the wee p Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 HiMy friends baby has bad colic, can you suggest anything she can buy over the counter to help please?thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 Your friend should go to a pharmacy for advice. Whatever is recommended will be according to the baby's age and weight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the wee p Posted March 10, 2009 Author Share Posted March 10, 2009 Thanks was just a general querie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Me0wp00 Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 Gripe water from the uk :O)or calmosine (sp???) say its for colique its herbal but quite expensive, usually u get a free trial with the baby box in the hospital Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mary Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 Hi, my son had very Bad colic and truned out to be lactose inthollerant, but a fantastic, product called 'Coleif' drops, added into the bottle of milk, helps no end. It breaks down the lactose in the milk, which is what is thought to cause Colic. Don't know if you can get it here. Perhaps try mail order or ask a friend to send it over from the UK. Can be bought in boots and even Tesco pharmacy. Infacol is another one, you should be able to get this here in France or 'Gripe Water'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rose Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 Hi, my son had colic... it was called 3 month colic then and he had it from a couple of weeks old until he was about 5 months (I think). He did have gripe water but not when he was very tiny... cant remember what age you can use it from. It was 10 years ago so things may have changed. I also found giving him his feed earlier helped as he was a bit of a gulper... so if dinner came early he didn't gulp so much and it helped. he also liked having his back rubbed... he would lay on my lap in his tummy and i would rub his back... as he got older as a toddler he would still wander over, pull his top up and lay over my lap waiting for his backrub... at 10, when he's tired he still likes to sit beside me on the sofa and get me to tickle his back... although I find it a bit tedious now!the colic was a really dreaful time as he was clearly very very distressed and I can still remember how helpless I felt... hope your friend finds and answer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoddy Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 You've reminded me, Rose, that my son also had 3 month colic. It stopped when someone advised me to stop drinking coffee. We don't know what the baby in question is fed on though.Hoddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodie Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 we had an cranial ostepath and it really helped ,he cried for the first 3 months before we had the treatment , i dont know if they have this in france , we tried everthing to stop him crying , he is 5 mois now and alot better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre ZFP Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 One of my boys used to get terrible colic as a babe and this is what we did (as advised by ..... I can't remember now) Anyway, lay the babe face down on your forearm, bum towards your elbow and your hand palm upwards supporting head and upper chest. The babes arms and legs should hang down so the babe is sort of draped along your arm. Optional gentle rubbing of back and soothing noises may be made.For us it worked almost instantly, at the very least it's worth a try as it can do no harm.BTW, I always performed this duty as my arm/hands are much larger than OHs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panda Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 HiI did exactly the same thing Pierre with my son, it was the only way to stop him howling every evening from 5 until 8. It does stop around 3 months, hence the name I guess! Interesting that we are all saying 'he' I did read somewhere it as usually a male child problem, dont know why that would be?? I also used tried all the products mentiond iwth varying degrees of success.Panda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rose Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 [quote user="rodie"]we had an cranial ostepath and it really helped ,he cried for the first 3 months before we had the treatment , i dont know if they have this in france , we tried everthing to stop him crying , he is 5 mois now and alot better[/quote]Oh Rodie... My OH says how his eldest daughter cried for the first year and nothing helped until she had cranial massage... it worked too... not sure if her problem was colic but it was brilliant and transformed everyone's life! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chambo Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 Hello, I was just reading this and wanted to say that both my children had 2 cranial treatments, here in France - 1 at around 6 weeks (I think?) and the other at 6 months. The first didn't have colic, but was a bit windy - anyway; I still think the treatment helped them to very calm and non-fussy babies. I can recommend a doctor south of Limoges in 87. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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