I don't have any experience with this, I'm so sorry. I've heard other mothers say they've tried "gripe water" instead of mylicon. I hope he gets better for you soon!

Thanks so much for you response! I am planning on trying the gripe water tonight when I get home, and am hoping that it makes some difference.

I was told that my son was "colicky" for a year. Turns out it was severe acid reflux. The thing about Zantac and infants is that it constantly needs to be readjusted because they gain weight so quickly. He might have already outgrown his last dosage so having it increased could help. THere are a few other things the doc can try besides Zantac.

I've had 3 babies with reflux. The first one cried non-stop for a year. I thought I'd go insane. Nothing helped. The second one did well with Zantac. Don't know about the gripe water. We tried it but I don't know if it helped or if it was the Zantac. The current one does well with Zantac and Gentle Essential's "Tummy Soother" and the occasional dose of tylenol. (Reflux hurts, sometimes th Tylenol can help.)

Good luck!

My daughter had colic and the doctor recommended probiotic drops to be added to her formula (you can get them over the counter at the pharmacy though, because they need to be in the refrigerator). We used Bio Gia brand (sp?). I also swear by colic calm, it seemed to be the only thing that helped. It's a brand of gripe water but in my opinion, far superior (none of the other brands of Gripe Water worked for us). You can get colic calm on line or at CVS. Don't be alarmed when you see it though because it is black in color and it seems strange to feed your baby something black. Good luck to you, having a baby with colic is very trying.

I think he might be over-tired- this can have a cumulative effect which might explain why he is increasingly irritable. It may be time to lay him down in a quiet, dark room, either on you, or swaddled in his crib and stop the motion for awhile. Put some ear-plugs on and continue with the white noise and try to rest with him (either on you, or in the room with him while he is in the crib) for one or two hours. If he is over-tired, he may jerk awake and cry several times (be easily startled, etc), this is normal. It takes a long time for an intense, sleep-deprived baby to figure out how to get to sleep, so you have to keep trying over at least a couple of weeks. By the way, kids who have intense colic like this often come around to be very happy,cheerful little babies and toddlers. It's just a really, really rough time right now.

also, forgot to add, room-darkening shades can help make a room dark during the day.

We tried the milecon drops with little success. We have found that CVS makes a "Colic Calm" that has worked wonders for our 3 month old. She loves it, will suck it right out of the dropper and usually calms after one dose. It's worth a shot, I have heard good things about it from others as well. And it's all natural, with no harmful additives (like sodium bicarbonate) that you find in other gripe waters. Good luck and I hope you get some relief soon!

My son is now 2 months old and did the same thing. I hired Moms on Call who came out and went over all of the parenting tips. The first thing she told me was to switch his bottles to the cheap gerber bottles with the latex nipples. I did that and he has not been fussy or gassy since. Just thought you could try that.

Hello. Oh, I do so feel your pain! Our son's colic started at 3 weeks, and it was so rough! He had one of those weekends like you're describing, where nothing would help. It is heartbreaking. We had so many trips to the Dr. We tried swaddling, rocking, bouncing, walking, music, white noise. Motion was the one thing that seemed to help usually. Car rides, walks. I usually went for a drive everyday just for a break, and eventually he'd sleep. We tried all the 'medications' people recommended: gripe water, gas drops, colic calm (nothing worked) and even a prescription from the Dr. called HyoSyn that were supposed to make his stomach muscles contract less and ease the pain. They didn't make a bit of difference; the Dr. said she didn't remember the last time they didn't help.
I stopped eating dairy and he's also on probiotics--Floragen 3, 1/4 capsule once a day mixed in the bottle he gets once daily. Eventually he just started to get better-we noticed small improvements though he's still generally fussy and demanding. He'll be 3 months old on Christmas, and I'm hoping that he's one of the babies that the colic just sort of disappears at that age. I know how awful and frustrating it is! Sometimes you just have to put them down for your own sanity--they'll cry if you're holding them, they'll cry if you're not. Oh, and eventually our son started to love his swing, too. Do you have one of those? I think unfortunately it's just one of those things you have to wait out. I'm so sorry. I hope you can find something that works; I think every baby with colic is different and just because one thing works for one person doesn't mean it will work for another. Thinking of you! I don't htink it is any predictor of their future personality, no worries! This too shall pass. My mom said I was extremely colicky and I am now a very easygoing, well-liked person (according to most people, anyway :)

Hi -
Boy, do I feel your pain. My son will be a year old on January 4th, and for the first 6 months of his life we dealt with what was believed to be colic. We only found out a couple of months ago that it is FPIES, which has colic-like symptoms. Its a food protein intolerence - he can't have milk proteins (whey, milk, regular formula, cheese, ect), Soy, and so many foods I can't even list them. He is very limited on what he can have, and we have him on Similac Alimentum (oh, how that changed so much!) because the protein is already broken down. He is doing very well, but any time he has something with a protein that is too much for him, he has the colic symptoms back. They say he should outgrow it by the time he is 3 years old, so I'm really hoping that is true.
We tried everything when he was a baby to get relief. Gripe water, mylicon, reflux meds, and nothing seemed to work. He does have silent reflux, but it doesn't seem to be much of an issue with him, and the reflux meds just seemed to make his tummy worse, so we dont use any of them anymore.
Hope you find some relief soon, but maybe read up on FPIEs and see if the symptoms are similar to what you are experiencing - I was skeptical until I read up on it and I was amazed at how many of the symptoms were exactly what Ethan was experiencing.
He is doing much better now, but he has a very limited diet.
Good luck and I hope this helps!
Misty

I forgot to add that we did the same as Kellbell and put him on the gerber bottles (the ones to help with colic) and that did help, I think there is less air that gets in and the nipple is so much smaller than most of the other nipples - he took to them right away. I know yours is probably about ready to come off a bottle, but its worth a try while transitioning to a cup. :)