MSE Parents Club Part 14

ladybirdintheuk

3 don't encourage them :rotfl:.

kitkat5566

Afternoon all

Does anyone have any experience of colic at all? I am worried my little man might have it; the problems literally started when he turned 2 weeks, in the evenings (and sometimes earlier) he seems to have a crying fit for about 1/2 hour or so, nothing seems to soothe him; we check his nappy, tried feeding him, cuddling him, singing, rocking, etc and his stomach is quite hard. We have tried massaging it and this does seem to help. Does this sound like colic or am I just being paranoid? I have read colic can be crying for 3-4 hours, he doesn't cry for this long but I am still concerned. We have been giving him infacol for about a week now and that does seem to help, but he does seem to get grizzly during the evenings.. am I over-reacting.. afterall babies do cry... !

SusanC_2

Buttonmoons wrote: »

I had awful treatment when I miscarried bop's twin. I was left in the A&E gushing blood everywhere (it was V heavy) and having excruiating stomach cramps. All I got was tuts for the mess. I got a scan a few hours later and they told me I must of had twins and miscarried one but it looked like it was done completely and wasn't that something to be grateful for :eek:

That's terrible. If I thought my treatment was a one off and out of the ordinary I probably wouldn't bother complaining but it seems to be fairly common and lots of people have had much worse treatment than I have.

r.mac_2

weezl74 wrote: »

susan I have read your letter and think it is really, really well written. Your suggestions are clear and helpful.

I'd like very much to make a suggestion. I hope that's ok. The NICE committes are still consulting over the guidelines on the treatment of women with bleeding/pain in early pregnancy.

Whilst each hospitals attention to letters like this might be a little bit hit and miss, the NICE committees are committed to receiving and implementing lay-person and patient feedback.

It just seemed to me that if your suggestions were included in the next guidance document, your letter would do even more to help even more women.

The lead on patient feedback for that document is given on the website as Sarah Chalmers and there is an email address.

an inspired idea - and an organisation that will be very interested in your experiences.

kitkat5566 wrote: »

Afternoon all

Does anyone have any experience of colic at all? I am worried my little man might have it; the problems literally started when he turned 2 weeks, in the evenings (and sometimes earlier) he seems to have a crying fit for about 1/2 hour or so, nothing seems to soothe him; we check his nappy, tried feeding him, cuddling him, singing, rocking, etc and his stomach is quite hard. We have tried massaging it and this does seem to help. Does this sound like colic or am I just being paranoid? I have read colic can be crying for 3-4 hours, he doesn't cry for this long but I am still concerned. We have been giving him infacol for about a week now and that does seem to help, but he does seem to get grizzly during the evenings.. am I over-reacting.. afterall babies do cry... !

not personal experience. I belive its more common in boys. At 3weeks old my nephew got what we thought was colic - HV not at all helpful. Lots of extra feeding helped him and after about 2 weeks it settled down. He has always been still is very windy - my sister uses crystal called col-something (sorry!) that are seemingly more effective for my nephew than infacol. babies so tend to have unsettled evenings. If it continues and you are worried do speak to your GP/HV. Most are very supportive as a baby with colic can be hard work on tired parents.

xxxx

ETA - Colocynthis crystals is the name. I phoned her to ask! She buys them from her local chemist and most should be able to order them in for you if they don't have them in store. hope this helps

kitkat5566

Thanks Rmac, we have actually found feeding him a bit more helps but I was a bit worried about doing this incase it made him sick or made the trapped wind worse. Infacol seems to make him do the most massive burps, the poor boy jumps when he does them! When I go see the HV next week I might mention it to her, otherwise I will speak to my GP but thankyou

r.mac_2

kitkat - If you are BF I blieve you can't overfeed a baby! Not sure about FF, but I'm sure krystal or elle or one of the other feeding gurus can help with that one!

My sister tells me boys are very hungry creatures - my Little girl is the opposite :rotfl:

workinmummy

Gill I have sorted a bag of stuff, shall take to work and sort for posting.

Kitkat - alex suffered with colic, Colief drops were a massive help. You can get them from the chemist and on prescription from helpful doctors. Try infacol or dentinox drops first, but you must persevere for about a week to see any results. Its hard work and very waring so hugs for you and your little one.

SugarSpun

Hi everyone :wave:

I started reading back but have given up; I'm exhausted! It was a good weekend though. Big hugs wherever needed, and Susan I thought your letter was excellent.

gill_81uk

kitkat5566 wrote: »

Afternoon all

Does anyone have any experience of colic at all? I am worried my little man might have it; the problems literally started when he turned 2 weeks, in the evenings (and sometimes earlier) he seems to have a crying fit for about 1/2 hour or so, nothing seems to soothe him; we check his nappy, tried feeding him, cuddling him, singing, rocking, etc and his stomach is quite hard. We have tried massaging it and this does seem to help. Does this sound like colic or am I just being paranoid? I have read colic can be crying for 3-4 hours, he doesn't cry for this long but I am still concerned. We have been giving him infacol for about a week now and that does seem to help, but he does seem to get grizzly during the evenings.. am I over-reacting.. afterall babies do cry... !

Sounds like how Thomas was....although the HV said it's colic symptoms not full blown colic. Keep going with the infacol, that really helped us and pretty much sorted T our. Other than that we found massaging his tummy and doing a cycle motion with his legs really helped. We used to let him suck on one of our little fingers (he refused a dummy) and often stopped him crying and relaxed him enough to get the wind out.

WM - thankyou :T

Sugar - yay welcome back!

Becles

aless02 wrote: »

I've ranted loads about it already, so feel quite exhausted to go into details but the long & short of it is due to some insane incompetence by the recruiters for the job I was offered, they have withdrawn the offer and I no longer have a job. (1 of which being they needed a car driver, which I am not)

That's crap that *hugs*

SusanC wrote: »

Please could anyone who doesn't mind doing so, read my complaint letter to the hospital and give me feedback on anything they think I need to change?

It looks good and expresses everything well.

Are you sending it to PALS? They were really helpful when I complained twice - once because the out of hours GP at Durham hospital gave me penicillin despite me telling him it sends me into anaphylactic shock. I took it without realising and ended up being blue lighted back to A&E. The second complaint was when my GP receptionist refused to let James see one of the doctors urgently when he was very sick with an ear infection, as she didn't think he was sick enough. PALS got involved and suddenly an appointement materialised so I could get the antibiotics he needed.

Thanks for doing something. I was 19 when I miscarried in Durham and I wasn't treated very well, and I regret not doing anything at the time. Sensitive white bit here: It was similar to 3's Mam as I was put on a general gynae ward with ladies who were voluntarily losing their babies.

workinmummy wrote: »

Can any one give ideas for a 9 year old girl? As in 9 going on 19, who is allowed to dress in a way that no daughter of mine ever would. It is truly :eek: sometimes.

Stuff from Claire's like hair accessories, lip gloss, fashion jewellry - that kind of thing?

Charlotte said she never did anything at nursery today. I asked if she had been painting and she said no. I asked if they played outside and she said no. I wonder how she got green paint on her dress and mud all over her knees then :rotfl: