One Mom’s Story: Desiree and Baby Caspian
Published December 7, 2011 | 
First time mom, Desiree, was hit with colic right from the start–her son Caspian was colicky from birth. Desiree says, “I’d feel horrible because I’d try everything under the sun that was supposed to help colic–warm baths, white noise, swaying, rocking, expensive, fancy bottles, etc, but those things only made him feel better for a bit.” While she was still trying to find a remedy for Caspian’s colic, things got worse. When Caspian was one month old, his pediatrician diagnosed him with reflux and prescribed Zantac, which, as Desiree says, was “ineffective and [I] found that it also constipated him.” So, as Desiree had new mom hormones coursing through her, she had a screaming baby who was refluxy and constipated. Not fun.
Desiree knew things had to change–no one was happy, especially little Caspian. Her next step? Desiree Continue reading
One Mom’s Story: Amy and Baby Aryus
Published November 22, 2011 | 
When first time mom Amy, welcomed her son, Aryus Stone, into the world, she couldn’t have felt more blessed. But when Aryus turned three weeks old, the crying didn’t stop. Aryus, who was born four weeks early and had an immature digestive system, was suffering from gas pains and reflux, and it was BAD. As Amy says, “Aryus would grunt and cry out in pain all day long. He was gripped with pain so badly that I could not even give him a tummy massage. His belly button even became herniated due to all the pushing he did.”
Amy goes on to describe their home life like this, “Shortly after he dealt with gas he developed reflux and was constantly gagging and spitting up. He began to suffer Continue reading
One Mom’s Story: Randi and Baby Marilyn
Published November 10, 2011 | 
Randi has a story that all of us with refluxy or colicky babies can sympathize with, while those who haven’t had the “joy” of experiencing either symptom can only keep hoping they never have to! Randi tell us her experience, in her own words, on how Colic Calm came to her rescue, and made her family a happy one, once again.
From Randi:
Marilyn is my second child, she is 6 months old. I had first heard about Colic Calm when I walked into a CVS about a month ago (she was 5 months) trying to find something to help my baby out with her gas and reflux. Marilyn was on Prevacid and I had ultra-sounds done of her stomach to make sure she didn’t have a problem with the bottom of her esophagus (I thought it may Continue reading
One Mom’s Story: Sarah and Baby Megan
Published October 20, 2011 | 
Megan today--all smiles and coos.
When Sarah welcomed Megan into the world, she was her sixth child. Surrounded by a loving family, and a wonderful husband, Sarah was ready to get to know her newborn. Megan however, had different plans, and screamed for most the day and night. Sarah, who had dealt with baby colic before, was at her wit’s end, and tried every colic remedy to help her. However, nothing would take away her newborn’s painful gas. Sarah’s interview was so passionate, that instead of writing her story for her, I wanted Sarah to share it with you herself. Here it is. . .
Is this your first child? What is his/her name?
This is my sixth child and the only one EVER to have colic this bad. Her name is Megan.
How did you hear about Colic Calm?
This is a weird story. My sister told me that her friends swear by “kiddie-kol” but I thought she said Colic Calm. I searched the internet for different brands, trying to decide between Baby’s Bliss and Colic Calm. When I came across the Colic Calm site, I saw the “how it works“ link and LOVED IT! It was the pull I needed. I went that very next morning to Garden Gate Specialties health-food store, purchased it, went home and immediately gave her a full dose (I was desperate to find results). She stopped screaming in severe pain instantly . . . and . . . smiled. Yes, she smiled for the first time EVER! I WAS HOOKED! Continue reading
One Mom’s Story: Kimberly and Baby CJ
Published October 4, 2011 | 
If you Google infant reflux (or GERD), you come across loads of discussion boards where mom’s are at their wit’s end trying to help their refluxy baby. Constantly spitting up, long periods of crying, having to sleep upright–reflux is no fun. Infant reflux medications can be prescribed, but often, due to the lack of testing (Zantac, for example, has only been tested on babies one month and older while Prevacid has been tested on those one year and older), mother’s are unsure if they should administer them to their children. This is where Kimberly, mother of CJ, found herself.
CJ not only had reflux, but he was colicky as well which meant Kimberly was being hit with a double whammy. She remembers it like this, “CJ was very fussy at night. Very gassy. He would not sleep, I had him in a car seat in his crib so he could Continue reading
One Mom’s Story: Courtney and Baby Molly
Published September 21, 2011 | 
Sodium Bicarbonate–two words that sound like they belong in a chemistry lab. Otherwise known as baking soda, sodium bicarbonate is an alkali (antacid) which alters the naturally occurring pH of baby’s stomach acid and may work to counteract some discomfort caused by acid reflux in cases of acidic stomach. For this reason, antacid tablets contain the ingredient, but as Medline Plus, a service of the National Library of Medicine says, it’s not recommended for children under 6. Medline also warns about taking sodium bicarbonate with large amounts of milk or milk products. To do so, may cause antacids to lead to unwanted side effects and/ or worsening of condition.*
Courtney learned this the hard way. Her daughter, Molly, was born with reflux and a bit of colic and as a result, was an unhappy baby. Courtney says life was stressful. She describes it like this, “On top of the constant spitting up there was crying all afternoon and evening from painful gas. And when I say she spit up, I’m talking at least five times every meal. Full spit ups– not just a little bit here and there. The doctor put her on antacid meds and they seemed to help a good bit with the spit up, but she still was spitting up more than most babies and had the gas. I had tried gas drops and I cut a lot of things from my diet–dairy, nuts and some fruits. I was told by many people to try gripe water, so I started using Little Tummies and Baby’s Bliss. At first, it was great. She even started sleeping through the night, but then, she started acting like she was in a lot of pain again.” Continue reading
One Mom’s Story: Shelley and Baby Kennley
Published September 9, 2011 | 
Kennley was Shelley’s second child, and as almost all second time moms do, Shelley felt that she had the newborn thing down. Problem was, Kennley was different than Shelley’s first child. Shelley says, “My first baby wasn’t colicky so I was so confused when Kennley would start crying around the same time EVERY DAY and wouldn’t stop!” Shelley was breastfeeding, so she tried to eliminate certain foods from her diet to see if that would cause less fussiness with Kennley. “I tried to figure out what was bothering her by eliminating dairy, caffeine and chocolate. I saw no difference when I didn’t have those things.”
Shelley was at her wit’s end. Kennley was crying every night from Continue reading
One Mom’s Story: Kelly and Baby Brittany
Published August 24, 2011 | 
A winter baby, Brittany came into the world already having three siblings. Since she was Kelly’s fourth child, Kelly felt like she knew what she was doing–until Brittany’s crying episodes would start. About an hour after nursing, Brittany would begin to cry. . . and wouldn’t stop. Brittany seemed to be in obvious pain, and Kelly had feelings of hopelessness because she couldn’t figure out what to do to help her.
After countless sleepless nights and frustrating days, Kelly started to watch her own Continue reading
One Mom’s Story: Kim and Baby Aron
Published August 9, 2011 | 
Kim was no stranger to newborns. When her son Aron came into the world, he was her third child, but her first with colic. Throughout the day, Aron was generally fussy—he would cry, have hiccups, and sleep for only short stretches at a time. Since Kim was a veteran mom, she knew that the short stretches of sleep were making him overtired, thus increasing his general fussiness. She needed some help. Kim says, “He cried and fussed pretty much all day unless he was being fed or if he was asleep. The sleeping was not for very long stretches so that made for an overtired fussy baby. We tried other “gripe waters” which helped to take hiccups away, but, in turn would hurt his tummy probably because of the Continue reading
One Mom’s Story: Katherine and Baby Corbin
Published July 26, 2011 | 
When I had my first baby, I cruised through the first three months like nobody’s business. “I have this baby thing handled,” I thought to myself. My son was easy, out going and was able to go with the flow. So, three years later, when my daughter was born, I wasn’t expecting anything different. But a couple weeks into her life, WHAM!, we were hit with colic.
The same held true for Colic Calm user Katherine. When I asked her how she first heard of the product, Katherine replied, “I heard about Colic Calm when my oldest son was a baby, but I never had any issues with fussiness with him. He was a really easy baby.” And she thought it would be the same way when her second son, Corbin was born. For the first three weeks of Corbin’s life, all went well and Katherine thought she had the two child thing wrapped up. Then came week three. Continue reading
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