Group One: Angry, intense colic
15:24 (GMT+2), Wed, 04 July 2012
Sister Lilian gives moms advice on how to cope with their crying, colicky babies.
Group One: Angry, intense colic
This baby’s face turns a deep red and he often scrunches it up into a frown. He balls his fists tightly, seemingly in frustration or anger. He cries loudly and purposefully, burps a lot and passes wind frequently. Sour milk is often posited after feeds and while baby has episodes of seemingly painful colic, he is fine between attacks.
Tips to help:
These mostly centre on understanding a baby’s inborn feeding rhythms as ‘angry’ colic is mostly a form of protest against unnatural schedules:
• From Day One, do not feed on a schedule - observe hunger patterns emerging and feed whenever necessary, for both breast and formula babies
• Breast babies tend to feed in ‘courses’ with rest periods between courses until the meal is complete – comply with baby’s need for his ‘cheese and biscuits’ or ‘after dinner mint’ and crying will stay away
• If you feel that your breast milk supply is down, rest more, feed baby more frequently and drink more fluids
• Formula babies often prefer smaller feeds more often or different amounts at different times of day so make up more bottles with less formula and if baby seems hungry at the end of one bottle, simply give another – the overall amount of milk usually is about the same as advocated for a day on the container
• Give ColicCare homeopathic tablets and the tissue salt Nat phos three times a day to relieve symptoms safely
• Give baby 25 ml Rooibos tea with an added sprig of mint twice daily
Group Two: Fretful, cry-baby colic
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