Colic

At 7 weeks, baby luke was becoming to cry more frequently and for a long period of time. Nothing i did could soothe him. All i could do was to walk & rock & sing while he cried in my arms. After 2 or so hours, he fell asleep.
After several days, i noticed from 5 in the evening right through hubby came back from work at 6, right tru dinner until 9, this was the pattern. Bb luke just cried & cried.
Nothing seemed to help. Hubby & i checked to see what could be his source of discomfort. We even took him for a car ride (as suggested by the books) but nothing worked!
Then one day, i started to realised after the long bout of crying, he'll give a big loud burp and then falls asleep right away out of sheer exhaustion. I began to think it could probably be a case of colic (discomfort from trapped air in the tummy). . I asked around, read more about it & continued to monitor luke's progress and concluded it could indeed be colic. Well, i was somehow glad that at least i knew what was causing the crying. So i tried burping him but he just didn't burp. Sigh... so the crying continued.

The endless crying coupled with my fatigue caused by the lack of sleep made me wonder if i was cut out to be a mother. How did the others seem to breeze through it?
I realised i've never prayed so much as i've prayed during that period. I wanted so much to gain control of the situation at hand & find a way out to the problem but i just couldn't see the light at the end of the tunnel.

There were many instances i wished my maternity leave was cut short & i could get back to work! Work now comparatively was so much easier!