HELP: Possible Colicky baby..or Is It Something Else?

Hey!

Little ones will give you signs of hunger before the crying stage. If they are allowed to cry for very long then they get distressed and it is harder for them to calm down to feed. Look for him rooting with his mouth, trying to suck on his fingers and things like that. Try to determine the amount of time between feedings and have a bottle ready. It doesn't take long for them to go from rooting to ballistic. Good luck and hope this helps.

Sounds just like both of my kids. I think that when the babies get so hungry they can't automatically realize that you're trying to feed them, and switch off the crying. What I have found to help is to hold my son very close to me while feeding him (almost as if I were nursing him), and then I hold the bottle near the top so that the skin of my hand can make contact with his cheek while he is eating. This usually helps calm him down enough for him to realize the bottle is there and to start eating. Hope it works for you!

It sounds like hunger to me. They are the same way at 3 yr too if they are hungry and have to wait.

Doesn't sound like colic. I agree with the other answers here. Watch for signs that he is hungry-before he cries- such as sucking his hands. Pretty soon you should get on a routine and you will know when he is hungry.

My daughter used to do the same thing. It turned out that the flow of the nipple wasn't fast enough and she was mad that she wasn't getting enough food when she wanted it. We bought the next stage up nipple and no problems from then on. Good luck!

I'm not sure if you have him on a schedule, but it sounds like you might be waiting too long to feed him. When babies are really hungry, they can get pretty upset and then its hard to calm them down. I would try to give him his bottle 15-20 minutes eariler and see if it makes a difference. babies should never have to wait to eat because of a set schedule.

Might be acid reflux. My son was doing something similar. He was very crabby and also wouldn't want to eat even though we knew he was hungry. Got him a prescripton for Zantac and it helped a lot.

S., I don't believe your baby is colicky or has acid reflux, I think he's just hungry. Both of my kids did/do this. I'm currently nursing my daughter and when she gets really hungry, she shakes her head in desperation. As others have said, just make sure to recognize the feeding cues early.

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I've had two colicky babies and this sounds like some sort of feeding issue, not colic. I would try some of the suggestions from the other posters or check with your pediatrician. The definition of colic is crying for at least three consecutive hours every day for at least three weeks for no obvious reason. (Mine were so bad I would have been happy with just three consecutive hours of crying for three weeks!) Good luck--I hope you figure it out. FYI, your baby is also at the fussiest age for babies. Fussiness generally peaks at about 6-8 weeks of age. Colicky babies often start showing improvement after that, but many babies are fussy during that time period.

well, my daughter had reflux and would act like that - with nursing or a bottle, and it was almost liek she KNEW that "this is going to hurt me later, I don't want to drink it" but she was hungry so eventually she gave in. Once we got her on infant dose of Prevacid, it got much better.

I would ask your ped about it.

Jessie

Could your child have reflux? My child was like that. I could tell he was hungry, but he didn't want to drink. Turns out, when he drank, it kept coming up back into his throat and hurt his esophagus, so he didn't want to drink, even though he was hungry. I would mention it to his pediatrician for advice.

Does he get upset after feeding? It may be that the formula is making him gassy or in pain when he eats - I had to switch formulas 4 times before I gave my son Good Start. The Little Tummies Gas Drops worked great too.