Sunday, August 23, 2009

Return of the dreaded colic!!!!

I think it is pretty definite that Jude has colic. I think I am going to cry.....

I just don't know how I am going to make it through again. Julia's colic was hell on earth, I cannot imagine going through that again. I know it should be easier the second time around, but I don't know about that.... It still seems just as rough!

When we were thinking about adding a second kid to our family, I expressed my fear of going through colic again. Everyone kept telling me "what are the chances of that happening again!". Well, apparently lightening does strike the same place twice....

With Julia I gave up eating gluten, dairy, and caffeine in hopes of helping her colic. While the colic would get worse (hard to imagine that was even possible) when I ate those things, she still had severe colic. I have already given up milk and caffeine this time around without any success. I just don't see any correlation with the food I eat. I am beginning to wonder if it is not just my milk, itself, that gives my kids colic.

I think one thing is for certain, if Jude really does have colic, we are done, done, DONE having kids. As in, Jerrod can get snipped ASAP! There is NO way I would risk going through colic a third time!!

The only glimmer of hope I have is that Jude's colic seems to be acting slightly different than Julia's and that maybe we can find medicine that will help him. We tried several different types with Julia without success, but maybe one will work for him. I have his one month check scheduled in just over a week, lets see if I can hold out until then.

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