To all senior mothers and grandmothers ideas about colic?

Perhaps your grandaughter is intolerant to the formula, speak to the pediatrician. Nutramigen is one of the formulas the pediatrician I worked for prescribed. It is very pricy. If your ddaughter in law is on WIC, she can get the formula with the WIC benefit. If she is breast feeding, she may need to chage her diet. If the baby has reflux, in that case she will be given medication. Also there are drops that can be prescribed by the doctor. Make sure the baby is well burped after meals. Babies usually outgrow this condtion but it is painful for the baby. Babies are sensitive to the proteins in milk. Their tummies are very sensitive

Two of my sons were colicy but back then, the doctor prescribed "paragoric" drops to be put into their milk. They outgrew it in time. Your daughter needs to consult with the pediatrician concerning this matter. If she's nursing, she needs to watch her diet very carefully, especially the carbonated drinks, gas causing foods. (beans, cauliflower, cabbage) I do know that a baby with colic, has to be burped really well & should never be layed down until he/she burps well. I use too burp my sons after every two ounces, & that seemed to work out better for them. They burped well then drank another two ounces, & were burped again. Perhaps the doctor will prescribe over the counter Mylicon Gas drops for babies, for the new little one. I hear it works. Good luck with this matter.

Agree with the others who said your new granddaughter may be lactose intolerant. Try switching to a soy formula and make sure she is in a more upright position when feeding her to help limit her taking in too much air. Give her less amounts in between burping. Belly massage helps, plus laying her flat and bringing her knees up toward her navel...to help move and release gas. Any kind of motion also helps...I was evidently very colicky, and my father still talks about walking around for hours with me high on his shoulder, almost draped over. That seemed to comfort me....and everyone else!

Good luck, and congrats on your new grand'. Gracie

I'm a Father, and went through this. Feeding to much can make it worse, maybe switch to soy milk (it help my son). And don't feed juices with high suger. And be patient, rub her belly..there is something a doctor can give for colic, but they would prefer not to. Good Luck!

Colic is usually pain,gas,in the stomach, caused by over feeding in an attempt to stop the crying but makes it worse.

When my oldest grandson was tiny, he had a terrible time with colic. Our doctor here would not (could not?) help, and it was unbearable. Poor tyke was either asleep, or was screaming.

Finally, my husband phoned a pediatrician at a bigger medical center, about 50 miles away. Doctor heard baby screaming, asked us to bring him right in. Said there was no reason for baby to suffer that much. This doctor gave us a prescription that solved the problem.

my daughter had colic from 3 months to about 6 months old... she was doing this every night til i couldn`t take it.. well i took her out one night in the car and she was quiet and sleeping.. as soon as i stopped the car and shut it off she would start screaming again.. so i decided to put the sounds on a tape and put it in her room when i put her to bed.. guess what it worked.. so i then put it on replay and we slept for the first time that night.. this worked for my daughter and i hope it works for you...on the tape i taped the sounds of a vacuum a car and the washing machine..

My grandma was a full-blood Native and she used to spread out a receiving blanket put the baby's head in the corner, fold one corner over, then the bottom up and roll baby until he's real tight so he's wrapped real tight and hold him close to you and rock. She said baby is used to being in close quarters (the womb) and this tightness gives him the same feeling. It really works we've done this with our babies for years. Some people say it's cruel but baby feels better! I forgot you have to put babys arms down to his side. When their crying and their arms are flying around put them under the blanket! If you try it let us know if it works!!

NOTHING worked for my son!...only thing we could do was pack him up and put him in the car and take him for a ride [imagine at 3 am!] He finally grew out of it in about a month

When I worked in nursery in hospital we would place a nice warm cloth on babys tummy, sometimes it works.

I'm only 33, but I had my son when I was only 18 and living with my mother & grandmother (who were both born & raised in the country parts of Mississippi). It may sound gross, but for my son's colic they suggested putting him in a real cloth diaper, and when he urinated, taking that cloth diaper off, and having him just suck a couple of times on where the urine was. Even though I was against it, they tried it one day while I was at school, and when I came home, and commented on how he hadn't had a crying bout, they told me what they did.