Babies 3 months old often cry for unknown reasons in the evening or at night, and 6 to 8 weeks of age is the peak of crying. It is often difficult to distinguish between excessive crying behavior and excessive crying due to "colic", but it can be distinguished from over duration.
In 1954 Wessel first described infantile colic (IC) as "a day of continuous crying≥ 3 hours, at least 3 days a week, for at least 3 weeks."
The criteria for the 2006 Rome III diagnostic IC are
When a child cries, we parents must first rule out the child's potential disease, such as whether the baby is crying or not, whether there are other accompanying symptoms, such as repeated food reflux, vomiting, cough and other symptoms, first of all, we must see a doctor in time.
Then, when the child cries, we can wrap the baby with swaddling to increase his sense of security, or use kangaroo cuddle, use modified "candle pack", abdominal massage, comfortable position, airplane hug, cradle shake, soothing light music to soothe the baby.
Parents should not think that the baby's crying like this is necessarily an "abnormal" idea, or it may be a way for him to give feedback to adults or show a more energetic performance. Therefore, we need more patience to soothe the child, if there is a tired of crying emotions, do not shake the baby vigorously, you can seek the help of the family to prevent hurting the child, causing unnecessary harm.