I'd feel bad about ruining some deserving family's holiday .
But Ben and Laura need one , which is understandable .
I'd try and find a reason and cure for the colic before going or the holiday won't be much of a break .
My firstborn had severe colic .
I'd still be in my nightie at lunchtime -frantic for someone else to try to comfort her so I could use the bathroom .
I had no joy at the clinic and another lecture on breast feeding .
Eventually I managed to get Merbentyl ,which certainly helped .
Through her childhood , she grew and ate well , but had a tendency to suffer from wind and offensive diarrhoea .
Again -no joy from the GP who told me that I was neurotic .
My daughter is lactose and gluten intolerant .
Her reaction can threaten to turn into anaphylaxic shock so she takes more care now she's older .
Food intolerance and allergies run on my mother's side of the family.
Some of my older relatives ended up with colostomies and ileostomies .
As for me , it's been a lifetime of merbervine .
I consider myself fortunate that I haven't ended up like my cousins .
When I go out I have to take a change of underwear and my friends are used to my sudden dash to the loo .
Of course , the colic could pass off as she matures .
I hope it does .
