MY DAUGHTER LUCY entered this world screaming at the top of her lungs beneath the metallic white lights of an operating room in Manhattan, where a small crowd of medical students had gathered to watch ...

Parents living with a newborn who only naps for 20 minutes at a time and then screams through the day are not imagining how ...

Having infant colic, characterized by unsoothable crying and apparent abdominal discomfort, was associated with an increased risk for atopic conditions and respiratory illnesses throughout childhood ...

All babies cry. That's how they tell us what they want, or something's wrong. But when your baby cries for hours on end, you know it's more than communication. Newborns cry and get fussy sometimes.

In most cases, colic does not require medical care, nor is it a symptom of a larger medical problem. It usually improves on its own within several months. All babies cry and get fussy from time to ...

Crying and being fussy are normal baby behaviors that indicate hunger or a dirty diaper, but sometimes a baby shows signs of excessive crying for no apparent reason. This is called colic – unexplained ...

Your newborn is likely crying because they want one of their basic needs met. Babies typically cry two to three hours a day, with this behavior peaking around six to eight weeks. If your newborn is ...

New evidence shows that colic is usually a benign gut–brain interaction disorder, and only infants with additional allergic symptoms should undergo a structured cow’s-milk elimination and ...

As strange as it may seem, there is no standard or accepted definition of colic, so the word means different things to different people. But perhaps the most useful definition of "colic" is recurrent ...

My due date was quickly approaching and here I was, still getting my list of worries in order. As a first-time mama, I had no idea what to expect and there was a lot for me to consider. Should I ...

The news of a pregnancy often is met with excitement and anticipation. Parents wait for nine months to meet the little infant or infants whom they have only gotten glimpses of on ultrasound imagery.