For many parents, long nights spent soothing a fussy baby is almost a rite of passage. According to the American Pregnancy Association, about 20% to 25% of babies go through a colicky phase. Colic is ...

Most new parents have experienced the agony of colic: hours of inconsolable crying from their newborn, leaving them at wit's end. It's more common than some might think: The American Pregnancy ...

Infants can cry for a number of reasons. While their crying can be overwhelming, identifying why your baby is crying can ...

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I awoke to the roar of a vacuum that had been running for several hours. Across from me lay my sleeping wife and baby atop the sheets of a still-made bed, just inches from the upright noise-maker.

You may have noticed that your baby’s cries can sound very different. Sometimes they are soft and restless, other times loud ...

Catherine O'Neill Grace, Barry M. Lester. William Morrow & Company, $22.95 (192pp) ISBN 978-0-06-052714-3 Colic affects one in five American babies and can cause families extreme distress and alter ...

Is your newborn baby crying for more than three hours a day collectively or for more than three days a week? Is your baby inconsolable and crying with an arched back or clenched fists? The problem ...

Your baby knows how to cry from the moment of birth. In fact, crying is their only way to communicate with you. But when you’ve been listening to them cry for a few hours, the one thing you long for ...

MY DAUGHTER LUCY entered this world screaming at the top of her lungs beneath the metallic white lights of an operating room in Manhattan, where a small crowd of medical students had gathered to watch ...