Rough Night

My baby girl had a very rough night last night. She is in the small percentage of newborns who are affected by colic.

Infant colic is a condition in which an otherwise healthy baby cries or screams frequently and for extended periods without any discernible reason.

But then they explain,

Traditionally, colic was ascribed to abdominal pain resulting from trapped gas in the digestive tract.

Which is what I believe to be the case. So it's for no apparent reason that they cry, but because they are actually feeling pain. You see, I don't care about sleepless nights, cold dinners, endless crying, as long as my baby girl doesn't feel pain. It's fucking gut wrenching seeing your baby cry out in pain.

Julianne started showing signs of colic around 5 in the evening and it didn't get any better, just worse. We gave her some pain medicine our pediatrician recommended but it didn't seem to help this time. She couldn't get even 10 minutes of sleep without twisting and turning showing signs of discomfort. I usually sleep in the master bedroom and my wife with the baby in her room, but last night I couldn't bear to be apart seeing her the way she was. So I practically stayed up all night looking after her and trying to soothe her the best way possible, but nothing helped. She finally fell asleep around 3 in the morning after she made "doodi". It kinda eased her back down.

Supposedly colic only lasts during the first three or five months of a newborn's first year, but then you have the teething to look forward to.