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The fact about Colics

Colic is so common among babies that most people are not surprise anymore when it happens. Still, for the first time mom it can be a harrowing and panicking experience especially with her normally quiet angel screaming non-stop in the background. It is usually manifested at about two to three weeks of age. It becomes more outstanding during the first two months and subsides at three months old. Colic altogether stops at about three-and-a-half to four months aged.

Colic is actually not so dangerous. 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 parents may experience an episode on a daily basis; and after the first episode, parents usually learn to handle succeeding ones with aplomb. Still, physicians and scientists cannot pinpoint up thus far just what exactly causes colic. It just happens.

Colic, to those who are not acquainted with the problem, is a stomach ache that occurs after eating. Because of the continuous pain, babies cry out for hours and hours until the colic is relieved. Crying can last for about one to four hours, hinging on the severity of the pain. Babies’ cheeks will also become red from the exertion and perhaps the pain.

When there has colic, the belly of the baby may become distended or may become enlarged. One leg will be bent while the other will extended outright. The feet will become cold and the hands clenched tight because of the pain. This is actually a common reaction for people whose stomachs pain them.

Often, it will occur late in the afternoon or early in the evening after every meal. It can however also happen any time of the day. Not all babies suffer from colic and some even suffer less frequent than others. Medical experts believe that genetics play a role. It seems that if one or both parents have suffered from colic when they were babies, their offspring will also experience colic episodes.

Still, there are factors that will exacerbate a colic condition in babies. Below are some of them. Read on so that you are able to avoid these factors and prevent your baby from further suffering.

1. Overfeeding can only worsen the situations when you have a colicky baby in your arms. Be sure that your baby is suffering from hunger and not colic before you feed him again.

2. There are certain foods that will worsen the colic. Those with high sugar content, those with undiluted juice will only increase the gas in the stomach and thus, exacerbate the condition.

3. Intestinal allergy may also cause colic so it is important for moms to know just what makes their babies allergic. It may be from something that they have directly eaten or something that you passed around through the milk in your breasts.

4. Intense feelings can also affect colic. Emotions such anger, fear, anxiety and excitement should be avoided as this will only worsen the pain for the baby.

The best way to help your baby is to first not panic and then to read up as very much like possible even before an episode occurs. Nonstop crying can be a result of a host of other things so it is important that you also keep your eyes open so that you will know what exactly ails your baby. Keep in mind that there has no known cause; so there has also no known cure for it except to make the experience as comfortable and more pain-free as possible.