| All parents pass through a tedious period when their | | | | reflux has also been linked to it. Sometimes, babies |
| baby experiences baby colic. Baby or infant colic is a | | | | suffering from lactose intolerance may also suffer and |
| condition where you may find a perfectly healthy baby | | | | circadian rhythms' effects, smoking of the mother and |
| crying for no reason at all. Sometimes screaming also | | | | smoke in the air, along with existence of too much |
| accompanies this crying and this situation is common | | | | stress in the pregnant mother during the third trimester |
| amongst babies who are a few months old. At the | | | | of pregnancy have all been found to be associated |
| age of eight months, the child may stop experiencing | | | | with baby colic. |
| baby colic. | | | | There has never been any fixed medical treatment. |
| Colic is more common in the bottle fed baby, however, | | | | The treatment of baby colic differs between medical |
| this does not imply that it is not seen in breast fed | | | | practitioners and physicians of different countries. In |
| babies. There are cases of breast fed babies also | | | | fact, there are some physicians who advise the baby |
| experiencing baby colic and bouts generally occur | | | | to be left alone, and let the baby colic run its course, as |
| during a specific part of the day, mostly early evening. | | | | there is no actual cure for baby colic. Some doctors |
| The cause has not been proven yet. It is found that | | | | today advise simethicone to treat baby colic; this is |
| the amount of colic in babies tend to differ from one to | | | | effective in some cases, and not in others. |
| the other. Babies are generally considered to be | | | | Allergies in the baby and mother have now been |
| suffering from baby colic even if, after all its causes | | | | proven to be the major cause, so it is often advised to |
| have been ruled out, the baby keeps crying for hours | | | | control the diet of the breastfeeding mother. This |
| daily, more than 3 days a week, throughout the month. | | | | move has in fact produced amazing results. However, |
| Colic was first assumed to be abdominal pain that | | | | it does not necessarily cure it. Soothing measures like |
| developed with trapped gas in the digestive tract. | | | | pacifiers and rocking have found to be rather effective |
| However, it is no longer considered to be the only | | | | in calming the baby during bad bouts. Parents generally |
| cause. Some doctors conclude that the baby's delicate | | | | try all types of methods to cure baby colic. If you have |
| nature, its developing nervous system, and the new | | | | tried several ways, but still not able to solve the issue |
| and harsh environment it lives in all generally lead to | | | | fully, don't feel disappointed. Baby colic will last only a |
| baby colic. A condition called mild gastro esophageal | | | | few months. |