baby with colic

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I believe our 3 week old girl has colic. We've been using Infacol for a week now with no change.

Has anyone had experience with the enzyme Colief or the homeopathic gripe water Colic Calm?

Thanks in advance!
 
infacol will take some more time to take effect and once it does it is amazing how yr baby wiould change....i know its frustrating....have patience and continue to give it before every feed no matter how often u feed....all the best!
 
we used colief(i think it was called) made a HUGE difference to our girl! but it is VERY expensive.

colief is more for babies that are a little lactose intolerant, so infacol doesn't have any or much effect.

i would definitely ask your doctor about colief.

good luck
 
What sort of symptoms is your baby having that makes you think she has colic? I only ask because when my little one was just getting used to passing wind, using her bowels and would yell because the sensation was so strange my in-laws and a number of others would tell me it was colic and I know from a medical view point that it was not.
 
Gripe water is great it helped us a lot.
3 week old i dont think food allergy
colic is generally a certain time of the day ( generally evenings) when the babies are uncomfortable and non stop crying. u need to carry them rock them or walk with them as motion makes them better
 
Yes she is most uncomfortable in the evenings.

She straightens out her legs, clenches her fists and her face goes red and pinched. She will let out a yowl, but a few seconds later is fine and peaceful. This will go on for some time, maybe 6-midnight? It is not non stop crying, but she is clearly in pain when she cries. We must hold her or have her in her carrier this whole time.

How long until the Infacol begins to work?
 
could also be reflux. people often jump to the conclusion that it's colic when in fact it's reflux. are you nursing? reflux babies often feed with clenched fists, have tight stomachs and are just prefer to be on their tummies than their backs.
 
normally colic starts at 3rd week and ends about at 3 months.

no idea how long infacol begins to work as we used to carry him and use gripe water but what u have described it looks to be colic
 
The midwife thinks it might actually be reflux.

I am trying to cut out all gassy foods from my diet to see if that has an effect. We've also been giving her Colief, just to see if it is a lactose problem. The first day she was great and I thought we had solved it! But sadly she is back to being upset, so I think it was just a coincidence.
The next step after seeing if my diet changes have an effect will be seeing about reflux medicine.
Thank for your help!
 
it takes more than one day for almost every medicine to work...you need to give it more than one day to see if that is the actual problem.
 
We've kept her on the Colief but only saw an improvement the first day. She's also still taking the Infacol.
We're going to finish the bottles before completely giving up!
 
sounds like reflux to me. My gal had reflux AND colic so i can tell the diff. Colic for her didnt end at 3month, it peaked when she was about 3mths++ going on 4mths. And she really did jus cry and cry for 3hours, started right on the dot at 5pm up till 8pm (when she slept out of sheer tiredness, i think). Reflux, she will be arching her back in pain, regardless of the time of the day, and will calm down when held upright.
 
Like Fennho, our son had both colic and reflux. It was awful, for everyone. He would cry all night long and feeding was a nightmare. I remember my doc telling me to try and go as long as possible between feeds because the feeding made things worse but of course he wanted to feed because the sucking gave him comfort. I also eliminated all dairy. Things didn't get better for us til he was 5-6 months old.
 
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