Sure, parenting books warned about colic, but descriptions of this unfortunate experience were relegated to the little boxes embedded within the main text, the boxes few people read. Veteran mothers warned you about lack of sleep, breastfeeding difficulties, and diaper blow-outs, but no one prepared you for colic. What is colic? What happens when you are blessed with a colicky child? How do you handle six hour screaming matches?
What did I do? First, I cried; next, I cried some more; last, I read up on colic like a madwoman. The verdict: Experts agree on little and it doesn’t always magically disappear, but we are surviving anyhow.
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Article links:
“The Reflex To Treat Reflux” by Darshak Sanghavi at Slate.com
