Did your difficult child have Colic as a baby?

[brendan]

For some reason I've ben thinking about this lately. Brendan would scream every night from about 5 until 10 pm. I am now thinking his senses were overloaded as this sometimes is a problem for Aspergers/other problems.
Just wondering it there is a correlation.

 

[HaoZi]

Mine had some reflux issues as a baby, had to keep her upright for a while after she ate, and she had to be on special formula due to lactose intolerance. Otherwise she was a great baby.

 

[KTMom91]

Yes. I carried her in a kangaroo pouch for weeks. It was awful. Forget taking a shower or getting anything else done...

 

[PatriotsGirl]

No, my difficult child did not have any colic issues. Neither one of my kids did.

 

[1 Day At a Time]

Oh yes - colic and projectile reflux until he was 6 months old. Both problems stopped right around six months, but it was a very rough ride for us all until this calmed down. I never really connected the Asperger's with these issues, but no doubt they may be connected.

 

[Bunny]

YES!!! He would scream all day long, but it was strange because he would sleep at night. I can't tell you how many different formulas we were on and how many times I took that child to a doctor as a baby because he did nothing but cry. It was horrible.

Actually, I know quite a few people who have difficult child kids and they all said the same thing: they were difficult kids from the time they were babies. Most of them said their kids were very colicky as babies. Maybe there is something to that.

Pam

 

[hearts and roses]

Well, the pediatrician at the time confirmed that difficult child didn't have bad colic at all. And he could not explain why she cried from sun up till sun down. Yes, a full 12 hours, from 7AM to 7PM of screaming. Then, magically at 7PM, following her bath time and feeding, she drifted off to sleep for 12 hours. Because I was nursing, I had to wake her in the middle of the night to feed, my breasts we so full and painful from nursing her all day as a means to calm her. It was an utter nightmare. Again, almost magically, at 3 months the screaming stopped...but then it picked up again when she hit her teens! LOL.

 

[tiredmommy]

Yes... round the clock.

 

[Fran]

Nope, not an issue.

 

[HaoZi]

Those of you that had ones that were colicky, are these the same kids that do better on girlfriend/CF diets?

 

[Kjs]

Yes he did. It was absolutely horrible. I think he cried for a year with Colic, then ear infections.

 

[TerryJ2]

Reflux and projectile vomiting.
Does that count?

 

[Hound dog]

Screamed for 6 months......did not sleep but for maybe 5 mins at a shot.........reflux and projectile vomiting as well. diagnosed failure to thrive as an infant. Honestly surprised I had another child after that. lol

 

[Josie]

My daughter was colicky. She was a difficult child until she did the girlfriend/CF diet. I think if your child had a known allergy or intolerance as a baby, it is worth eliminating that food now and seeing what happens.

I know most people don't believe in the magic bullet, but for her that diet is the magic bullet.