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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Good luck, and remember, these things all pass. The best advice I was given was that EVERYTHING is just a stage they go through, and once one thing passes another takes its place - this remains true now, even tho my eldest is 10!!!
My health visitor said that poos tended to be greener if the baby had wind/colic - don't know if this is true or not. Infacol worked for my first baby - but I would say it was wind rather than colic, my second didn't have a problem with wind or colic.
If none of the suggestions that ABers have suggested regarding diet seem to work, and your little one appears still to be in a great deal of pain, don't be afraid to go back to the doctor or call your health visitor. If you spend all your time worried that your baby may be poorly, you will miss out on enjoying him. The clinic is there to help you all as a family and a new baby can be demanding and stressful enough without having concerns about his health.
Good luck, hope it gets sorted soon.
just to agree with much of the above and I would definitely try reducing your own cows milk consumption. I breastfed our wee guy who had very bad colic and just would not settle in the evening. Drawing his legs up, obvioulsy in pain, constant crying. The infacol helped a little, but the real turning point was when I stopped drinking cows milk (I seldom ate beef anyway). Within a day or so his symptoms had all but disappeared and our evenings became a much happier time all round.
Good luck.
car17, you have my sympathies! We've just come out of the same stage with our son (he's 13 weeks now). We ended up cutting out cows milk from Mrs Pid's diet and cruciferous vegetables (parsnips, brocolli, onions etc). I can't honestly say his wind / colic improved overnight but the last 2 or 3 weeks he's been so much happier.
I don't know if this is common or if your baby suffers from the same thing, but Pid Junior also breaks wind quite frequently (has done since day one!) but he hardly ever burps. We found it easy to burp any trapped wind out of him but not when it was trapped down below. When he got really upset he seemed to be more comfortable slightly bent over my lap while I rubbed his lower back.
As he's getting older though he seems to find it much easier getting the wind out by himself (much to the amusement of visitors). He's also a lot happier and even sleeps occasionally! So hang in there, it will ease but hopefully some of the tips here might ease things a bit sooner for you.