Managing Colic and Switching Pedis

Well the little one is 7 weeks old. Things are still rough. We have managed to get her colic to where it is at least manageable. Before we were giving her mylicon and gripe water. I was alternating between the two, but it didn't seem to be helping as much as I thought it would. My wonderful sister in law told me to put mylicon in her bottles. I did and like magic, most of her gassiness disappeared. A friend of mine recommended Humphrey's Colic Remedy. Let me just say, this stuff is amazing. It's all natural and has chamomile to help her sleep. Last night was the third night we used it and it worked well. She sleeps a full 4-5 hours before waking for a diaper change and bottle. Even though I give her another dose at night, Nathan can never get her back to sleep on his shift. But as soon as he hands her to me in the morning she crashes out. She likes to be held constantly. I used to be able to put her in her swing, on her boppy or anywhere really. Now I put her down and within 5 minutes she starts crying. I pick her up and she immediately falls asleep.

I am trying to get her in the habit of sleeping in her crib more. She doesn't sleep with us or even in our room, we just stay up and hold her. So now when she falls out, I put her in her crib. I want her to be more comfortable sleeping in her own bed instead of us holding her constantly. At nights, I take a heating pad and put it on under her quilt before I start her bedtime routine. I get it warm for her and then turn it off before we set her in her crib. The warmth seems to help her. I hold her all day long, and I love it, but once I go back to work, there will be no way to continue staying up all night long like we are. I don't know how my husband does it.

I have switched pediatricians because my last pedi was a crackpot. At my two week appointment he told me to not feed her at night and let her cry it out. That was strike one. Strike two was telling me not to bring her in unless her fever was 104. The guy is obviously off his rocker.

Arabella also has a horrible eye infection. She had a clogged tear duct and the pediatrician told us not to worry about it. We were to keep it clean and massage her tear duct several times a day. It kept getting worse and finally her eye was getting raw from me wiping it. I took her to another pediatrician and saw another GP and she was given antibiotic drops. Her eye is clearing up beautifully.