The last few weeks have been both difficult and rewarding in the bohemian household. My baby girl has had colic. For any parent who's child has suffered with colic, i know that just reading that word will put dread into their hearts. It's something my first daughter thankfully never suffered with, and something i had never witnessed before.
The colic starts to rear it's ugly head around about six in the evening and reaches full force by ten. It starts off with my baby girl just being a bit fidgety and not really wanting to go to sleep. By ten she is practically purple in the face, screaming the place down. When she is having a seriously bad night like this, there seems to be nothing in the world i can do to make it better. If i try to sit her on my knee to wind her she gets worse, if i hold her close and rub her back to try to get the wind up she fights me, grabbing and thrashing about as if she's angry that i'm trying to help her, if i put her down again she gets really upset because i'm not cuddling her. The only thing i found that calmed her slightly, albeit for about half an hour at a time was to just sit up in bed or on a chair and just hold her to my chest, without trying to wind her.
I've changed her bottles for some seriously high tech looking anti-colic bottles, (i should never have given up breastfeeding, but that's another story). I have also changed her formula milk to soya formula and have been giving her week fennel tea. Things seem to have improved considerably. She doesn't have so many bad nights now and when she does have a bad night it doesn't last for so long. She has also stopped being so sick and seems to be a much happier baby.
I'm so glad we seem to be coming to the end of the colic phase. During the particularly painful spells of colic, my little girl was regularly still screaming at four in the morning. One night she was screaming and unsettled until seven the next morning, poor little thing. None of us got much sleep that night!
On the up side my two year old's potty training is going very well. Thank you everyone for your tips and support on this subject. She is now in 'big girl' knickers and regularly takes herself to the potty, which means i don't have to keep asking her quite so much.
The only trouble is, after less than a week of potty training, she announced to me that she didn't want to wear a nappy a night and point blank refused to wear one! This means that i 'lift' her once before i go to bed and then again when my husband gets up to go to work at 3.30am, (no i still haven't had a key cut).
So far there have only been two accidents when she hasn't quite made it through to 3.30am but generally she's doing amazingly. I didn't for one minute think that she wouldn't want to wear a nappy at night, but then i suppose if she's being a 'big girl' during the day, then she'd want to be a 'big girl' at night. Thankfully i've got a mattress protector that i've put over her mattress, so if she does wet the bed then it doesn't go through to the mattress but i do get an extra companion in bed hogging my pillows and covers!
So there we have it, things are definitely on the up! Next stop mashed up baby food and the arrival of my two year old's 'big bed'!
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How distressing about your baby and the colic. I don't know much about it except my parents telling us about how my sister nearest in age to me suffered badly. You must be so tired, and it must be awful not being able to help. Well done with the potty training. As a mother of 2 and a former childminder for many years I've done a lot of it! I suggest at night that you don't lift her, as she will get used to it. Stop one 'lift' and then the other as soon as she's got her bed. Have you got a potty chair? If you have put it by the bed and tell her to get up when she wakes up and use it. You think she will wet the bed if you don't lift her, but you might be surprised. My girls, once dry in the day, also didnt want to wear nappies at night, and were also dry, baring a few accidents. Good luck with whatever you decide to do anyway. Re angel reading, will do as soon as I can. F. x
Hope the baby's feeling better now.
Me again with your reading. Sorry I have to put it on here where anyone can read, but you can delete it after you've read if you like!
I'm more used to working with the angel cards than the mermaid cards, but here goes! I picked 3 cards to represent present, immediate future and 3 months ahead.
Present -The card is "Make a Wish" This is a magical moment, make a wish and enjoy its manifestation. I interpret this card to mean that its a good time for you to go for what you want. Visualise it and see yourself getting it!
Immediate Future - The card is "Yes" Your intuition is correct. Take action accordingly.
I interpret this to mean that whatever you feel to be true, is true! Therefore you must act knowing your intuitive feelings are valid and that Heaven will help you make life changes, as necessary.
3 months ahead - The card is "Divine Magic" Extra magical enery surrounds your situation right now. Expect miracles! I was not sure how to interpret this card and looking in the book it says that the next card you pull out is full of divine magic and you must pay special attention to it! So.... I pulled you another one and it is "Break Free". Try different ventures and experiences as a way to grow and learn. I am hoping this will mean something to you - we are talking about 3 months ahead so mid Jan 2009. The card suggests that by then you need to go outside of your comfort zone and take risks and explore new ways of thinking, make a living or being in relationships.
Please email me if you wish on whitegardendoves@gmail.com
Best wishes, Faith x
I am so sorry! I wish I had some wisdom to offer...but I'm sending good and hopeful prayers your way. I do hope she's feeling better soon.
That's such good news for your 2 years old - well done you.
Sorry to hear about the baby though. Can I just say, I never even attempted to breastfeed Amy, she went straight onto SMA from day one. She never suffered from colic at all and got her wind up without me even needing to wind her!
My sister did try to breastfeed her daughter for a week but gave up. Then the colic started. And went on for a long time. She tried everything and went through the same as you.
Best of luck with it all but it sounds to me as though you're doing just fine.
CJ xx
I wish her better. Beautiful image, it seems that the light is finally breaking through!
Geetings from London.
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