Harvey;

yes, and it is this disbelief that my child was actually in pain that led me
to videotape her crying. that got my doctor's attention. then he finally let
me test her poop and there was blood.

I would love to know how someone determined that these babies are not in
pain? just because the things that soothe don't make sense to us, doesn't
mean they are not in pain.

A baby who's quickly addressed when they show a need, doesn't scream like
they're loosing a limb over trivial things. This is the part that is
difficult for all of us to properly acertain. How do you figure out if the
Mom is just over reacting to the babies scream? Or if Mom in underreacting
all day to baby's needs? Or if this child is in acual agony - all without
seeming to question the mom's judgement? I would suggest that our answer
will show up in the Mom's reaction to suggestions like diet change. a Mom
who's exaggerating will probably not want to go through the work of diet
change when they know in their heart that their baby is not in pain. But in
any case, by respecting the Mom's judgement, we can establish a relationship
with the Mom and maybe determin if faster response to her baby would prevent
the panic cries.

Rachael

>
> Dear Rachel,
>
> I couldn't agree with you mare about everything in a mother's body and
> mind screaming to her to find the cause of her poor baby's screaming.
> Fortunately, however, even though her baby's cries certainly
> sound like
> cries of pain they rarely are.  Most colicky babies are like smoke
> alarms, they let out the same pain-sounding cry regardless of what is
> upsetting them.  (Which is why things that couldn't possibly
> lessen pain
> like car rides, hair driers, and swaddling can be so effective at
> calming them.)
>
> The vast majority of colicky babies are just having a hard
> time staying
> settled without the help of the calming sensations of the
> uterus to turn
> on their "calming reflex".
>
> Only about 15% of babies with colic (unexplained
> fussing/crying for more
> than 3 hours a day) have pain as a cause of their crying
> (~13% from food
> sensitivity and ~2% from GE Reflux Disease).
>
> Harvey
>
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