Colic, Crying, and Crazy

Harsh reality of raising a baby: dealing with the crying. This is not just any crying. This is constant, intense, hair-pulling bouts of crying daily. Since he was about three weeks old, he started with the severe colic. The kind that makes you scream and dream of a cry-free world. We just thought this was "normal" but how could it? It was several hours at a time and the kind of crying that made your instinct of "something's wrong" become more evident. When Calan is not sleeping or feeding, he is crying. Sometimes it's manageable and I can remain calm and other times I am about to blow steam out of my ears. We've finally put a call to the doctor's office after weeks of sleepless nights and pure anxiety. The culprit is cow's milk. Calan is more than likely allergic to dairy and since he's breastfed, I will need to eliminate it from MY diet. My love of 2% milk, cheese and strawberry yogart is put on hold for now. He is now being fed a combo of soy formula and my soon to be "lactose-free" breastmilk. I only have a few more weeks with him so I hope this works. It has gotten so bad that I have considered stopping breastfeeding cold many times but haven't had the nerve to do it yet. So, we continue the efforts to a happy baby. We have only seen this five minutes at a time. We hope the changes will work...Wish us luck!