Tania writes:

The  worst of the colic passed at around 7 months, but he continued to be 
an  intense baby and a 
demanding toddler.  As he grew into a child and could  communicate he needs 
more clearly I learned that he had strong aversions to  certain fabrics, 
textures, loud noises, changes in routine etc.In our case I  feel that th
e colic was a combination of my excessive milk production and  his sensory 
issues.
~~
 
~~ Hello everyone,
See this is where it gets tricky with the terms. In  Breastfeeding 
Management for the Clinician ( Walker,  2006) it reads: "Infantile colic is a set of 
behaviors described in healthy  infants as episodes of irritability and 
hard, unexplained, and inconsolable  crying...", 

So I'm thinking, there is a difference between unexplained, and  
unexplainable. Thanks to those of you who shared your experienced with your  stressed 
out and often challenging little ones. If a baby does have sensory  issues, 
or mom has a letdown like Niagara Falls (me) or a massive supply volume,  or 
baby is just expected to behave in a certain passive and noncommunicative 
way  and doesn't, then this is technically not colic. When I think about 
colic, and I  can come up with a reason for baby's behaviors, I don't use the 
word colic,  because there is an explanation. Doctors talk about "digestive 
immaturity"  being related to colic. Isn't that an explanation/ reason, though 
it is  often suggested as a reason to ignore the baby's crying because 
"they're just  immature and will grow out if it. " Is the term colic like the 
term SIDS, where  people worry about their baby dying of SIDS if they roll 
over on him/her, but  then that's really not SIDS, right? If we say a baby is 
crying, and maybe has  mucusy stools and arches and cries until mom takes out 
dairy and/or baby gets  CST or other strategies, would we say that baby was 
colicky? I see a big  difference between a baby whose behaviors are beyond 
explanation, and baby whose  behaviors may have an explanation but the 
explanation is not figured out or  accepted. (your baby thrives best when held  
vs. your baby is  colicky, just put her down til she grows out of this 
colic.) Does that make  sense? Maybe my idea of what colic is, is unexplained!
 
Peace,
Judy  

Judy LeVan  Fram, PT, IBCLC, LLLL
Brooklyn, NY,  USA


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