This is bad, this is very very bad!

[coastie]

Liam (my son, for those of you who don't know me yet) has DUN DUN DUNNNNN GAAAAAS!!!

Oh he's kickin' and screamin' and wailin' and hittin' and cryin' and givin' me and mom a headache. This has been going on since about 3 this morning... it's now 8:30. That poor kid!

To anyone who doesn't have kids yet, be very specific when you pray for them.

Here's an example of how you should pray for children:

"Dear Heavenly Father. I praise and thank you for all of your wonderful blessings that you have bestowed on my wife/husband and me. We come to you today in love for your will to be done, Dear Lord, we ask for you to bless us with a child. I've written down the specifics if you'll bear with me God.

We pray that the baby is healthy with no birth defects or diseases. We pray that the baby doesn't wake mom up while it is still in utero, in the middle of the night with heart burn or gas. We pray that the baby only wiggles and moves around when family are around to see it, and that the baby doesn't kick dad in the back while sleeping at night.

We pray that once the baby is born, it's healthy but quiet and docile. We don't want one of the one's who is fussy about breast feeding or screams bloody murder whenever their diaper fills up. We don't want a baby with collick. Give that baby to someone who doesn't need to work 12 hour days starting at 4:30 am. We want a baby with a normal shaped head and only messes it's diaper twice a day. We want a baby that doesn't interrupt baseball play-off games to eat. And we don't want that baby that was in the next hospital room. I'm sure she was sweet, but MAN could she scream!

In conclusion God, if it's a boy, can he be born circumcized so that we never have to go through that with him?

In the name of the Father, The Son and the Holy Ghost, AMEN.

But then again, if God did alll of these things for you, where woudl the excitement be?

Eh, who cares? I just needed a break from the screaming. Pray for me, I'm heading back into the kiln.

Zach

 

[karla]

Praying...I know all about those days! A little fresh in mind! Have you tried the gas drops that they make or just pumping his legs forward and backward that always worked with my daughter. Good luck

 

[momof3blessings]

I agree gas drops work wonders.. You can use Mylacon or the generic version. My son had it too we used the drops and much happier baby.

 

[faith177]

also you can put your warm hand on his tummy for awhile it helps, peppermint tea or chamomile is helpful too

 

[Evening Mist]

Gah. I don't miss those days! I used to just stuff the kiddo in the sling and walk around the neighborhood for hours on end. With baby number 2, I did the same thing and while pushing the older one in the stroller. I must have been quite a site. I actually got pretty slim that way though....

Good luck, you are doing a good job! Sometimes mama can't fix it -- but its better to be miserable in the arms of a loving mama than to be miserable all alone. Someone told me once to imagine that he is telling me all his woes... at least when they are little, they don't try to hide their feelings from us!

 

[Evening Mist]

Oh gosh, Coastie -- I'm sorry! Your not a loving mama. You're a loving Daddy! Well -- the same thing applies!!!

(Can you tell I'm used to posting on BB for mothers???)

 

[Judilyn]

Just a suggestion..........

I work with lots of children and their parents. Many of them swear by the all natural remedies that you find
in health food/herbal stores. Give it a try

 

[Evening Mist]

Yah, Erin! We used to buy chamomille in little teeny tiny tablets -- seriously -- very teeny. we'd place one on the baby's tounge and it would start to melt immediately but meanwhile would soothe his gums. It also seemed to have a soothing effect on his temperment -- we used them well through the terrific twos.

 

[Trisa]

I am sorry you are having one of those days!!
My dd was VERY fussy for the first 3 weeks.
I had been putting her on her back or side to sleep
and she never slept and did nothing but scream.
Well some of the mothers at my church told me that
they had had the same problem until the were told to try putting the baby to sleep on its belly. I know a big no no these days but they said that it helps relieve the gas pain and helps them to get it out. So I tried it and she slept for 4 hours!!! Yes I was scared at first
to let her sleep on her belly but when I tried to put her on her back again I had the same results, screaming all day and night. I just prayed for God to watch over her. I could not handle that crying anymore and she was in pain and the belly thing really
worked!! Just a thought. Think about it. Have you ever had bad gas pain and noticed that being on your belly helps relieve it? Poor little things. No wonder they cry. Hope you have better days ahead! We as
parents do need to pray for each other.

 

[E-beth]

oh yeah, the gassy up-all-nighties....

our son screamed his head off when he had it. The drops worked well, also putting him on his back and gently lifting his knees up to his tummy.

So...have you called the doctor at five AM yet?

 

[Evening Mist]

How's Liam doing?

 

[HeatherJay]

We lived by gas drops, too. Also, I had to put mine on their tummies. I was also worried about them but they just slept so much better.

Also, try laying him on his tummy over your knees and rubbing his back. The pressure on the tummy realy does seem to help them.

Keep saying your prayers and know that he will grow out of it eventually

Love, Heather

 

[Iddie4him]

Laying a baby on the left side and the gas drops together helps wonders. Somehow by being on the left side helps the gas bubbles work thru their little systems. Rolling them back and forth from their tummy to left side helps too. Pretty soon your baby will be less fussy and happier. E-Beth and I had lots of fun with Matthew and his bout with colic.
* hints with a touch of sarcasm
Most babies will have some kind of trouble with gas and most of the time it's easy enough to get rid of.
Good Luck and Try to be calm.

 

[water_ripple]

My second daughter cried for the first 2 months of her life. If she was awake she was crying. The gas drops would help, but they didn't solve the problem. I would rub her tummy and her back at the same time. The little massage seemed to help along with the gas drops. Also the only way she would sleep was on her tummy. She would not sleep on her back or her side. She would scream the whole time. I dunno..I guess the pressure on her tummy helped. Although the doctor's say that a baby should not sleep on their stomach my second daughter did for the first three months of her life. Now though she sleeps however she decides. I put her on her back at night, but by morning she is rarely still sleeping that way.

 

[coastie]

THanks for the advice.

We've been doing the leg pumping thing I call it "gasercising".

We had another episode last night. We thought that we figured out what was the problem because mom cut out the dairy products and he was good for two nights. BUt last night it happened again.

I had never heard of gas drops. Perhaps I'll pick some up on the way home from work tonight. Also, my wife being the tea freak that she is, I'm sure we have some of those natural remedies in the cupboards at home.

Poor kid.

 

[Evening Mist]

There are dairy products snuck into virtually everything. Or parts of dairy products with disgusing sorts of labels like "Sodium Cassinate." Which is still dairy. She might well have eaten something high in dairy and not realized it. A margarine product, or a peice of cake, or any number of things could have done it. (I had to cut dairy for a period of time while nursing and it was brutally difficult. ds had asthma.)