Monday, July 22, 2013

Notes from A Woman With A Bump: Calming A Fussy Baby

Our little angle has started going through episodes of u settled cries every night. It starts around 9pm and lasts for 3 to 4 hours every night. The most calming yet temporary method thus far has been having her nursed. Then again she would start veiling and there is no calming down until next nursing when she would be kicking and screaming as if something is awfully wrong with her stomach.
Colic? May be.
Here are the methods we have tried thus far:
1) nursing - works but for a short period of time
2) walking her - hardly works
3) singing to her - hardly works - it works during the day though when she is up to listening
4) stomach drops - we have tried one: Remedies for Little Tummies - the active ingredient is Simeticone and available in other commercial brands. She seems to like the taste of it, and seems to be calmed but not enough
5) white noise - this has proven to be the most effective one - we have tried putting her close to a working dish washing machine or washer and drier; they all worked.  We also tried the white noises available on You Tube.  The static noise was the least effective, the noise of a moving fan worked some, but the noise of heavy rainfall was magic! It was effective as soon as it got started to the extend that I got worried! It lasts for about half hour and then she wanted to be nursed again but calmly and with no protest.
6) rocking/swinging - this woke before she becomes too fussy or when she is already drowsy for sleep.
So give these a try, of course # 4 after counseling with your pediatrician. And good luck with calming your crying baby! Let me know if you know of other effective remedies.

5 comments:

Nasime said...

If you are nursing watch what your are eating, too. Sometime the things that you eat make her stomach upset. I know one of our friends could not eat dairy products while she was nursing (for the first 4-5 month). I could not eat strawberries and Lima beans :-) Also you can try drinking mint tea, if she has gas problem, it would help, too.

midnight/... said...

Merci Nasim joon! All good point! What I ate made a difference with A but with little princess doesn't seem much so. My mom also suggested mint tea, tried it a couple times but will resume it again.

midnight/... said...

Merci Nasim joon! All good point! What I ate made a difference with A but with little princess doesn't seem much so. My mom also suggested mint tea, tried it a couple times but will resume it again.

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midnight/... said...

Aare Goli joon; not working. But will try again. Still fussy at night but lately it takes a shorter time. Hopefully getting good soon! Love u too azizam.