This is the name mothers and doctors give to a phenomenon that usually occurs before three months of age. A previously placid and contented baby suddenly begins drawing up his legs and having paroxysms of screaming. It may surprise you, considering the eons that babies have been on earth, but there isn t a shred of scientific evidence indicating what causes it. However, the word colic is a convenient term for doctors, who use it to explain crying that they can t explain. But then they note that removing the carbohydrates doesn t relieve the condition, which seems to cast grave doubts on this explanation.
Scientists say that they don t know what causes it.
I m with the scientists. Crying is the second worrisome behavior that appears at birth. The first cry you hear is reassuring, but from then on crying is something every parent could cheerfully do without. Over the years doctors have given parents a lot of bad advice about what to do when their baby cries, and a lot of kids have suffered because of it. Because They Have Problems Children cry because they are hungry, or lonely, or tired, or wet, or in pain.