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If your child has colic, you may be wondering not only how to help – but how to survive. Don’t worry. Babble’s information and advice can help you get through this rough parenting patch. Our Newborn Care Guide’s Crying and Colic section offers you an overview. You can also scan other Babble stories to find out the latest research on colic, get five great tips for surviving colic, and hear from a parent whose son had colic and who survived to report back. Be assured: You can survive your child’s colicky period, too. Honest.
I just wrote an update today with some good news regarding Kara’s colic. While her colic does seem to be fading, the girl can still throw some major screaming fits, far more than my son ever ever threw by a long shot. She’s just a really fussy baby! What is funny, is that the one MORE »
I hope I haven’t jinxed myself by typing the words in the headline of this post, but, after more than 2 months of crazy evening colic, I think that Kara has finally turned the corner. Now, excuse me while I trip over myself looking for some wood to knock on!
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Have you heard of this thing they call the NoseFrida? It’s also dubbed the “snotsucker”—and the mere fact that my mouth is part of picture should tell you why I haven’t gotten around to buying it, though plenty of moms swear by it. (Though no mucus ever touches your lips.) But the people behind NoseFrida MORE »
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Are your baby’s colicky screams giving you a headache? Ironically, it may actually be the other way around. A recent study conducted by neurologists at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) shows that mothers who have a history of migraine headaches are more than twice as likely to have babies with colic than mothers MORE »
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A colicky baby can place new parents under tremendous amounts of stress. Sure, the sound of an infant crying is something every parent must learn to cope with, but excessive crying is one of the most common triggers for shaken baby syndrome, according to experts. What makes a colicky baby so difficult to deal with is MORE »
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If your baby has colic, you will no doubt go to the ends of the earth and back in search for a cure. Actually, you will probably go to the ends of the earth and back for far less than a cure — I would gladly take five minutes of peace during my daughter’s colicky MORE »
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On Tuesday, I walked out of Kara’s 1-month check up carrying the dreaded colic handout. You know, the paper that tells you that your baby has this mysterious condition that no one knows how to treat — a condition that pretty much ensures that every member of your family is going to suffer, because your MORE »
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If you could go back to the day before you gave birth to your first baby and tell yourself one thing, what would it be? This question was posed to a group of mothers who were then filmed holding up their answers for viewers to see. Here’s the video: (Warning: It’s a bit of a MORE »
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