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Dear Dr. Greene, My wife and I are pulling our hair out. Our
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daughter cries for hours every evening. What can we do
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about colic? We need help!!! California Dr. Greene's
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Answser: Colic can be very difficult. As your daughter's
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birth approached you probably experienced increas-
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ing anticipation and eagerness about the upcoming
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new beginning. The birth experience and the first
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week or two afterwards probably seemed like a won-
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derful dream. But then, just about the time the sleep
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deprivation caused by feeding every two or three hours
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began to really set in, your daughter quit being the quiet,
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peaceful, miracle baby and began screaming every evening. It
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is no wonder that parents become frustrated, discouraged, and
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depressed. Before we look at things you can do to help your daughter's colic, let's examine
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why nature might have designed this difficult rite of passage. Almost all babies develop a
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fussy period. The timing varies, but it usually begins at about three weeks of age and
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peaks somewhere between four and six weeks of age. For most infants the most intense
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fussiness is in the evening. Continued. Previous articles by Dr. Greene
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Alan Greene, MD, FAAP
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