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Cry Babies - Reasons and Help with Excessive Crying

16 to 30 percent of all young parents know the situation: For no apparent reason babies cry for hours, writhing with a red face and can be calmed by nothing. The name of the phenomenon: Dreimonatskolik, excessive crying or dysregulation. From the second week to the third month of life, the affected infants cry for several hours a day, several days a week.

Formerly of the Dreimonatskolik was talk, as you given the immature digestive system of babies it considered that the children would be tormented by colic. However, this does not apply to all babies cry. Since excessive crying is caused rarely by a genuine colic and may have different backgrounds, the colloquial term of Dreimonatskolik place in professional circles hardly use. When it comes to babies cry, pediatricians and child psychologists speak of a "regulatory disorder in infancy."

Symptoms of excessive crying

The symptoms of "excessive crying" by the American pediatrician Morris Wessel described in 1954. Meanwhile, today accepted "rule of three" sets of when we can speak of excessive crying or even by a dysregulation in infancy. There is consequently the symptoms when a baby for at least three weeks at least three days a week and for more than three hours a day crying, without being calm down.

For more detailed symptoms of dysregulation are: or more acute phases of crying for no apparent reason,
bloated stomach hard, very red skin, muscles tense, tightened legs (symptoms of "infant colic"), the infant does not respond to calming aids,

Tagschlafphasen short of less than 30 minutes, accompanied by falling asleep, evening fatigue and overstimulation, so focuses the insatiable cries amplified to the evening.

Usually takes the symptoms of excessive crying from the second week on until about the third month of a baby, so had the colloquial term of three month colic established long time. The cry of attack must first be preceded not even a physical pain. Rather suffer the already very sensitive cry babies under restlessness or the evening typical overstimulation. When crying babies swallow a lot of air that accumulates in the digestive tract and causes bloating. The result is that babies cry in pain now, pull the legs and bend together.

Causes, diagnosis and exclusion of other diseases

In fact, the causes of regulation disorders occurring in infancy are not entirely clear. Currently, several factors are discussed. The causes of excessive crying may be both physical and psychological. Also play the social background and family situation play an important role. Excessive crying could also be based on a combination of factors.

Since babies can not express their complaints about them, the only way through the screaming. So clear diagnoses are not always easy. To rule out other diseases that have parents of a babys cry consult a pediatrician.

Causes of crying may be true in some cases due to colic food intolerance or discomfort due to the change in diet after feeding. In addition to general medical side of organic damage and broken bones are excluded.

Screaming ambulances and counseling centers

Throughout Germany, there are ambulances scream and counseling centers, which specialize only on the symptoms of excessive crying or to control disorders in infancy and childhood. Child psychologists, paediatricians, midwives and family therapists are aware of the added stress, which includes the parents of a babys cry exposed. In-depth discussions, the eligible factors like family background, previous diseases and dietary habits were analyzed and possible solutions discussed.

Counseling centers and ambulances scream nearby can be obtained from the attending pediatrician. There are also a number of initiatives and websites that deal with the theme of "cry babies" and list appropriate counseling centers. Such lists will be published among others by these vendors:

www.eltern.de

www.schreibaby.de

Tips for parents of babies cry

Depending on the situation, there are suitable methods that can soothe a baby cry in acute cases but also in the longer term. These include:

Flyer handle

The baby will be placed with the belly down to the forearm. This slight bloating to be resolved before they cause pain.

Federwiege

Same on a spring weighing and abschwingenden hammock. The substance of the spring cradle forms a closed and therefore barren environment. In addition, due to the oscillations bloating solve simple.

Swaddling

Swaddling is the process under tight wrapping of the baby. For many parents, the sight is just getting used to because the baby can not move his arms and legs and can as seems trapped. Many missing babies after birth, however, the limitation in the womb experienced cozy. Infants up to the age of three months, their arms and legs do not move controls. The so-called Moro reflex (inborn reflex clamp) can wake the sleeping baby in the jumpy, so they start to scream. By spitting this can be avoided. However, not all babies react the same, because many feel constricted by the spitting. Here, the sensitivity of the parents is required.

Bear

Baby slings and other baby carriers work wonders if the baby does not fall asleep out of sheer anxiety. The physical proximity of the parents generally plays all babies should not be underestimated. Cry babies are held firmly body and gently rocked, this gives them a heightened sense of security.
In general terms, a relaxed family environment and a loving parent-child relationship to the fact that babies cry calm quickly.