Hey parents if your baby is struggling with colic first of all, i want you to know that you're not doing anything wrong but there are things that you'regoing to learn  that can help tremendously to reduce colic

 I know you're desperate for solutions parents for your colicky baby

so watch to the end of this video

because not only are you going to get a

game plan for now but you're going to

get a long-term action plan to help you

and your baby navigate through this

season . So let's dive into the most basic

thing you can do and it's burp your baby

and i know it sounds so simple but if

your baby is having constant tummy

issues it's crucial to be burping them

before a feed during the feed and then

after you shouldn't be waiting until

baby cries to feed them otherwise

they're going to be too stressed out to

burp you want to feed your baby at at

least that two to three hour mark so

even if they're still asleep if it's

around that two to three hour mark bring

your baby up to your shoulder to burp

them and then you can start feeding them

as they start showing hunger cues like

sucking on their hands or buffing their

head around or nuzzling their face into

you in the middle of the feed burp them

again and then obviously after the feed

burp them one more time i have a video

about burping that i've linked right up

here colic is often thought to be rooted

in abdominal discomfort so naturally it

would make sense that routinely burping

baby can help a lot next step in your

game plan is infant massage this is one

you absolutely do not want to skip

research shows that infant massage

significantly improves colic symptoms in

terms of how many hours per day baby

cries and the severity of the crying so

first you're gonna start with some

non-toxic lotion that i have linked down

below or just some coconut oil in your

hands rub your hands together to warm it

up and then gently put one hand over

your baby's belly if baby's belly feels

firm it might mean that they need to

pass gas and this massage will help with

that the first rule when doing infant

massage is to always wait 30 to 45

minutes after a feed and then rule

number two is to always move downward so

with your hand on baby's belly start

with strokes with your palm going down

their belly you'll do this about 10

times next take your hand and start on

the left side of baby's belly and do a

little half circle to the other side

moving from left to right which is the

direction that baby's bowels move in

again you'll do this about 10 times and

then to finish off place your thumbs on

the bottoms of baby's feet in the middle

and gently but firmly massage in a

circular motion for about a minute while

you're doing this you can also fold

baby's knees into their belly as this

can help provide gentle pressure to work

out gas or poop and then lastly gently

tug on baby's legs to straighten them

out then elevate them both slightly and

repeat that first massage we did with

your palm on your baby's belly and

gently massage down and you'll do that

about 10 times like i said you don't

want to miss doing this one because it

can help out tremendously next wear your

baby there have been many studies that

show a link between baby wearing and

decreased crying in infants but one

randomized controlled study showed that

baby wearing reduced the duration and

altered the pattern of crying and

fussiness and it speculated that the

relative lack of infant caring in our

society today may actually predispose to

crying and colic in normal infants and

that study is linked down below if you

want to check it out my favorite carrier

for newborns is the wrap and i've linked

down below two options the solly that

has a really nice and thin breathable

fabric and the mobi which is a cheaper

option and the fabric is a little bit

thicker but they both work the same and

i've used and love both of them babywear

often let baby nap in there do chores

with them in there it seriously is a

game changer baby wearing will often

work on its own but if not you want to

further mimic life in the womb being

close to you is part of that but go into

a dark room with the sound machine my

favorite is the hatch which is linked

down below and i think every parent

should have it um the next thing you

want to do is to give your baby a

pacifier if you feel breastfeeding has

been well established babies practice

sucking in the womb and the act of

sucking actually helps babies relax and

i have a video all about pacifiers if

you're not sure about them and you can

check that out up here having that

steady noise that dark non-stimulating

environment movement like swaying with

your baby closeness with you and sucking

is how you can mimic that safe familiar

womb space that your baby was in for

nine months that they loved being in the

next thing is to assess your baby's

breast or bottle feeding habits if

breastfeeding is your baby's bottom lip

tucked into their mouth do you hear

clicking sounds do they have milk

dribbling out of their mouth these are

all signs that tell us that the latch

isn't sealed and baby might be sucking

in air that is creating discomfort in

their belly and maybe giving them an

adequate milk intake as well i have a

video about proper lash that i've linked

up here to watch if you think latch

might be the culprit to baby's excessive

crying and discomfort colic is a major

cause of stopping breastfeeding early so

get counsel from a lactation specialist

who can assess latch and offer

personalized guidance colic also peaks

at six weeks which is also when mama's

milk regulates so a lot of times moms

stress out that baby is crying because

they're not getting enough milk but

that's rarely the case especially if

your breast milk has been sufficient for

them for the last several weeks now if

you're bottle feeding make sure you're

elevating baby to feed them basically

sit them up or lean them on your chest

or your knees and only fill the tip of

the nipple so that they are the ones

controlling the speed and the flow of

milk a lot of times the tendency is to

lay baby down and keep the bottle

basically facing down the whole time so

that they have a steady stream of milk

but this doesn't allow them to control

the speed or the amount of milk that

they even want this upright feeding

actually mimics breastfeeding the most

because they have the most control over

the flow also the bottles i recommend

are dr brown's anti-colic glass bottles

plastics even if they're bpa-free can

leach harmful chemicals into the body

that can disrupt baby's immature gut

next thing is to introduce a probiotic

the probiotic lactobacillus rotary or

lack of it in baby's gut may be one of

the contributing factors to colic the

one that i like is the biogaia and it's

linked down below but it's always a good

idea to run it past your pediatrician

first mama can also be taking a

probiotic and i recommend mary ruth and

22 nutrition which are linked down below

they're the ones that i take and when

you finish one you get the other one and

you just keep alternating between the

two because there are different strains

and so it's going to help build your gut

bacteria more holistically eating foods

like sauerkraut kimchi yogurt and kefir

all have probiotics that help build

mama's gut and therefore help babies get

if mama is breastfeeding so at this

point in your game plan it's important

to rule out organic causes like a cow's

milk protein allergy reflux disease

lactose intolerance or overload or some

kind of infection or sickness that is

causing this some of those things can be

treated by mom's diet changes if she's

breastfeeding or changing formula if

you're worried it might be diet related

check out my video linked up here about

reflux and what can be done in mama's

diet to help and lastly but so

importantly see a chiropractor any labor

and birth puts a lot of stress on baby's

body so seeing a chiropractor early on

in baby's life is so instrumental in

their transition from womb to world one

study showed that excessive crying was

reduced by half an hour in favor of the

group receiving chiropractic care

compared with the control group but many

parents notice an even more significant

transformation in their baby who is

suffering from colic when they take take

them to a pediatric chiropractor a

chiropractor is going to be able to

address their nervous system and how

it's affecting everything else from

stomach issues to tummy time issues to

breastfeeding issues and all the rest so

parents you are not alone in this season

it will end and implementing some or all

of these things can help tremendously if

you need support as you navigate through

this really challenging season i've

linked a facebook group called the fussy

baby site that will be able to support

and give you information and if you know

a parent who needs to watch this video

make sure you send it their way thanks

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