Colicky babies cry a lot.
Often this pain is Colicky, meaning that it comes and goes.
Colicky pain is pain that comes in waves,
usually starts and ends suddenly, and is often severe.
Those that are Colicky tend to sheep for shorter periods of time
while premature babies will often sleep longer.
Colicky babies often clench their fists
and draw their legs up like they are in pain and can be incredibly difficult to settle.
While Colicky babies were once thought to be suffering from tummy troubles, Tesoriero
says there are now a number of additional theories behind the excessive tears.
He told me with great wisdom that my wife Mary Catherine and
I should“stop fussing over Conor,” that colic is a“touchpoint,” and that Colicky babies often grow up to become extremely intelligent.
A clue to food sensitivities as a cause of fussy, Colicky behavior is a pattern called twenty-four-hour colic--
a definite episode of hurting that occurs within twenty-four hours after the breastfeeding mother eats a suspect food but that does not recur until the next time she eats the same food.