Management Tips for Colic
- Keep a diary of when your baby cries, along with activities like napping, feeding and playing. Look for patterns, which may offer a small clue to the solutions
- Burp baby frequently during the feeds.
- Don’t overfeed your baby
- If the baby is bottle-fed, try a HA (hypoallergenic) formula e.g. Nan 1 HA Gold Premium Starter Infant Formula, Karicare HA Gold Plus Infant Formula are just two to try
- Consider using a dummy; the swallowing action may help calm the baby
- Use a baby sling, which allows you to keep your child upright and keep both hands free so if you want to do some house work you can, or simple just go for a walk, babies like to hear their parents heart beat and this allows that
- If you’re breast-feeding, try to eliminate dairy from your diet along with other foods such as onions, cabbage, cauliflower, spicy foods, caffeine, beans or other gas producing foods. Before eliminating diary from your diet be sure to check with your doctor first. Your doctor may or may not want you to eliminate dairy from your diet or he/she may want you to take calcium supplements
- If you’re bottle-feeding, do your best to reduce the amount of air that your baby swallows. There are many bottle’s available on the market help reduce the amount of airflow try the Dr Brown range of bottles that are available on my website.
- Take your baby to a part of your home that will provide less stimulation. Bright lights, noise, or a large number of people may further aggravate the colic
- Wrapping or swaddling your baby while walking around in a smooth steady motion, try the miracle blanket
- Go for a walk in a stroller or for a drive in a car seat
- Give your baby a warm bath or place a warm water bottle on your baby’s stomach. Be sure the bottle is not hot!
- Try rocking in a rocking chair; or swinging in a baby swing, or in a baby hammock.
- Try a gentle tummy massage
- Play a ‘white noise’ CD on for background noise as some babies like hearing the rhythmic sounds.
Talk with other parents and friends and get their suggestions on what methods they used to calm their baby. There are a lot of different things that people have tried that are not listed above. Keep in mind that not every baby will react to these methods the same. Sometimes it may help, while other times it may seem to make the baby more uncomfortable. Try one at a time and hopefully you will find one that comforts your baby while also giving your ears a rest from the crying.
What is the difference between colic and reflux?
‘Colic’ is an unsettled baby with lots of wind. Reflux babies also have a lot of abdominal wind. If you look at the symptoms of colic they are similar if not the same as those of a baby with reflux. So what is the difference between reflux and ‘colic’? I, and many health professionals will agree with me, believe that colic as it was commonly known is today known as ’silent reflux’.
It can sometimes be difficult for a parent to understand whether the baby has colic or reflux (and even GERD) since some of the symptoms (e.g. poor sleep, constant crying) can be similar. It’s also extremely important to rule out reflux as a cause of this crying, as it’s becoming widely acknowledged that many cases of colic are actually undiagnosed and untreated cases of reflux. In these cases, simply treating the reflux may eliminate the colicky behaviour.
The easiest way to determine whether a baby has colic or reflux is to look at the definitions and symptoms of each. Then compare them to your child’s symptoms.
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