7 things to not say to the parents of a colicky baby
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What is colic?and what can I do to help my baby
It?s true what they say: Having a new baby is hard. But when you add colic to the mix, your life enters a special circle of hell. My first child spent almost every waking moment for months screaming her head off. And if that wasn?t bad enough, there was always someone trying to fill my precious few moments of silence with things I absolutely did not want to hear. If you know someone with a colicky baby, you can avoid alienating these sleep-deprived and stressed parents by not saying the following things. 1. ?Don?t worry about it. All babies cry a lot.?
Yes, thanks. We knew about the crying-baby thing when we got into this parenting lark. When you say this, it sounds like you?re suggesting that we?re making a fuss over nothing or we simply can?t handle normal parenting. All babies cry, but colicky babies cry much, much more than usual.
Colic is defined as crying more than three hours a day, more than three days a week, for more than three weeks, but it usually lasts around three months. That?s at least 108 hours of solid screaming. But for most people I know who had colicky children, they cried considerably more. My daughter averaged five hours of crying every day for 12 weeks. That is 420 agoniz...
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