Baby Y is currently in his 6th week. Also known as the time of peak fussiness. We don't experience a lot of crying, but according to this book, recommended by many pediatricians, he still has colic. The author of the book writes that if your baby is bad at self-soothing and that crying is only avoided thanks to "heroic" soothing efforts by the parents (yes, ma'am), then he or she is colicky. That pretty much describes our situation. So yes, we are the lucky parents of two colicky babies. Thankfully our now-preschooler was a very sweet and cooperative toddler, and now definitely shows some three-nager characteristics, but is still fairly reasonable. Not to mention smart and adorable, so everything turned out OK. We just need to survive the next few weeks. One day at a time... I'm not sure how much sleep I got last night, but I'm pretty sure the number is below 6. I'm trying to not think about it too much to avoid feeling sad.
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