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Crying Baby, Sleepless Nights

Why Your Baby Is Crying and What You Can Do About It

Part Two

By Sandy Jones

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Checklist For Evaluating a Baby Doctor
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You should feel confident that your baby's physician has up-to-date knowledge and plenty of experience concerning the many causes of infant pain.

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He or she should refrain from giving you pat answers that don't help, or prescribing drugs that simply mask your baby's discomfort.

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The doctor should listen well. He or she should treat your baby's crying as important, and your perceptions and opinions about your baby as valuable in uncovering solutions.

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You shouldn't feel rushed with your appointment or have to wait long to see the doctor.

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Your physician should be readily available to talk by telephone.

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Your doctor should welcome your seeking a second opinion, especially if he or she has recommended extensive tests.

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You should feel that no stone has been left unturned to discover what is causing your baby's pain.

Your Crying Older Baby
Once feeding problems have been resolved and colic has peaked, your baby may cry for new reasons. He may catch his first cold, and, if you and he are unlucky, the cold may lead to his first ear infection. With the ear infection could come the most acute pain he will have yet experienced. Your baby will probably also get his first vaccination, and he may have a reaction to it. When he starts to eat solid foods, he is likely to have some bouts with diaper rash. And about the same time he starts on solids, your baby will, more or less painfully, cut his first tooth. Soon thereafter, he will probably begin to cry from a fear of being separated from you, and he just won't be himself as long as you are away.


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