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Colic Vs High Needs

  • COLICKY
    BABY

  • HIGH NEEDS
    BABY

  • HAVE NORMAL SLEEPING & EATING
    PATTERNS, BUT OFTEN WAKE FROM
    COLIC PAIN

    SLEEP

    IRREGULAR SLEEPING & EATING
    PATTERNS. WAKE & FEED
    FREQUENTLY

  • NO NEGATIVE REACTION TO
    NOISE OR PEOPLE

    NOISE

    HAVE INTENSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS TO
    NOISE & COMMOTION

  • CRYING FOR MORE THAN 3 HOURS A DAY.
    CRYING EPISODES LAST LONGER & SEEM
    TO HAPPEN FOR NO REASON

    CRYING

    CRY LESS THAN COLIC
    BABIES, BUT MORE THAN A
    NORMAL BABY

  • CRYING TYPICALLY LASTS FOR 3
    MONTHS, BUT CAN
    LAST UP TO 6 MONTHS

    DURATION

    CRYING LASTS
    THROUGHOUT
    FIRST FEW YEARS

Colic Symptoms

  • GRIMMACED FACE
  • DIFFICULT TO SOOTHE
  • RED FACE
  • ARCHED BACK
  • GAS
baby Cry
  • EXCESSIVE CRYING
  • HIGH PITCHED
    PIERCING SOUND
  • CLENCHED FISTS
  • KNEES DRAWN
    TO CHEST

High Needs Symptoms

  • DIFFICULT
  • NEGATIVE REACTION TO NOISE
  • FUSSY
  • WAKE FREQUENTLY
  • DEMANDING
Baby Cry
  • IRREGULAR SLEEPING &
    EATING PATTERNS
  • HAVE A HARD TIME ADJUSTING
    TO NEW ENVIRONMENT
  • HYPERACTIVE
  • FEARFUL OF NEW PEOPLE

AVERAGE
CRYING EPISODE
OF A COLICKY BABY

38 minutes
hour
hour
20 minutes

AVERAGE
CRYING EPISODE
OF A HIGH NEEDS

Baby Face image

  • 20%

    OF BABIES BORN (OR 2 OUT 10) HAVE COLIC

  • 10%

    OF BABIES BORN (OR 1 OUT 10) ARE HIGH NEEDS