Fight Baby Colic with Dr. Brown

My daughter has been suffering from what seems to be colic for about 2 weeks now.  It usually starts in the early evening and lasts about 3 hours.  For those of you unfamiliar with the term colic, it’s a condition that commonly occurs in infants where they cry uncontrollably for hours at a time for seemingly no reason whatsoever.  They eat great, need regular diaper changes, and are completely content and happy for most of the day.

There is no accepted cause of colic; although, most seem to attribute it to gas in the baby’s digestive system that causes pain and discomfort.  If you walk down the bottle aisle of your local Target or Wal-Mart, you’ll see no shortage of marketing on the outside of the packaging claiming to cure or alleviate symptons for a baby with colic.  My wife and I have tried them all lately – or we thought we had…

During a visit with my family in Missouri, my brother and his wife told us about bottles by Dr. Brown.  Their baby shows signs of colic, and they started using the Dr. Brown bottles to see if they would help.  Magically, after a couple of days, their baby stopped the incessant crying in the evening time.

Full of renewed hope, my wife and I drove to the nearest Wal-Mart and bought 8 Dr. Brown bottles.  We started using them last Saturday afternoon.  We immediately noticed a change that evening.  Addison cried a little less than normal and actually went to sleep around 8:30 that night.  Sunday was a bad day as we had to drive 7 hours back home.  That fact alone accounted for a bit of fussiness on Sunday night, but again – no unending screaming.  Yesterday, Addison went all day with zero crying episodes.  Sure she cried every now and then when her diaper was wet or when she was hungry, but it appears the Dr. Brown bottles have helped her stop the colic episodes in the evening.

We’re keeping our fingers crossed that this evening goes well, and I’m feeling pretty optimistic at this point.  Needless to say, I feel like 1000 lbs have been lifted from my shoulders.  Nothing is worse than having your baby scream for hours when you know she’s in pain and there’s nothing you can do about it.

If you think they may be able to help you, you can purchase them from Wal-Mart, Target, or even Amazon.com.