Home care for infantile colic includes:
- Techniques to calm your baby
- Learn how to hold your baby properly
- Provide adequate time for your baby to sleep.
- Stop nonprescription medications.
- Treat causes of fussiness:
- For infants under 3 months old:
- Place the infant in a quiet, dark room to sleep.
- Continue breastfeeding every 2-4 hours.
- Infants who are hungry after breastfeeding may require formula feedings.
- Cuddle and rock your baby.
- Do not place the infant face down to sleep.
Bottle Fed Infants- Provide more frequent, smaller feedings:
- About 1-2 oz. per feeding
- Allow time for burping in between feedings.
- Dilute the formula in half for 24 hours before returning to full strength.
- Use Pedialyte, Lytren, or Rehydralyte to dilute the formula.
- Do not give the infant cow's milk.
- Use small bottle nipples.
Breast Fed Infants
