Beneficial First Aid Cures For Soothing A Colicky Child

Having to pacify a persistently irate baby could be quite a challenging task of many a newly turned moms and dads. A child could be termed colicky when despite being in good health, being amply fed is crying for above 3 hours on an average daily, lasting for above 3 days during a week’s time.

Colic is a condition that is not totally comprehended though it generally makes its presence felt in nearly fourteen days subsequent to the child’s birth or even afterwards among babies born prematurely. Most often it subsides when the child is three to four months old.

Below mentioned are some of the prudent tips that one could employ to soothe your irate, colicky baby:

• Using pacifiers or baby’s dummy or comforter.
• Doing gentle rocking motions to the baby placed on one’s lap or seated in a chair which rocks back and forth.
• Soft hand movements replicating a mild massage on the abdominal area or the child’s back.
• Playing soothing or unwinding music that would do wonders to both the parents and the baby.

Medical Cure

Medical cure mostly demands assurance from the paediatrician who would suggest any of the following cures:

• Medicines like Simethicone drops also commonly available as Maalox, Gas-X, Mylanta and Phazyme that work by relieving gaseous feeling in the abdomen.
• Ensuring a silent, non-arousing setting when the child starts showing signs of colic.
• Bringing about a variation in the baby’s dietetic intake and feeding methods. Those infants that are breastfeeding could find relief when the mom steers clear from dairy produce, particularly when there is a tendency of becoming allergic or resorting to regulated assortment of foods for averting allergies.Other recommendations comprise of cutting out spiced food items, veggies in raw form and caffeine-based items.
• One could even attempt to substitute milk-derived formulations. Current research has revealed that changing milk-derived formulations could assuage the occurrence of colic.
• Whey-derived formulations (Carnation Good Start) that have previously assimilated protein which the child would find easier to digest.
• Soy-derived formulations (Isomil, Enfamil ProSobee) could lower the time periods when the colic signs are apparent.
• Allergy warding formulations (Enfamil Nutramigen, Alimentum) are believed to lower the intensity of the colic signs among bottle-feeding infants. Though they are costlier in comparison to the other available formulations.

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