Q&A With Expert Series: Get The Help You Need For Your Cry Baby From The Baby Cry Consultant

Is your baby crying constantly, having reflux, or showing any discomforts during their nappy or sleeping time? Sometimes, constant wailing can be the reason your little one is entailed to reflux and discomforts. If your baby is crying for more than 3 hours a day, at least 3 days a week, then it’s a sure sign that your munchkin is having colic. Sometimes, the fit of fuss and cries they throw at you can’t be managed easily. This especially can cause stress to new parents and even to an experienced parent. 

(Q&A Expert Series With Pn. Uswatun Hasanah)

If you are experiencing this on a daily basis, then it’s time you find a baby cry consultant who can hush your baby to a good night's sleep. Another added advantage, a good daytime sleep too! Although colic in babies is very common, there are some frequently asked questions that always pop up to every parent enduring this issue. In our Q&A With Expert Series, we have Pn. Uswatun Hasanah who is Malaysia's first baby cry consultant with 10 years of cumulative experience. Let’s hear her advice to the most frequently asked questions about your cry babies. 

Q1. My baby is 5 weeks and she just doesn’t stop crying at all except for the time when she is asleep. Any ideas or help?

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The first 3 months of a baby’s life is referred to as the 4th-trimester state. It's an extension of the previous 3-trimester states that took place throughout 9 months of pregnancy. In other words, a newborn baby of 0-3 months old is a fetus living outside the womb. They are still in the transition period from womb to world. The only thing close to their hearts and make sense to them is the womb sensations. Thus, learning how to calm down and help a baby to sleep with any approach that mimics all of the womb sensations is the answer. One of the famous approaches available is Cuddle Cure.

Q2. Is it really just colic if the baby is crying and uncomfortable whenever he/she is awake and not feeding?

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If your baby is healthy and does not diagnose with any medical conditions e.g allergy or GERD, then this is the type of colic that we called as infantile colic: normal and healthy baby with excessive crying due to poor adaptation of womb to world transition. Learning how to calm down and help a baby to sleep with any approach that mimics all of the womb sensations is the solution. 

Q3. Does anyone know if babies with reflux can have bananas or anything with banana in it?

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Reflux in babies is basically caused by acid-reflux food. Parents need to avoid feeding their reflux-baby or toddler with any citrus and acidic vegetables, fruits, and foods. Yes, fruits like bananas are non-acidic fruits that have digestive enzymes that ease the baby’s reflux. Of course, you don’t need to cook the bananas but can just mash them up and add a little liquid like milk, breastmilk, or water. This can put your baby on the right track.

Q4. My 4 week old will sleep perfectly fine during the day however at night he seems restless which keeps us up. What could be the issue?

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A 4-week old baby needs 17-18 hours of sleep per day. Thus if your baby has been sleeping poorly at night, it's understandable that she is very tired during day time. That is the only reason. You can overcome this issue by learning how to calm down and helping a baby to sleep with any approach that mimics all of the womb sensations is the solution. 

Q5. My 6-week old son has started to arch his back while sleeping and somehow that awakes him instantly. What can I do?

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The main cause for newborn baby restless sleep issue is the wrong approach of putting baby to sleep. It can be from any of these factors:

• not enough sleep props
• sleep props are being used incorrectly
• not practicing habit of putting down baby while sleepy and not sleeping to reduce contact sleep dependency
• The baby is overtired due to being awake too long from recommended awake time.

Q6. Will babies be more colicky, gassy, or upset after bathtime? My baby loves bath time but not long after she seems so restless.

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Newborn baby awake time ranged from as short as 30 minutes to a maximum of 90 minutes only. After taking out feeding time, burping, nappy changing, undressing, bathing, and dressing…really, its not much time left as parents usually thought they have before their baby needs to hit back to slumberland

Q7. Why are babies calmer for a few days and get worse again? I am also wondering what formula could help with colic?

I am not entirely sure of what it meant to get better a little bit then got worse again. If this referred to some days are calmer than the rest of other days, this is simply due to growth spurt and mental leap. Specifically for mental leap, these ages are notoriously famous for the fussy period of time: 5 weeks, 8 weeks, and 12 weeks. This is because a baby’s brain is being upgraded with new understanding (more or less like software) at those mentioned ages. So they are dealing with some trouble making sense of their new discoveries and this affects their mood, appetite, and sleep. 

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In terms of formula that could help with colic, first, you need to identify what type of colic does your baby is dealing with. If it is abdominal colic, proper treatment or medication indicated by professional health will make it go away. If it is infantile colic, learning how to calm down and help a baby to sleep with any approach that mimics all of the womb sensations is the solution. This is because the reason behind infantile colic is: poor adaptation of womb-world transition.

Q8. My son's pediatrician said he has reflux and colic but the screaming in pain is horrible to watch. What can I do to help my baby?

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If your specialist has confirmed that your baby is an infantile colic baby, learning how to calm down and help a baby to sleep with any approach that mimics all of the womb sensations is the solution. This is because the reason behind infantile colic is: poor adaptation of womb-world transition. The only thing close to their hearts and make sense to them is the womb sensations.

Well, these are the advice from Pn. Uswatun Hasanah for parents who find themselves tangled in a web of wails and fuss from their babies. We hope, our baby cry consultant answers’ have eased the concerns you have over your tiny tots. Fingers crossed, from today onwards you and your baby would get enough sleep, more peaceful nap times, and relaxed feeding sessions. 

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