Colic?! Gas?!

Starting Tuesday (8/3), Noah starts crying for seemingly no reason at all.
First i thought the bleeding umbilical cord stump is bothering him. Calling Kaiser advice line and learned that there is no nerve ending at the stump so it shouldn't cause pain.

Adviser nurse on the phone thinks he is having gas issues.  Later the doctor said around 3-4 weeks is when infant starts colicing crying. :(

the net result is the just established late night routine of feeding every two hours suddenly went to hell. he would wake up every hour or every half hour screaming bloody murder.  no food or diaper change can sooth him. just had to wait for it to pass.

urgh.

the good news is his eyes can focus now, when we place him in the cradle swing, his eyes will actually follow the motion of the fake birds on top. he shows more recognition for faces, and he could lift his head a bit when lying on our chest on his tummy.

acne also seem to have gone away.  his legs are stronger and kicks more when he is in a fit.

what a temper he got! ZM kept on saying he got that from me. :-/ i kept on thinking, "and i thought the first week home was bad! this is farworse. i wish i could get the week2-noah back. is there a cl number with that version of noah i could use to override the current one?!"

oh and his umbilical cord stump fell out last night! :)

update: we didnt buy the "colic" reasoning cuz we dont believe noah would do such a thing, not at this stage at least. we believe he cries for a reason.

the gassy theory might be closer to the truth than the colic one. we noticed that he didnt have a bowl movement during the fussy 24 hours. he was a lot calmer/happier after his poop finally made a grand exit the following evening. so we stick to our theory that noah wasnt colic, he simply had a overcrowded tummy for a day and one night.