Causes

• Common causes of new crying: hunger, sleepy, pain, too cold, too hot, clothing too tight
• Main cause of recurrent crying: normal fussy crying. When this occurs over 3 hours/day, it’s called colic.
• Gas does not cause crying. All crying babies pass lots of gas and their intestines make lots of gassy noises. The gas comes from swallowed air. The gas is normal and it does not become trapped nor cause any pains.