Colic Vs High Needs
-
COLICKY
BABY -
HIGH NEEDS
BABY
-
HAVE NORMAL SLEEPING & EATING
PATTERNS, BUT OFTEN WAKE FROM
COLIC PAINSLEEP
IRREGULAR SLEEPING & EATING
PATTERNS. WAKE & FEED
FREQUENTLY -
NO NEGATIVE REACTION TO
NOISE OR PEOPLENOISE
HAVE INTENSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS TO
NOISE & COMMOTION -
CRYING FOR MORE THAN 3 HOURS A DAY.
CRYING EPISODES LAST LONGER & SEEM
TO HAPPEN FOR NO REASONCRYING
CRY LESS THAN COLIC
BABIES, BUT MORE THAN A
NORMAL BABY -
CRYING TYPICALLY LASTS FOR 3
MONTHS, BUT CAN
LAST UP TO 6 MONTHSDURATION
CRYING LASTS
THROUGHOUT
FIRST FEW YEARS
Colic Symptoms
- GRIMMACED FACE
- DIFFICULT TO SOOTHE
- RED FACE
- ARCHED BACK
- GAS
- EXCESSIVE CRYING
- HIGH PITCHED
PIERCING SOUND - CLENCHED FISTS
- KNEES DRAWN
TO CHEST
High Needs Symptoms
- DIFFICULT
- NEGATIVE REACTION TO NOISE
- FUSSY
- WAKE FREQUENTLY
- DEMANDING
- IRREGULAR SLEEPING &
EATING PATTERNS - HAVE A HARD TIME ADJUSTING
TO NEW ENVIRONMENT - HYPERACTIVE
- FEARFUL OF NEW PEOPLE
AVERAGE
CRYING EPISODE
OF A COLICKY BABY
AVERAGE
CRYING EPISODE
OF A HIGH NEEDS
-
20%
OF BABIES BORN (OR 2 OUT 10) HAVE COLIC
-
10%
OF BABIES BORN (OR 1 OUT 10) ARE HIGH NEEDS