Ahhh yes, it turns out my once docile young daughter has a set of chimes and likes to toll them in the morning and evening. According to the old MD, it's a case of late onset colic. I don't mind a few things coming in later than the books project, but colic? Come on, give me a bit of a break. No sleep, much less exercise, and now my little girl screams at me like there's no tomorrow.
So, the real deal. There's no explanation for colic, even thought there's myriad potential remedies and aids in the books and on the market. There's certainly some things you can do as a parent to help relieve the crying (drive around the block, warm baths, ear plugs, JD - just kidding), but none of them relieve the stress of being the parent with the wailing child. Will the neighbors hear? Do I care? Answer to both is no, but when the crying starts, it feels like a couple minutes turn into an eternity.
Colic comes and goes on its own timeline, and while the little one has to suffer physically through the tears and discomfort, the parents bear the burden of emotional distress and fatigue. That's why colic is an A-Hole. Anything that is impossible to remedy and makes everyone in the area suffer equally in their own way can be nothing else.
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