Thursday, August 5, 2010

Coping With Colic

A standard definition of colic is inconsolable crying for more than three hours a day for more than three days a week and for more than three weeks. In reality, any crying, screaming or fussing that lasts much longer than expected in an otherwise healthy baby who has no apparent reason to cry qualifies as colic. Colic means pain from the intestines, but its not at all clear that this is the cause of crying in these infants...

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