So, I've taken an accidental blogging break, mainly due to the evil colic that is lingering around this house. Savannah is the sweetest and most precious child I have ever known (obviously) and I cannot wait for her to outgrow this colic mess. Blogging has been put on the back burner while I keep my sanity. :) Our sweet families and friends have been keeping us afloat lately because it is just so very exhausting to have a baby crying all the time. We are lucky they are all around to give us breaks and play with Savannah or hold her while she cries.
I never really gave 'colic' a thought before I had a child, and even as I was pregnant I didn't think much about it either. Up until Savannah was almost 6 weeks old, it still hardly crossed my mind. Now I cannot tell you how my heart goes out to other parents and families who have a colicky baby. Savannah has some really sweet and really fun moments, and usually even one or two good days a week, but lots of the other days and hours are filled with my baby girl screaming and crying. I'm talking like over 5 hours a day, people. It is heartbreaking above all else. It means every time we go out in public, I am a nervous wreck worrying she will be the 'screaming child' in the restaurant or store. It means every night is a different story, sometimes she falls asleep nursing, and other nights she can stay up fussing and crying for literally hours. It means she is STILL waking up every 2-3 hours to eat if not more often than that. It means there is no 'schedule' at all for us from one day to the next. It has Birc and us, most nights, looking at each other asking, 'What is wrong with her? Where is she hurting? What can we do to help her? Colic cannot be this bad right?' We know these questions are silly and have no answer but we still keep asking them.
Anyway, I'm not having a pity party here, but I will want to look back and know how far we've come from this when she finally grows out of it. And while I'm at it, I'm wondering if anyone has any tips for us? I, just as of Friday, am eliminating dairy from my diet to see if that helps per Aaron's recommendation. She also doesn't seem to have any major gas or reflux problems that we can tell, so nothing to fix there.
Here's a cute pic of my sweet girl smiling! See? She is sweet and precious too :) and we love her so very much no matter how much she cries. Hopefully I'll catch back up on blogging this week. I still haven't done her Baptism or 3 month blog, and I've got lots of cute new spring outfits to show you as well!
