Photo from Dr. Brown's website
A few weeks after bringing The twins home, Audrey started having really long crying episodes with no apparent trigger. We carried her, rocked her, sang to her and placed her in a cradle swing which helps soothe and calm babies but she just wouldn't stop crying. It came to a point when we would dread the early evenings because that was when her crying would start. Joey and I felt really helpless and at the same time so sad for our baby who couldn't tell us what she was feeling. After several sleepless nights (both for baby and parents), we brought her to the doctor. Her usual pediatrician was away on a seminar so we consulted with the reliever doctor who suggested small frequent feedings because Audrey's stomach was still small and too much milk can increase intestinal gas. Once we followed this, Audrey's crying lessened but I was still unsatisfied. I guess this is also partly because I had a point of comparison - Antonino, who would be calm as long as he was fed and clean. So I researched how to lessen infant gas. One suggestion I found was to change feeding equipment. This meant switching to a slower flow nipple. We were already using the slowest flow of the twins' feeding bottles so we experimented instead with different bottles which are known to specialize in reducing infant gas.
