Colic in Baby & Newborns: Symptoms, Definition, Treatment & Remedies - What You Need to Know

If your infant has been crying for at least three hours in a day, or three days in a week, you have to watch out for a possible Colic diagnosis. Santa Fe New Mexican reported that if Colic remains a mystery up to this day and age. However, if symptoms are showing, call your pediatrician to have your baby checked immediately.

Colic is a disorder that has long remained a mystery for a long time among newborns. In an article in The Huffington Post, it was revealed that infants do get stomach gases after meals. Because of this, babies cry incessantly during the evening hours due to pain.

Save your baby from infantile colic as early as possible possible. Below are the remedy tips for Colic that are helpful anytime and anywhere the condition strikes.

 1.    Be Open to Your Doctor

Don't hesitate in letting your doctor know about your child's condition, especially if you think it is not normal. As always, prevention is better than cure. Be detailed in your explanations about your infant's Colic-suspected symptoms. As The Huffington Post reported, your child's physician is likely going to prescribe gas drops to ease the pain in your kid's belly.

2.    Gentle Tummy Massage

A gentle tummy massage goes a long way in making your little one feel better. If immediate relief is still yet to become available, a gentle massage does make a lot of difference in lessening pain in your baby's tummy.

3.    Keep Track on Your Baby's Food Amount

Keeping track on your baby's food amount prevents your little one from overeating. Overeating may complicate food digestion, hence, entice gas pains in your kid's belly.

4.    Sing a Lullaby to Your Baby

A lullaby soothes your baby's mood, making her forget about the pain she's feeling the whole evening, as suggested in WebMd.com. Babies usually respond well to gentle humming sounds. Singing or humming to an infant with Colic is best done after dinner right before bedtime.

5.    An Evening Stroller Ride

As Parenting.com suggested, an evening stroller ride at home or in the neighborhood comforts your Colic-diagnosed baby's persistent pain also. The comforting refreshing air, along with the motion and sound of the motor soothes the pain and sends him off to sleep.

6.    Move Your Child's Feet in a Cycling Motion

Moving your child's feet in a cycling motion lessens the painful stomach gas symptoms. Since the legs are close to the stomach, this exercise helps in relieving Colic symptoms.