By Tonja Krautter

One million babies born in the U.S. each year suffer from colic, and yet until now, colic has been only a footnote in baby care books. Defined as constant, unpredictable and inconsolable crying, parents dealing with colic are desperate for solutions.

Now there s help. Mental health professional Tonja Krautter, having been through the ordeal of raising a baby with colic, offers parents a complete blueprint for coping, including:

• how to determine what may be causing your baby s colic
• successful strategies for soothing the baby, and what to do when you can t
• dealing with the emotional impact of colic on the rest of the family
• hope for getting to the other side of the colic experience

• Paperback

  Pages: 240

  Published: 2006