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Infacol Colic Awareness Month + Win a The White Company Sleeping Bag!
Did you know that infant colic affects 1 in 5 babies? Though this is true, 1 in 3 mums admit to not knowing what colic is. Colic is a common medical condition affecting many newborns and it can cause excessive crying. To raise awareness, Infacol and Cry-sis, the only parenting charity dedicated to supporting parents through excessive infant crying, are working on a campaign called Colic Awareness Month.
Infacol is Britain’s Number One Infant Colic remedy, is licensed for the treatment of infant colic, wind and griping pain. It can be used from birth onwards and comes with a handy dropper, making it easy to give your baby.
Cry-sis is a national charity that provides help and support to families with excessively crying, sleepless and demanding babies. Cry-sis runs a national telephone helpline that is available to callers every day of the year between 9am and 10pm. Callers are referred to a trained volunteer member of Cry-sis who has personal experience of crying or sleep problems within their own family.
Signs and symptoms of colic include:
- Intense crying bouts
- Crying in the late afternoon or evening that lasts several hours
- The baby’s face is red and flushed when they cry
- The baby clenches their fists, draws their knees up or arches their back while crying
For more information on infant colic, you can visit www.infacol.co.uk. To get advice on excessive crying, including one-on-one phone support, visit www.cry-sis.org.uk.
Colic Awareness Month
Colic Awareness Month strives to educate and support parents to ensure they can experience the joys of parenthood to the full. Infacol and Cry-sis have carried out new research looking at the different ways that parents around the UK try to soothe their babies when they’re upset.
95% of parents have sung or hummed to calm their baby, 88% have tried the classic going for a drive trick and 67% have turned on the TV or radio for background noise to help settle their baby. Regionally, parents in the East of England are more likely to try singing or humming, while parents in South Wales are more likely to try a car drive. 77% of Welsh parents have tried background noise from TV and radio and it’s programmes about current affairs, documentaries and dramas that seem to be used the most to help babies drift off to sleep.
Naturally, it can be very stressful for new parents to have a baby who’s crying excessively. It usually means even less sleep and of course parents worry too and are wondering why their baby is crying.
Nowadays there are even apps that can help identify or interpret an infant’s cry using acoustics of cries from thousands of babies to help parents decipher a cry of hunger, pain, tiredness, or if a baby is simply fed-up. Infacol carried out a survey of 500 mums and dads with babies under the age of 2 and found that 1 in 3 parents would be willing to try an app like this, if it helped to calm their infant.
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Thankfully only one of my babies suffered from colic and I used Infacol to ease it!
My daughter suffered from colic the same time every evening. Infacol helped to relieve
Oh yes, all of my boys have suffered from colic, lots and lots of winding had to be done
I knew about colic but luckily none of my children got it.
Lots – TLC cuddles and patience – it will pass
Yes my son suffered from Colic, I found it really difficult as nothing I seemed to do helped! Sadly I was never told anything about colic, but I’ll be more prepared this time around x
I’ve been very lucky, I’ve had 5 babies and luckily none of them suffered from it.
I knew about colic but was pleased that my baby never had it. Much better information and products around these days but still a distressing condition.
my eldest had colic as a baby it was horrible x
I haven’t got any experience of it but I do know about it as a friend’s baby had it
Oh yes my little girl suffered terribly with colic, I remember I got a powder to put in her milk, that helped a little and baby massages helped massively.
not a mum so no, this would be a gift for nieces new arrival
My kids had it a little but luckily nothing horrendous.
I’ve had no experience but my friend did with her baby. It was hard work.
Fortunately I haven’t experienced colic with my others, heres hoping this babies the same! My neice had many sleepless nights when her little girl had it.
thankfully my baby didn’t get it
My son had colic when he was born and I always used Infacol to treat it
Luckily my daughter didn’t have it but I’m due another soon hopefully I will be lucky again
My kids had it a little
thankfully my baby didn’t get any
Good job non of my kids had it, I’ve read up on it though
We were very lucky and didn’t experience colic with either of our children x
My son had colic and reflux we used infacol
My youngest did for a little while so we changed bottles and that seemed to help.
My son had Colic when he was a baby back in the mid 90s – we had infacol and loads of patience, as I seem to recall, and little else. My daughter was lucky, but my last one’s due early next year, it’s a possibility!
I haven’t got any experience with colic as luckily my little boy doenst suffer with it, i only found out about it after having him
I knew a little about it, but thankfully my daughter never suffered it.
I had it when I was little so hoping my baby can avoid it!
No experience but my niece suffered with it, cuddles usually helped
Thankfully my children didn’t suffer with colic!
My daughter never had it, she just didn’t like to go to bed. Might miss something.
I knew about colic but was lucky for my bambino not to have it
My daughter suffered from colic
My children luckily didn’t have it but my niece did and her mum used infacol
A friend’s baby had it and it wasn’t very nice
Neither of my kids suffered thankfully as I know it can be horrible for the baby. I did use Dr Brown bottles as I believe they help to proven colic.
I have never had any experience of it.
Tried everything including infacol which helped a bit, but it just seemed to be something that he grew out of
I knew about colic but luckily none of my children ever suffered with it.
my sister-in-law had to deal with it, it was hard but with support from friends and family all can turn out bright
infacol for amazing when my little 1 had it
Thankfully my daughter has never suffered with it
yes, just rode it out with both my kids, got better with no special treatment
I spent many evenings and nights pushing my son in his pram because of colic. Poor little mite
My daughter had it.
I don’t have any experience or advice to offer I’m afraid
i didn’t really have any issues
i dont think so, however whenever our first had bad wind we worried about colic
Luckily I have not had to deal with Colic
Thankfully not
No been very luck
We were very luck twice
We thought DD had colic then turned out to be reflux. Luckily she quickly outgrown it.
With my last child I used infacol it was amazing I will definitely make sure I have some ready for this time :)
My son Noah had colic when he was born and I always used Infacol to treat it ?
Yes, my third child suffered badly with Colic and it was a tough few months but there is light at the end of the tunnel x
I wasn’t aware of it with my child and didn’t have any issues but have friends whose wee ones have really suffered with it
I’ve not had any experience of it!
My Daughter didn’t but my Nephew did, we all used to give my sister a break, cook tea for her, but really just reassure her that it wasn’t her…and it would pass!!!
No I was lucky I didn’t have it and haven’t had it with my little girl
All of mine suffered with colic, I found drops worked well and also winding during bottles multiple times helped
Didn’t have clue when i had my first child thank god for colic drops
I don’t have any experience
my boy is 10 weeks old now and when I had him I literally had no idea what colic was! I really think they need to educate expectant mums more about colic so they know what to look out for and how to help the baby. Luckily my boy doesn’t suffer with it very much!
I’ve been really lucky and we have managed to avoid colic in this household.
I have a friend with a new gorgeous little girl who unfortunately has colic. It’s heartbreaking to see this poor little mite suffering so much.
My half sister (21 years my junior) had it. She seemed to be in a lot of pain and spent a lot of time in a restless state.
im a childrens nurse so i see patient and parents who are struggling with their baby having colic
my baby girl had colic we used gripe water as instructed by the health visitor this was 21 years ago worked a treat
Yes, my son suffered with colic. It was awful at the time and we used infacol which did seem to help ease the discomfort for him.
I’m lucky that my son and daughter didn’t have colic but as I’m expecting again in December, I’m reading up so I’m prepared!
I have been very lucky, none of my children suffered with colic
Both my daughters had it, and my grandaughter too, thankfully only mildy and briefly but it is quite distressing
Yes I knew about it and thankfully my baby did not have it
One of the twins suffered, tummy & back rubs helped a bit
When I think of my nephews cholic I remember waltzing round the living room through hours and hours of Seth Lakeman.
I personally have never experienced a baby with colic before but i am aware of it via my friends baby having it.
Fortunately not!
my son had colic and infacol was a godsend
H suffered from it for a while the HV recommended infacol and dr brown anti colic bottles which helped
My oldest had colic when he was wee. Only for a short time but he was so upset. I would walk him up and down, singing and rubbing his back, Poor wee thing.
My son had it really badly, but I don’t remember my daughter having it at all
Clueless!
I don’t have any understanding of Colic, I have just become a new Auntie so I will soon be learning about all these things.
my son he suffered with it, any thing from 1 – 3 hours every night for months
I thought colic was a specific thing, a very specific condition. I didn’t realise that it is used as a bit of a ‘catch all’ term by GPs and health visitors to label any gripes the baby has. The problem with that is, they say it to appease parents and sometimes miss the bigger issues like in our case, really bad reflux.
Infacol helped with the gas and wind that he had. For the full reflux, we had to go to prescription.
Thankfully, I’ve never had to deal with it. Thanks for the competition.
I was aware of colic but so far my newborn isn’t showing any signs of it, fingers crossed she doesn’t get it really, I feel for all the babies that do-and their parents of course!
Yes my first born son suffered with it but I didn’t really know what it was at the time
My eldest daughter. And now my 13 month old. We stopped infacol at 8 months and she’s not been sleeping since she’s drinking more bottles in the night like a newborn I’m going out to buy infacol today. I bet that will help her get back into sleeping more comfortably again. She is teething also. But I bet wind is causing a problem
with my first I didnt. But knew with the others once I knew lol. I found parting their backs and rubbing the back back and forth real l helped and have extra patting when had a bottle of brest feeding xx
Yes, my daughter used to have it and also my little nephew who is 2 months old
luckily only one of my kids every had colic, infacol was a great help at the time10
I didn’t know about it before I had my second baby. Infacol was helping a bit but that time was still very difficult.
Our eldest daughter suffered terribly with colic. Nothing seemed to sooth her, we tried all the traditional methods, walking up and down, rubbing her back, rubbing her tummy but nothing helped her at all until our midwife recommended Infacol. She more or less, overnight became another child! So, I will definitely be purchasing Infacol ahead of our new addition, due in Spring!
My eldest son suffered with colic and I just spent hours winding.
New about that is it
so cute
My first daughter had colic, I had hoped being breastfed would ease it but apparently not. Infacol, lots of patience and care help. Expecting my second baby imminently so reading this blog with interest!
We just have a one month old, we hope she never gets it!
Just starting to understand it, needs to be more awareness
Makes you feel so helpless. I remember walking up and down with a screaming infant for what felt like hours.
Infacol seemed to help my son with his colic
Luckily my five babies have not suffered from this
I know a lot of people who had babies with colic and I always listened to them in support. My baby was unusual and didn’t really cry so I felt bad that they were going through hell.
I have experience of colic many many years ago.
My daughter had bad colic when she was little.
Yes i have dealt with colic with 3 of my kids. One of my sons now 11 had it so did my daughter who is now 8. And now my 8wk old baby has it. Its constant torture for babies and emotional hel for parents
My youngest suffered terrible with colic, same time every evening was awful. We tried everything possible but in the end i found infacol along with baby massage helped relieve it
I don’t no anyone who’s had it personally x
No, i didnt but my best friend had her son with massive colic issues – bless his heart x
My daughter had colic and it was horrendous. We tried so many different remedies and finally discovered Infacol which helped, but lots of patience, and lots of rocking them also helps.
I knew about colic before having my own children, due to me having 3 younger siblings. With my own children, latpying them across my lap on their tummy seemed to help
We got very lucky no colic and peaceful sleep other than when a bug was going round