Evil, Thy Name is Colic!
Colic! Just the sound of the word cringes on a newborn parents nerves like nails on a chalk board. Its a cryptic condition causing cramps in your little angel making him scream until his throat is raw, all the while waving and clawing with his hands in search of some relief. This tortuous scene can play out for hours on end leaving the parents as helpless spectators. Fortunately, not all infants are afflicted as such, and what I’ve described is probably the worst case scenario. Our little Sammy is thankfully far from that, but last Sunday night was a true colic attack. Three plus hours of inconsolable crying… yeah it was a tough one.
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After trying everything, and I do mean everything Melissa and I could think of (including Gripe Water…and even Mr. Bublé failed! 
), we seemed doomed to do as some of the baby books we are reading suggest, and “just let it lie”, meaning put the baby in its crib and let him cry it out for fifteen minutes. That’s little weird huh? Doesn’t seem like the best way a parent can help his child, totally ignore him like a new Wesley Snipes movie, but its just as effective as anything else. I was picking him up to carry him to his crib…
We had been out of the house only a couple times, including that same day, and each time we pack Sam in his snowsuit, he drops Zs like its no ones business. So out comes the snowsuit, in goes a crying Sam… and as soon as the last zipper is up…blessed silence! 
We couldn’t believe it! He was gone, sound asleep, within seconds. Now mind you Sam doesn’t have colic cramps every night, but rest assured, his snowsuit is now beside his crib waiting for Sammy’s next fits. Melissa and I then got a well deserved (almost) four hour sleep! Bonus!
Well folks, the key lesson here is don’t panic, because with colic there is nothing you can do. Just ride it out. Besides, ‘the experts’ say colic cramps last for about 2 months after starting around the third week of an infants life. So there is light at the end of the tunnel, we just have to make sure we have enough gas to get there… we know Sam will!
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You have to introduce Mr. Bublé to us !
Anyway, good luck with Colic…
You’ve never heard Michael Bublé sing? Well next time you two are over, I’ll set you up with a few tunes. He’s a crooner with a big band sound, so its ideal dinner music, but it all depends if you like that type of music.
As for the colic…maybe you could babysit????
You know, as practice???
Babysit? Are you getting baby-fatigued already?
Nah! But we were just thinking of our friends…in case they want practice
… you know…in case…you know 