All most everyone know what colic is now and are not surprised when it happens. A recent mom already stressed from interruptions to her own sleep, eating, and self-care procedures can easily feel overpowered and scared when her otherwise content baby cries uncontrollably and is immune to any soothing attempts. It generally begins between two and three weeks, peaks during the first 2 months or so, begins to lessen at three months, and completely ends by three-and-a-half to four months. Colic is actually not so serious although it might seem so though from the way babies would cry and scream at the top of their lungs. In fact, it can be so common that moms and dads may experience an occurrence on a daily basis and after the first occurrence, parents generally learn to handle succeeding ones with aplomb. Until now most doctors have not been able to tell you why your baby gets colicky.

After eating, babies can get a continuous stomach ache, we call that colic. Infants will cry for as long as the pain lasts. Crying can last for many hours, depending on how severe the pain is with the baby, cheeks may become red from exertion and perhaps pain. Signs that your baby has intestinal colic include the abdomen may enlarge or be distended and one leg will extend straight while the other is bent. The feet are often cold and the hands clenched tight for the people who gets abdomen pain. There are a few things you can do to help your baby’s colic. Below are a some ways to prevent your baby from suffering further.

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Feeding can make a colicky baby even worse, so make sure that your child is hungry and not just colicky before you start feeding. There are certain foods that will aggravate the intestinal colic – those with high sugar content, those with undiluted juice will only increase the wind in the belly and thus, aggravate the condition. Intestinal allergic reaction – this may also be a cause of colic so parents need to know what their children are allergic to. It may be from something that the mom has ingested directly something they have given to baby on through the milk when feeding. Intestinal colic can be affected by intense emotions such as anger, fear, anxiety, or excitement, and displaying these feelings around a colicky baby will only aggravate the baby’s pain.

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The greatest way to help your baby is to first not panic and then to read up as much as possible even before an occurrence takes place. Inconsolable crying in an infant can have numerous causes so be ready to the possibility that it might be something other than colic. Since there is no known cause, there is no known cure, so all that can be done is to make it as comfy and as painless as practicable.

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