Help with colic-open forum also

[clevelandlady]

I noticed alot of posts about colic lately,so I thought I'd share a little trick I learned.My first daughter was very gassy and miserable from about 2 weeks on,and would cry non stop from 8pm till around 2 am.I tried every kind of formula from soy to nutrigenmen [? spelling] and nothing worked.We were living in the downstairs of a double at that time,and an old grandma lived above us.She told me about the vacuum cleaner trick.If you turn your vacuum on,it stops them in mid scream.It worked like a charm for my dd ,and I did that till she got older and and the gassy/fussiness stopped on it's own.~ feel free to use as an open forum also~ have a great weekend everyone !

[jifnif]

i have used that and i happened to be using the blender during a scream session and noticed that works too!!!!

[Me2mommy2b]

since i live in an apartment building, running a vacuum at 1 am is not an option for us...well, come to think of it, i think they'd rather hear the humming of the vacuum then the screaming baby.  gotta try it and see if it works for my colicky baby.  She'll be 8 weeks on sunday.  How long did it last with your babies???

[casey's mom]

Also try the fan above the stove. I did that with my little guy. I'd put him in the baby bjorn and put the exaust fan on above the stove and bounced up and down....always worked!