My baby is 7 weeks old and has colic. Some portions of the day he is so happy and smiling like a nut then BOOM crying fit for an hour. We have tried literally everything. White noise, colic hold, rocking, baby wearing, gas drops, gripe water, probiotics, running the vacuum, car rides, going for a walk, I’ve cut all foods that could bother him out of my diet, etc.

I burp him for 20 minutes after he eats, sit him up for 30 minutes after every feeding and take breaks every ten minutes while he eats.

I don’t sleep well because he WILL NOT sleep without me. We tried everything to get him to sleep in his bassinet. We have a white noise machine, we have swaddled him, he has his pacifier and I have wrapped one of my shirts around the mattress, so now we bedshare (and follow the safety guidelines for bedsharing) but I’ve found that my body is so stiff throughout the night, I wake up every few hours in pain on top of my baby waking up to be fed.

On top of this my baby fights sleep even when he’s exhausted AND he is showing signs of teething. Chewing on his hands, pulling on his ears, drooling and gnawing on his pacifier.

I don’t know how else to help. I’m coming to my whits end with the constant crying and fussing all day long. I get so stressed that I have to put him down and walk out of the room. I get no help due to my husband being at work all day and us living out of state from family. I just hope this gets better fast because I feel so bad that he is crying all the time. Obviously something is wrong and I hate to see my baby in pain.

I have brought him to his pediatrician and nothing is wrong with him.

I guess I just really needed to vent. I love being his mother so much, I just want him to be okay 😭