Babies with loud painful sounding cries have gas?
NO – Why would gas pains go away with car rides or a vacuum cleaner? Only 2% of babies have serious stomach problems. Many babies sound like they’re in pain but like smoke alarms, they can only make one sound to attract your attention.
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My husband started saying that our son must have inherited his sensitive stomach because he just wouldnt stop crying. He thought it must be gas or acid reflux. But pretty soon we figured out that the crying was due to colic and gas had very little to do with it.
yes ellen – colic and gas are not always related. sometimes gas contributes to crying but its an old wives tale that gas is the main cause of colic.
true – gas doesnt necessarily cause colic – but it can still be really painful for your baby and cause a lot of crying whether he has colic or not. i learned a lot of good techniques for dealing with all kinds of crying – gas related and otherwise – from the Happiest Baby dvd.
Basically all of you are repeating the same things as what Dr. Karp is saying… But when my bestfriends younger sibling cries like that, it’s merely because she needs you, or wants you. Either way, someone’s going to be there.