My first daughter was a colicky baby. Wow, what a way to start parenting! :eek:
We found that bouncing her was a good way to soothe her, but we could only keep that up for so long. Wearing your baby in a sling or snugli is also supposed to help a lot. She was always happy in there. But again, eventually, she had to come out. We tried the car rides, running the vacuum cleaner, warm baths, peppermint tea, cutting out half of my diet, etc. etc. No great long term fix.
Finally we took her to the chiropractor at 6 weeks, and that improved things quite a bit for us. I'd say about 60% better. I never would have thought that it would help, but I saw some papers on chiropractic care for colicky babies at our chiropractors office, and I thought, why not try it? They are VERY gentle, and our chiropractor treats his clients' children for free, so we had nothing to lose. If you have a chiropractor, I would definitely look into taking your colicky baby there. It saved us a fair bit of sleep.
If you have a fussy baby, hang in there! It will get better! Make sure you get help, and get out at least occasionally. It's a long, and stressful time, but it will improve.