Expect the Unexpected – The Colicky Newborn

This post was written by Tessa (my sister and Baby Fest’s Mom-of-Honor)!

Anyone who has a baby with colic can relate to the feelings of helplessness that I experienced when my daughter was an infant. She cried nearly all afternoon and evening, everyday, for the first three months of her life. I was a first time mom and completely clueless as to what she needed, let alone how to meet her needs.

My husband and I did our best to comfort her, care for her and not kill each other in the process. Looking back I can now see that I went from feeling like a clueless, helpless bundle of tears, to feeling confident and capable of loving and raising my baby. We tried a lot of methods and strategies that sometimes helped and sometimes didn