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Crying Baby
Less Than 3 Months

Does this describe your symptom?

  
  • A child less than 90 days of age has sudden onset of unexplained crying.
  • The younger the child, the harder it is to identify the cause of the crying.
Causes
  • New crying: Common causes are hunger, sleepy, pain, too cold, too hot, clothing too tight.
  • Recurrent crying:
  • Normal fussy crying. When this occurs for over 3 hours a day, it is called colic.
  • Note: Gas does not cause crying. All crying babies pass lots of gas and their intestines makes lots of gassy noises. The gas comes from swallowed air. The gas is normal and it does not become trapped nor cause any pains. For any symptom of illness, see that topic.

If not, see these other symptoms
  1. Should I Call?
  2. Care at Home

Parent Care for Pediatric Symptoms. Copyright © 2000-2008. Barton D. Schmitt, MD
Reviewed/Modified: Sept 2008 by Intermountain Healthcare, Inc.


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