How to Determine If Your Baby Has Colic

Every baby that I have ever come into contact with has cried. They cry when they are wet, they cry when they are tired. They cry when they are hungry. They cry when they are hurt or just want attention. So how do you know when a child has colic. Colic is not a disease it a conditon that causes otherwise healthy babies to cry inconsolably, normally in the evening and at night. Crying starts in the first three months after birth and continues more than three hours a day and this happens more than three days a week.

Colic goes away as the baby matures normally by the end of the third month and sometimes soon. Yet you are faced with a baby that is constently crying what can you do to soothe this child;

Stay calm and try to relax, do not shake the baby, that will not help at all and if you lose your temper you can cause permanent brain damage and even death to your child.

Assure that your baby is getting enough to eat. The problem may be that your child is just hungry. Do not over feed your baby.

Assure that your baby is not swallowing too much air while they are eating. Feed your baby slowly, holding him or her almost upright.

Burp your baby periodically

If you are bottle feeding your baby assure that the nipples have holes large enough to drip does not clog formula and at least one drop a second will come out

When heating the formula do not over heat, the formula should be at body temperature.

Assure that you maintain regular routine for meals, naps and playtime. Meal time should be quiet and undisturbed

Try rocking or walking your baby

Sit in a rocker and place your baby on over your knees on his or her stomach down and gently pat their back

And most of all do not think that you are spoiling your baby with the added attention, it is soothing for both you and your baby.