Here are some of the more popular ones. Naturally, there is a school of thought that theorized that colic is hereditary, but there is no scientific evidence to back up this theory. Another hypothesis explains the crying related to colic as a result of the pain caused by the violent contraction of the digestive tract when the baby passes gas. The current favourite propagates the idea that colic may occur because the inhibitory responses of infant brain have not developed enough to inhibit the crying and so on and so forth. There is one thing that has been established though, and that is that parents who are smokers are more likely to have colicky babies.
Nobody knows why, but it s a fact.
If you re expecting a baby and you smoke, give up. It s not worth it, because if your baby gets colic, you ll really regret it. Obviously, since the cause of colic is unknown, it would be too much to expect a cure. At any rate, parents needn t worry because colic is not a disease. Even though your baby may scream as if he were being murdered, colic does not leave any permanent emotional or physical scars.