Colic!!!

Colic! What a dreaded word! Gavin had colic for the first 3 months after he was born. The days were bliss and the nights were hell! Every night like clock work, the little hand on the 9 and the big hand on the 12 and it would start. Inconsolable crying!!! Nothing worked! All the same things we would do during the daytime that would soothe him meant squat at night. I would walk the floor until my back was burning and my feet hurt! Nothing!! There were nights I'd throw him in the car and drive until I was almost outta gas and yes he would calm down. Then, I'd pull in the driveway to our house and he would wail!!!!

Grandma!!! Thank god for Grandma! I was about to my wits end and one night, when Gavin was around 2 months of age, I took him to my parents house at 12:30 am. I was in tears right along with him! I told my Mom, "I don't know what to do!!" she turned to my Dad and said "go to the store and bring me back some peppermint extract." IT WORKED!!!!! I was in shock! A little extract in his bottle got him to release all that nasty gas in his tummy! He calmed right down and every bottle after that until he was 4 1/2 months old we added the peppermint extract. He started sleeping through the night. He was more manageable at night. It was like I had a whole different baby!

I know that a lot of moms out there get a lot of unsolicited advice, but take it from me, some of that advice actually works!! Be open to it and you might be surprised to find that your life has gotten a whole lot easier!