First, he got red spots all over the face. I was anxious, and made an emergency appointment with the GP, but we had been seen for one minute and were prescribed some pure moisturiser. Then every day we need to apply several layer of moisturiser for him. Later, he got sticky ears. Again, I was anxious, and bothered the GP again. This time some antibiotics were given to Kai. Since then I have had to watch his poo carefully and look for any sign of side effects. But Kai, didn’t seem to be bothered by all these nuisances. He could still smile a lot with his red spots and sticky ears.
His face and ears became fine soon, but another sign of not being well became the new agony. Almost every evening, no exemptions, from 6 pm to 9 pm, he always had some crying time. We could not find the reason of crying, and it was difficult to comfort him. I didn’t believe it when the health visitor told me it was colic. Well, I read much about terrible stories of colicky babies and I believed it would never happen to Kai. But it did, unfortunately. The good news about Kai is that he got mild colic, I would say. In his un-happy hour, he didn’t scream, but fuss. We could still comfort him, but not easily. We found lying him on our palms facing down was a good way, and sometimes carrying him on the shoulder with his tummy against the shoulder can also help.
Apart from those two inventions, another wonderful thing is Gripe Water. Kai absolutely loves the taste (as all the other babies since 1851?) and I absolutely love the resounding burp Kai gets after taking Gripe Water. Now colic and wind still comes and go, but to a weaker extend.
No comments:
Post a Comment