Most babies will experience Colic from birth to about 6 months. Some babies develop colic later on in months and don’t grow out of it until a year old. The easiest way to recognize colic is this… Does your baby scream and cry for an hour or more and absolutely nothing can comfort them? Then your baby has colic. Colic is an infant condition that is an abdominal pain that babies get at a young age due in part of the digestive system is not hey fully developed. They will feel crampy and uncomfortable.
This is a hard time for baby but also for mommy. You feel helpless because there is really nothing you can do to stop the crying. You can try gas drops throughout the day. Some babies get colic the same time everyday so you can try gas drops about an hour before that time. You can try to rock the baby in the carriage or maybe swing the baby in the swing before the episode hits.
You feel horrible as a parent because there is nothing you can do and you can see the pain in their faces and hear it in their cries. Colic is just a part of being a newborn. Rest assured they will grow out of it, some babies grow out of it by 5 months and some other babies may take a bit longer, depending on if they were premature or have any disabilities. The end result is the same: They do grow out of it.
