Someone just referred me to this article in Wonderbaby about colicky babies. Man, I wish I had had this article when Adrian was going through his Screamathon phase.

It turns out that I did almost everything suggested in the article. Adrian got probiotics, I eliminated dairy from my diet (and am still more or less dairy-free), we swaddled and shushed, he got baby Zantac, and he stopped screaming in pain in about a week after we combined all these things. But I had to scour the internet for tips and research. I just kept firing away with possible solutions, hoping that something would stick and make the screaming stop.

I still don't get why the doctor would take a nursing baby off the breast and put it on hypoallergenic formula. Hello, it's not THAT hard to give up dairy. If your baby is sensitive to cow milk proteins (as many babies are), then you stop consuming dairy products. I mean, why not try that first before you stop breastfeeding?

But apart from that, it was a good article. Adrian's Days of Horror are already fading from my memory, thank goodness, but that was one phase that I will not miss at ALL. I don't think there is any sound worse than a baby screaming its lungs out. And man, Adrian has some LUNGS on him. His scream is absolutely deafening.

Adrian still has short little periods of fuss, but they usually have some obvious cause now. His diaper is wet, or he's starving, or he has to pee, or some sudden loud noise scared him. Most of the time though, he's as happy as a clam, I'm thrilled to report. He is the smiliingest baby I've ever seen. Just smiles, smiles, smiles all day long. Whew.