For the past few days, it has been very difficult to get our three-month-old son to go to sleep. He cries and fusses for no readily apparant reason, and positively refuses to go down for naps longer than fifteen minutes and often does not go down for the night until eleven. Could he have colic, and how can we tell?
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I would guess probably not. Based on this article, colic usually appears in younger babies and starts to end around 3 months. It is also defined as "crying for 3 hours per day, more than 3 days per week for at least 3 weeks". It could be that your little guy is now over-tired which is exacerbating the problem. As the Baby Whisperer likes to say "Sleep begets sleep", so the lack of substantial naps could be causing issue with bedtime. As for the root cause: perhaps teething or a growth spurt making him hungrier than usual? Good luck - keep trying, don't be over-eager to rescue him if he starts to fuss and most importantly be consistent with your routine. |
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My oldest had colic from when he was about 5 weeks old until he was about 4 months old. Heck of an introduction to motherhood. So, I'd say that unless you're life has suddenly taken a swift descent into one of the nastier levels of hell, it's probably just a growth spurt or his teeth. |
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Both my kids had a "witching hour" at around three months... we had to walk them around the house in the evenings, it was as if they knew that was when we needed to unwind :) They also had an uncanny ability to discern whether we were sitting or standing. I wouldn't have called it colic though, just extra-fussy. |
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I found once in a while I'd forget to check something obvious, so I had a mental checklist I'd go through... there were only 5 things:
Also, different rocking styles produced varying results. Rocking side to side sometimes seemed much more effective than rocking front to back. I had to keep reminding myself to try different things if whatever I was trying didn't work. I don't remember there being many times when one of those 5 wouldn't solve the crying. My theory was, if you took care of these, if she still cried, it's out of my hands. |
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