How Long Did Colic Last for You?

with my son I think he had it for about 6 months. But, he also had reflux, and would just scream and scream from about 12pm to 4pm. It did get better though once he could sit up and crawl around

Bring your little one to the chirpractor and see what happens you might see it dissapear after two weeks of treatment
This is from personally experience with my child

I just want to add that I was not a chiropractic person before we took our child in...I was not too gun ho about doing it since I didn't want to spend the $$ in all honesty. After the third visit of listening to the chiropractor talk and adjust he felt my childs mid back finally move back into place (he said my baby was soooo tight the first visit) after the third visit my baby slept 15 hours that night and finally had a smile! My little one was so unhappy before going in! We never went back to those aweful days of "doctor called Colic" my baby was in pain and the chiropractor healed it!

I think it depends on what is causing it. In a way, we were lucky. At 8 weeks after a few of 4pm - 11pm daily screaming fits... rock hard belly, and clearly in PAIN. He also had bloody mucusy stool (sign of a milk protien intolerance). We changed him to Nutramigen formula by Enfamil. Within 72 hrs, he was a new baby - happier and clearly in much less pain. He's 3 now, and he drinks milk and eats dairy just fine. His digestive system just couldn't do it early on. Good luck with your experience... I'm sure you have, but maybe talk with your Dr. about possible causes. Sometimes you can find out what it is.

My younger son did the same thing, only from about 3pm to 7pm...every single day. At about 4 1/2 months, and after talking to several moms who went through the same thing, I figured out he had silent acid reflux. His ped put him on acid reflux meds and within a day his colic was gone and I had a perfectly happy little guy. He was on the meds until he was about 11 months.

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For both of my kids it lasted until about 4 months, although it was a gradual transition. It didn't end suddenly. For my older one, who had a really bad case, he was still very sensitive to light and noise and wasn't a good sleeper for many months. My older one cried all day AND night and slept a total of about 8 hours a day including nighttime and naps. It was awful, but it does end. Chiropractic for colic wasn't well known when my kids were going through it, but if I had to do it again I would try a good pediatric chiropractor. I did try infant massage and it didn't help. (He cried through it. (-: ). We also underwent testing for allergies and intestinal disorders because his case was so severe. If you are nursing you might try changing your diet and if your are bottle feeding you could talk to your pediatrician about a special formula. I would try some white noise--it helped my younger son. Good luck.

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For both of my kids it lasted until about 4 months, although it was a gradual transition. It didn't end suddenly. For my older one, who had a really bad case, he was still very sensitive to light and noise and wasn't a good sleeper for many months. My older one cried all day AND night and slept a total of about 8 hours a day including nighttime and naps. It was awful, but it does end. Chiropractic for colic wasn't well known when my kids were going through it, but if I had to do it again I would try a good pediatric chiropractor. I did try infant massage and it didn't help. (He cried through it. (-: ). We also underwent testing for allergies and intestinal disorders because his case was so severe. If you are nursing you might try changing your diet and if your are bottle feeding you could talk to your pediatrician about a special formula. I would try some white noise--it helped my younger son. Good luck.

Is your baby a boy or girl? My son had colic every evening for about two months and it was miserable! We never thought of it as colic because we knew it stemmed from his tummy (boys have really slow to develop tummies nad lots of tummy problems until they get older). Do you know if the baby is gassy but cannot pass the gass? Maybe ask the pedi if you can slip in some culturelle into his formula/bottle/expressed milk?

A friend of mine, who just had a baby, said the sound of a hairdryer really helped soothe her and mentioned there's an iPhone app for that. Maybe try that?

Good luck!!

My son didn't have it, but I did.
My Mom says I seemed to cry non stop for the first 6 months of my life and after that I was fine.
They do out grow it sooner or later - it only seems like it will last forever.
You need to make sure you have your support system in place - a grand parent /family member or sitter who will look after the child and give you a break now and then so you can gather your frazzled nerves.
It's tough, but you'll get through this.

My mom said all four of her kids had it, neither of mine did, so I'm not speaking from experience, just hearsay. For us it lasted three months, which is what I've read is average. I've also read, though, that colic doesn't exist in developing countries - Harvey Karp, The Happiest Baby on the Block. I don't know if it's due to diet, vaccination schedules, parenting styles, or social dynamics.... but reading up on his ideas is worth a shot!

For my first 2 babies it cut out promptly at 12 weeks.

It started at about 3 weeks and lasted until about 2 months old. But then he didn't sleep through the night until 4 months. In my opinion, Colic is a sensory issue combined with possible allergies. My son has a dairy allergy which I didn't realize at the time. Try cutting out all dairy you consume and see if it works. I kinda dismissed it thinking I knew best and because colic is "normal". Also, if you bottle feed give nursing a try or at least a pacifier because the sucking is very soothing. Wrap the baby tightly and figure our what soothes him. In my son's case it was nursing and being held or feeling pressure. My advice is to do whatever works to get through it and don't worry about developing "bad habits".

My daughter got over colic at 11 1/2 weeks. Lucky for me because I had 12 weeks off from work. I managed to get about 3 good nights of scream-free sleep before I had to go back to work. When she had colic she cried and screamed pretty much around the clock except for a few hours during the middle of the day. I remember sitting up with her ALL NIGHT long with her crying and screaming and she would still be going strong when my husband would leave for work at 7:00 in the morning. The tougest part for me though was that my mother inlaw insisted that there was nothing wrong with our daughter and that she didn't have colic even though the doctor said it was colic. That made me lose my mind even more than dealing with the hours of screaming.

I've never heard of it being during set times, but I won't even tell you how long it lasted w/our oldest daughter. Just try your hardest to soothe your baby w/white noise (fans, put the car seat on top of the dryer, if it is gas put the baby on the inside of your arm laying down w/their head face down in the palm of your hand and their arms and legs dangling off to the sides (with their belly along ur arm) - this will bring on the pressure against their belly and help them expell a lot of the gas, put them in the sink filled w/enough water to cover their bottom to let some of the gas out this way as well, try a swing, water bottle across their belly, swaddle them, mylocon was our best friend in every bottle - that was okay per our pediatrician and one of the best things my husband would do was just lay w/our daughter across his rib cage and that would help the gas too. We swore by Playtex nurser bottles w/the orthodontic nipples - best of luck to you and put the baby in the crib and walk away whenever you need to. Often times my husband would come home from working one of his two jobs and he'd find me sitting out on the front steps crying telling him that the baby hated me. Looking back on it I realize that it wasn't so bad (the teenage years are worse) but then it seemed like the end of the world! Best of luck to you.

My now 19 yr old daughter screamed from 5pm-9pm like clockwork every single day from about 6 weeks to 4 1/2 months and just one day finally stopped. Knowing what I know now from raising more babies I think that she either had silent reflux or milk & soy allergies.

My boys are now 11 yrs and 3 yrs and they both had to be on Alimentum for milk and soy allergies. Once we started them on that and the doctor put them on reflux meds they were both much better.

I've seen several people suggest gripe water to you on both of your colic threads and in most situations it works great but if you have a baby with reflux it might make her feel worse. It worked well for my daughters (no reflux) but my sons (both had reflux) were worse when I gave it to them. Mylicon worked wonders though.

I replied to your other question about The Happiest Baby on the Block too. Definitely worth watching the video.