Could it be Colic??

So, last night was rough...the evening part anyway. She slept from 3pm-6pm, I changed her, nursed her, she settled just after 7pm. Martin came home with dinner for us (it was take out from Ben Thahn - for our anniversary dinner). We ate and then went downstairs to watch the season finale of OC. We thought we'd make it through the show uninterupted. Jayla started stirring around 8:20pm. Only an hour after she fell asleep. She was crying and thought she was hungry. We brought her downstairs and I nursed her. Then, she spit up - actually, no correction, threw up - without the projectile across the room aspect. But it was a lot...it seemed it was everything she had just guzzled down. But apparently "it's not as much as it seems"....then she was fussy like crazy. The only thing that seemed to soothe her was Martin's pinky finger in her mouth. She wants nothing to do with a soother...

This went on for a while. She then appeared to be 'hungry' again at 10pm, so I nursed her (unintentionally) off to sleep. It appeared so anyway. Then around 10:45 - up again...what's with this baby...she's really not tired. Very upset, the only thing that calmed her was 'shhhing' and rocking her in my arms. However, it took till 12:37am to finally get her to sleep. It appears we have found her 'fussy period'....But is it just fussiness? Or Is this Colic?

The rest of the night went pretty much the same as the previous - sleeping two hours at a time - which I am totally happy with. This morning...a little fussy....Mommy sang lots to little Jayla, which helped, but I think she just needed to do what she had to do. So, do Colicky babies have two fussy times in a day?

We had a visit from Aunt Janet, Uncle Adam and Jayla's little cousin Evelyn this afternoon. Even though Jayla slept through most of it, I'm sure she enjoyed the cuddle time. Mommy fired questions at the very competent 'been there, done that' parents and got some good information and advice...Much appreciated.

Mommy was also able to spend some time working out in the basement while Jayla slept. It feels really good to do something. Even if it's just a half hour of step and some pushups, situps and stretching. Just some time for me. And I managed to get a shower in today as well.

We'll be entering the 'fussy period' soon. So, hopefully when Daddy comes home, he's all ready for it. He's good at calming her as well.

I've read about a book called 'The happiest baby on the block' and I managed to request a hold from the library's copy. Hopefully I'll be able to pick it up and get started on some of the techniques. People swear by it. I'm willing to try anything to make Jayla the happiest baby on the block!