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Q My two-week-old baby just doesn't stop crying. My mom says she has colic, but I don't even know what this is. What do you think?

Newborn babies cry a lot because that is their only way of communicating their needs. Babies cry because they are hungry or lonely, or because of discomfort or pain. In my view, colic describes a symptom of a crying baby, and not a pathologic process,

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