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Is There Really Such a Thing as Colic? LOL

-By Dana

OK…this is the first time I am blogging/posting so bear with me

When my youngest son was about 5 weeks old, he was diagnosed with colic. He was crying inconsolably for hours at a time, mostly in the evenings and at times during his feeding, and right after his feeding. It killed me that everything I tried wasn’t stopping the crying. Finally, we gave in and brought him to the doctor. He said that little Gabriel has the classic symptoms of Colic and “Good luck”. Great…

I immediately, like Tela, went to the internet and all of my baby books (which everyone laughs at me for having – let them laugh – I love them). Each website I went to defined colic as the crying for three hours a day or more for three weeks, yada yada. Some said colic is not medically based, that it has nothing to do with the digestive tract, and others said it has a direct correlation to acid reflux, etc.

After completely confusing myself, blaming myself, and crying I turned to my friends – the real experts. I just want to say that I am so thankful to have my friends – they were the best form of support and resource I could ever find. Here are some of the great comments/ideas that were given to me to help console Gabriel “colic”: (more…)