# The WAH! Make it stop! ...or, Wine, please. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 12, 2010, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wah-make-it-stop-or-wine-please/528632 "2010-02-12T01:09:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wah-make-it-stop-or-wine-please/528632/41 "2010-02-16T16:33:28Z")
He’s a big 'un! And adorable - love the grumpy faced photo. I’m seconding the beer (or wine) thing. My college roommate had the same problem with her 2.0 boy. Her doctor told her to drink a beer or a glass of wine about 15 minutes before nursing and it would help calm him. She swears it worked. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wah-make-it-stop-or-wine-please/528632/42 "2010-02-16T16:44:24Z")
Hee! I thought **Surly** called him a grumpy potato! So glad to hear you had a nice Valentine’s Day, **Ruff**. Sunnier days are ahead. ---
**Author:** ![Pocito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f04885/32.png) [@Pocito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pocito)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wah-make-it-stop-or-wine-please/528632/43 "2010-02-16T19:41:18Z")
I feel your pain, **Ruffian**. We have a colicky 10-week-old at home. He has a little bit of reflux and our best solution has been Gripe Water and swaddling him SUPERTIGHT when he’s fussy. My friend is a nurse in a PICU and told us about the swaddling. We hadn’t been doing it during the day, and it took a few tries to get it right. Our first never cared much for swaddling. 2.0 was 14 pounds (!) at his 2-month checkup, and I thought he was getting too big for swaddling in general. But once he starts cranking up now, I strap his arms down by his sides in a daytime swaddler and bounce him. He loooooooves that. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wah-make-it-stop-or-wine-please/528632/44 "2010-02-18T01:47:28Z")
Gripe water? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wah-make-it-stop-or-wine-please/528632/45 "2010-02-18T02:04:17Z")
Just don’t spend the rest of your life blaming him for his crying. I was a colicky baby, and my father never let me forget how I had deliberately prevented him from sleeping. (In his own way, he was a colicky father.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wah-make-it-stop-or-wine-please/528632.md?page=2)