Colic

How do you picture what your child will be like when they born?  Thoughts that cross the mind is he/she going to look more like mommy or daddy?  Is he/she going to have anything physically wrong with them or would they have to have a surgery?  You know that as newborns they do 3 things...eat, cry, and poop.  I just never thought the crying part would be so difficult.

When babies are born and take their first breath, doctors check their color and their if they are making a lot of noise.  Kelsey had both great color and was very active and vocal.  She was crying (with a little fluid in the lungs which is normal) and it was a little raspy and loud but that fixed itself over the next day.  We brought her home and she would cry normally when she needed something, like all babies.

Around 4 to 5 weeks, things started to change.  Around 4 or 5 pm every day she would become fussy and crying and it would last for quite a few hours.  Nothing seemed to help.  Tried changing her diaper, taking her clothes off because she was hot since she is a warm baby, tried feeding, burping, rocking, walking around...etc.  Then she was crying so much that her face was turning red, couldn't catch her breath, and cries were turning into high pitch screams.  Decided to take her into the doctor to see if anything was wrong because it sure seemed like it!  No infections or problems...she had 3 things going against her: 1.she has a gassy tummy (she is hard to burp) 2. signs of colic (the crying at night every night, cries during feeding sometimes and then afterwards, spits up, swallows it causing upset stomach, hiccups, tummy makes lots of noises!) and 3. I guess babies peek time that they cry more is from 5-8 weeks.

So...we just have to deal with this and make it through it. I've decided trying to get her to fall asleep on her own/set up a sleep system will have to wait till her colic isn't bad. I have to keep her upright after feeding, even if she's asleep on my or else she spits up, chokes on it, causing upset stomach and hiccups, as mentioned earlier.  We are working on no pacifier to aid in falling asleep because she was using that but then would wake up when it would fall out of her mouth.

I do feel sorry for those parents who have colic issues worse or for longer than 3 months.  We are hoping our will end by 3 months. I've heard a story of lasting 7-8 months 24-7...we sometimes have issues during the day but not nearly as bad as the evening/night time.  This definitely makes me contemplate having another child.  Can I get a guarantee next one won't have colic or just not a high pitch scream?