2/2/2012 at 3:40pm [
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In many ways, newborns are not quite ready for the world at birth and need a “fourth trimester” of gentle holding, stroking, shushing and wrapping, says Harvey Karp, M.D., assistant professor of pediatrics at UCLA School of Medicine. And babies who have colic are especially in need of such soothing, he says.
A baby’s needs during the first three months of life -- and not gas, immaturity or temperament --are the main cause of colic,...
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