Exactly a week from today, I will be back at work. If it wasn't for Katie being such a difficult baby, I'd actually be looking forward to it because I really do enjoy my job. Instead, the thought of her crying all day in a swing, bouncy or pack n play makes me want to vomit. She does not "cry it out" (which I find inhumane anyway). She will literally be crying all day and there's nothing I can do about it.
Kelton has always behaved better at daycare than at home. When he wouldn't eat a damn thing at home, he was eating whatever she put in front of him at daycare. I'm hoping and praying that Katie be the same way. Maybe she'll do much better at daycare.
She's 3mo now and most everything you read suggests colic starts to get better at 3mo. Right now though, she seems worse. I'm crossing my fingers that she's just having a growth spurt.
I want a happy cuddly baby.
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I had a high needs baby who screamed a lot. He also laughed a lot but I probably didn't think so at the time.
When the "colic" didn't stop at 3 months, I looked forward to 6 months (the time given for babies to outgrow colic if they had not done so by 3 months).
After 6 months, I quit setting dates to expect it to end. He's 15 years old and somewhere along the way, it ended. Never did I quit loving on him and never have I regretted all the dishes that didn't get done, etc so that I could hold/love/entertain my baby.
Hope that encourages. The book that helped me the very most is not currently in print but it is easy to find used copies via the internet. "Parents Book of Infant Colic by Phyllis Schneider".
This resource was so important to me that I carried it in the diaper bag everywhere I went. It went with me as I moved from room to room in my home, too. Only a mom with a 24/7 colicky/high needs baby would understand the need to have the book so close, all the time.
Ironically enough, it was written by a mom (adoptive mom) whose baby wound up not even having colic (formula issues). But, her experience was enough to turn her heart towards moms who really have colicky babies and her advice is right on (or at least was for me).
Hang in there - my bond with my formerly colicky DC is amazing! I have a great bond with the others too because I parent with the child's interest in mind, putting their needs above mine and I have always been very happy doing it that way. It sounds like you are the same way.
I hope it goes well for you returning to work. I might follow your blog occasionally or never again but I had to leave you a note from one who has truly been there, done that!
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