Colic vs High Needs Babies - What is the Difference?

Colic by Colic Calm VS. High Needs Baby What is the difference? Colicky Baby High Needs Baby Have Normal Sleep & Eating Patterns, but Sleep Irregular Sleep & Eating Patterns. Wake & Feed Often Wake from Frequently Colic Pain Have Intense No Negative Negative Reactions Noise To Noise & Reaction To Commotion. Fearful Noise or People. of New People Cry For More Than 3 Hours A Day. Crying Episodes Last Longer & Seem To Happen For Cry For Less Than 3 Hours A Day. Cry Less Than Colic Babies, But More Than Normal Babies Crying - No Reason Crying Typically Lasts For 3 Months, Crying Lasts Throughout Duration But Can Last First Few Years Up To 6 Months Colis SymptossIs Grimmaced Face Difficult to Soothe Excessive Crying Red Face High Pitched Piercing Sound Arched Back Knees Drawn to Chest Clenched Fists Gas High Needls Symptoms Difficult Negative Reaction To Noise Fearful of New People Fussy Wake Hyperactive Frequently Have A Hard Time Adjusting Demanding To New Environment Irregular Sleep & Eating Patterns Colic us. High Needs Facts 38 Average crying episode of a colicky baby minutes Average crying episode of a high needs baby 20 minutes 10% of babies born 1/10 or 1 in 10 are high needs CHESS, STELLA, M.D., ALEXANDER THOMAS, M.D., AND HERBERT G. BIRCH, M.D., PH.D. Your Child Is A Person: A Psychological Approach To Childhood Without Guilt. The Viking Press, New York: 1965. 20% of babies born or 2/10 2 out of 10 get colic Additional Sources: - Monfort, G. (2004, Apr). How Much Crying is Normal? American Baby Magazine. - Oliver, K.K. (2002). Understanding Your Child's Temperament. Family and Consumer Sciences Agent, Ohio State University Extension. FLM-FS-5-02. - Barr, R.G., Rotman, A., Yaremko, J., Leduc, D., & Francoeur, E.F. (1992). The crying of infants with colic: a controlled empirical description. Pediatrics. 90, 14-21 - Wessel, M.S., Cobb, C., Jackson, E.B., Harris, G.S., & Detwiler, A.C. (1954). Paroxysmal fussing in infancy, sometimes called 'colic'. Pediatrics. 14, 421-434. - Gilkerson, L., Gray, L., & Mork, N. (2005, Jan). Fussy Babies, Worried Families, and a New Service Network. The Fussy Baby Network. Chicago, Illinois: Zero to Three. - Carey, W.B., & Jablow, M.M. (1997). Understanding Your Child's Temperament. New York, NY: Macmillan |- Barr, Ronald G. (1998). Crying Syndromes in Infants. Pediatrics. 102, 1282-1286. - Thomas, A., & Chess, S. (1957). An approach to the study of sources of individual differences in child behavior. J Clin Exp Psychopathol, 18, 347-357. by Colic Calm coliccalm.com/colic-vs-high-needs-infographic/