Crying Craziness

Oh how I love this sweet girl…

but boy is she a handful.  The last few weeks have been rough, very rough as a matter of fact.  She has always seemed to be a bit colic but it seems to come and go.  In the beginning it seemed like as long as I would hold her she would calm down quickly, but that hasn’t been the case in the last few weeks.  Lately it has been in full effect and I have felt completely helpless.  A little over a week ago she was the worst she has ever been, she had not had a bowel movement in almost a week and I knew she was in so much pain but nothing seemed to work or even give her a little bit of relief.  Finally after several late nights, I knew we had to do something.  Really the final straw was when Bryan had a midnight conference call and I was sitting in my closet with the door shut holding her while she screamed and cried.  And then he ended up going to bed before her and I that night.

The next day I emailed a friend who had a similar issue with her baby about a year ago and she had told me she took her to see a chiropractor.  I know a lot of people will think that is crazy but when she told me that I sympathized with her and knew that as a mom sometimes you are willing to do anything to help your baby.  So I got in touch with her and that same day I found myself taking my 3 month old baby to a chiropractor (gasp)!

I took her in last Wednesday, Friday and this Monday.  She is a million times better and has BMs every day since Saturday and so much happier!  For the first time ever I was excited about cleaning up and scrubbing clothes from a blowout diaper, her 1st one ever!  She still has her crying spells but nothing like they were before.  I know some people will judge and say, “I would never take my baby to a chiropractor.”  I will say I was skeptical at first but all that she really did was rub her back and belly and showed me a few little tips to help relieve her pain.  There is no actual adjustments like they do on adults.  I know some will still think I’m crazy and that’s okay.  Because there was a point in time when I think I might have been border line crazy!

I am always very hesitant to post anything negative about my kids because I know so many people who would want so badly to have a baby or who has lost a baby and would love more than anything to hold their baby even if it meant that baby cried all day and night.  So with all that I have said, I’m not saying any of it to complain but just to document that this is our life.  Crying nonstop or happy as can be I love this sweet little girl and even on the bad days like yesterday, she still has happy moments. Her smile lights up her whole face is absolutely contagious and makes every second of crying seem so minuscule.