Coping with a baby suffering from colic along with the general stresses and strains of parenthood can be difficult and demanding. At times it is easy to feel isolated, but you don't have to cope on your own:

	Talk to your partner, friends or relatives and face the problem together. Work out ways to help and support each other.
	Get out of the house and talk to other parents or ask you health visitor for details of any local groups or clubs for parents in the community.
	Look after yourself by eating healthily- if you're feeling run down you'll be less able to cope.
	Contact your health visitor, midwife, doctor or one of the support organisations listed below if you need further help or advice.

Support Organisations

If you need further help or advice contact one of the support organisations listed below:

Serene (formerly CRY-SIS)
BM Cry-sis
London
WC1N 3XX
7-day Helpline open 8am -11pm: 020 7404 5011
Email: cry-sis@our-space.co.uk

Provides support for families with excessively crying, sleepless and demanding babies and young children.

Sijgle Parent Action Network (SPAN)
Millpond
Baptist Street
Easton
Bristol BS5 0YW
Tel: 0117 951 4231
Email: info@spanuk.org.uk

The Single Parent Action Network is a national multi-racial organisation run by single parents working to improve the conditions of life for one parent families in the UK and Europe.

The National Childbirth Trust (NCT)
Will help put you in touch with other mums in your local area
Tel: 0870 444 8707

Meet-A-Mum Association (MAMA)
Aims to provide friendship and support to mothers and mothers-to-be, especially those feeling lonely or isolated after the birth of a baby or moving to a new area.

376 Bideford Green
Linslade
Leighton Buzzard
Beds LU7 2TY
Tel: 01525 217064
www.mama.org.uk

NHS Direct
24 -hour nurse advice and health information service.Tel: 0845 4647