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From: reza@ihuxb.UUCP (Reza Taheri)
Newsgroups: net.kids
Subject: Re: Colic
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Date: Tue, 9-Jul-85 13:47:59 EDT
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> Well, folks, our son Adam was born 3 weeks ago, and he has colic.


   Right off the bat: isn't 3 weeks too early for colic?

> the same - Adam often wants mommy and won't quiet for anyone else.
> 
> We've tried every colic remedy we could get our hands on.  They all
> seem to work once and then go away as the baby realizes what it is.

   You know, I think that all the remedies are for the parents rather
than for the kids!  They make the parent more "relaxed", which relaxes
and quiets the baby.  Note that Mark claims that the baby quiets for
mommy, only.  Despite all the talk about bonding, etc., I don't think
that a 3-week old baby knows his/her mother "that much".  It is just
that a mother is more relaxed, more loving, and more tolerant of the
baby's crying.

   THE most important fact to remember is that colic WILL go away
after 3-4 months.  I know it looks like it'll last forever, but it
won't.  With our first one (now 25-month old) it was like hell.  We
would walk her around like mad trying to comfort her, but to no avail.
When our second one (now 4-month old) started her colic at about 1
months we were more relaxed and accepted it as a fact of life to deal
with.  Even though her colic attacks were more severe than Kiana's,
we dealt better with them and she quieted down more quickly.

   Two remedies that may or may not work.  One: if you are tense, put
him down.  He may cry for a few minuted, but chances are that he is
more comfortable out of your shaking hands.  Also, he maybe tired and
might just want to sleep.  Two: try some kind of warm sweet liquid
like sweetened lukewarm tea or warm water sweetened with corn syrup
or crystalized sugar.  Good luck and hang in there.

H. Reza Taheri
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