When your baby is in pain: What is Colic and what can we do about it?

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My mother still tells me the story. About how every day, when I was a newborn, how I used to start crying at around 4pm. Inconsolable crying. I had colic. Crying that wouldn’t go away. My poor mom soldiered through these times (with some help from my dad when he got home) but I do wish back then she’d had some Colief. Maybe it would have made a difference to both of us.

What is Colic?

Colic is the crying that happens for no obvious reason. You’ve changed the nappy, you’ve given them their milk, you’ve made them safe and warm in your arms. And still the crying happens. Colic is defined as “an attack of prolonged crying in what appears to be abdominal pain in infancy”.

There are a lot of unknowns in Colic (and we do wish babies could talk and tell us exactly what’s going on with them) but it is suggested that indigestion could be at play.  An immature gut which is struggling with the lactose in milk.

If that’s the case, the Colief can be of assistance. In fact, as the slogan says, Moms Know When to Call on Colief. 

Colief Infant drops contain natural enzymes to help break down the lactose in milk, making it easier to digest for babies that struggle with this. You can add a few drops to your pumped breastmilk or formula milk which could save you from switching to special formula milk or having to give up breastfeeding.

Colic is probably a complicated diagnosis but if this is one more sword in your fight to get your baby to stop crying as a mom, I’d take it. Colief is widely prescribed by healthcare professionals and appreciated by exhausted parents everywhere who just want the crying to stop.

 

Colief doesn’t only help moms with colic. They have other products in their range too.

Colief Mom To Be Cream:

During pregnancy this cream prevents stretch marks and also assists with dry and itchy skin.

After birth it facilitates your skin’s healing process in those first few months. They hypoallergenic formula includes pro-Vitamin Bs (healing and protecting your skin) plus almond, avocado, grape seed oils, Vitamin E and soothing calendula to keep your skin moisturised.

 

Colief Baby Scalp Oil:

Dry or flaky skin on the scalp is something that develops often in the first year. It isn’t harmful to the baby, but it can be unsightly. Simply massage this oil onto their head and the problem is solved. It’s suitable for babies two months and up. I remember having this problem with Nicky too.

So what’s inside this oil? Hydrating rosehip oil, healing chamomile, and nourishing Vitamin E to protect and repair tender skin.

Colief Vitamin D3 Drops

You’d think with all the sunshine SA gets Vitamin D would not be a problem. Well, surprisingly, it is. I remember this was one of the things that a Dietitian highlighted for me with a blood test. It turned out that it was too low.

I landed up having to need a prescription for Vitamin D.

Pregnant women, breastfeeding moms, infants and young children are particularly at risk so if you want to get that reassurance that everyone is getting what they need, make sure you and your little one are getting these drops.

 

For more information on Colief, see their website. The products can be found at Dischem, Clicks and some independent pharmacies.

This post was sponsored by Colief. 

 

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