What was once known as colic is diagnosed as reflux now. Your baby may not just vomit up overflow it might release with such force that it literally goes across the room unless you are ready and cover your baby’s mouth. I have a friend who both her girls did that. They had to raise part of the cot under the mattress to help with the problem or the babies could both have choked on their own vomit.

I can’t believe anyone would listen to these myths. They’re so unbelievable. I just thought my baby had colic because his digestive system was immature and didn’t know how to expel excess gas yet

Interesting! Really interesting article! Thanks for sharing this!

Thanks for a very interesting article. I didn’t have colicky kids but it is always nice to have more information on things like this for a better understanding.

My first had horrid reflux that the doctors insisted was colic. I was brushed off as a new mum who didn’t know much. He’s 3 now and still suffers terribly from reflux, which could have been prevented had he been treated much earlier. Always trust your gut and get a second and third opinion. Colic is NOT a real illness, it’s just a way of saying “you have a needy baby, other than that we don’t know what’s wrong”

My first baby had horrid colic, made no better by my mother in law hinting that it was due to me, on a myriad of fronts :(. Eventually the doctor (not the health care nurse I was visiting & getting more & more desperate & despondent) advised me to go off dairy, for us it was like a switch being turned on…. or off as the case may be. It was blissful to not see her in pain, to not hear the shrieks, to see her peaceful and calm rather than exhausted.

Great information for my baby due in August. Thanks

great read thank you so much for sharing

Thank you very much for this article, very helpful

Gosh it’s so much easier when they get older. Colic is one of those things that is so difficult to deal with, but you don’t even really know if it’s what is causing the problem in the first place!

It is soooo hard dealing with a colicky baby.

babies cry if they are hungry or in pain, it is always best to get them checked instead of assuming

Luckily my bub wasn’t a colicky baby so I didn’t have these worries!

I have been lucky to never have a baby with colic

Our daughter had colic, she would cry from night until the early hours, was as good as gold during the day (sleeping from exhaustion no doubt) and was initially under the care of a paediatrician who prescribed medication that didn’t work.

We stopped taking her to the paediatrician and tried other methods to relieve her pain that had been suggested to us and found great relief by giving her warm baths and massages – especially her tummy. She eventually found burping so much easier and by three months of age her colic had stopped.

it is so difficult when you have a baby with colic – especially if you are a first time parent

I can rmember being hospitalised a lot with colic as a child

I was always concerned that my son had colic when he was little and always put the blame on myself. He is now a happy toddler.

Poor babies and poor mums. Its a difficult condition and can be exhausting for the whole family.

Our eldest had colic, it was hideous; frustrating, heart wrenching and exhausting. Worst of all my Mum kept telling me he was such a good baby. So as a new, anxious, first time Mum, at the time I was convinced I must be doing something wrong, thank you for dispelling these myths.