From swinging and swaddling to car rides and vacuum cleaners, soothing a crying infant sometimes requires the whole bag of tricks. In this Children’s Channel video, Megan Woodward, MD, Akron Children’s Hospital Pediatrics Alliance, discusses these and several other strategies parents can try to dry their little one’s eyes.
Your colicky baby Tips for soothing your crying infant
All newborns cry and show some fussiness. But as many as 1 in 5 babies are considered colicky, which means they cry for more than 3 hours a day, more than 3 days a week for at least 3 weeks.