on April 30, 2007
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I have a five week old and he is seems to be colicky. I can't pinpoint the reason. I have tried swing, bouncer, labor ball and of course walking, talking and singing....
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- Hi A., I feel your pain, as I'm going through the same thing. Fortunately in my case she's 3 months now and growing out of it FINALLY. She still has some episodes...
- Hi A., I had 3 boys and ALL 3 had colic. So I can imagine that your so tired and worn out and just tired of not knowing what the heck to do. I had a few tricks that...
- What they believe causes colic is an immature neurological system competing with a newly active digestive system. If we can soothe them it stops the crying which also ...
My 3 Month Old Worries Me...
Asked by S.F. from Lima
on August 31, 2007
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I have a 3 month old son and he is WONDERFUL. And I'm not just saying that because I'm bias and he's my son, he like NEVER CRIES - to the point of which it scares me ...
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- I would take him in to see the pediatrician. Tell them exactly what you told us about the crying. There are a few reasons that this could be happening one of which c...
- I don't know much about the hard stomach...I think you should call your Pedi on that one. As for the not crying....I can tell you that my daughter was the same way. ...
- My son is 8mo and he is/was the same way never cried!! the 1st time he ever had a fit he was going through the seperation faze! so i think he will let you know if hes ...
2 Month Old with Terrible Gas Pains
Asked by J.M. from Dallas
on May 24, 2006
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My two month old that starting having terrible gas pains last week. He is on formula and breastmilk - both thru a bottle. He was born 5 weeks early and in the NICU f...
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- I would definitely be using semethicone drops. My child had a lot of gas pain too and this seemed to help. Semethicone is very safe and can be used several times a d...
- Hi J.!! Your story sounds very similar to mine! My son was 6 and a half weeks early, 3 weeks in the NICU, and had HORRIBLE gas pain! It made me cringe to see him ...
- Infant Mylicon drops are for gas. They are taken orally. Helped my son... if you are talking about gas as in colic, perhaps you should try a different formula... suc...
