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Babies, like people, start to act differently from one another almost as soon as their born (earlier, if you ask my wife). My friends had a colicky baby, and t
by Afton 17y ago
Babies, like people, start to act differently from one another almost as soon as their born (earlier, if you ask my wife).
My friends had a colicky baby, and there was simply no way whatsoever to convince this child not to cry/scream. None. No way. There was no set of jostling, shushing, swinging, rocking, jiggling, singing, twisting, or hopping in place that would stop it. And as for the last one, neither of my two children could ever get the hang of a pacifier.
- dasil003 17y agoWhat about swaddling?
- Afton 17y ago> there was simply no way whatsoever to convince this child not to cry/scream Colicky-ness lasts for months. Everything was tried.
- btilly 17y agoI agree that babies act differently from the start. It is also true that a very small number of babies are truly inconsolable, and most babies go through periods of being extremely hard to console. Often with good reason. For instance both of mine developed a painful problem with gas at about 2 months of age. That said, the combination of strategies that I described works amazingly well. The fact that they won't _always_ work doesn't diminish how much they help.