Colic Solved: The Essential Guide to Infant Reflux and the Care of Your Crying, Difficult-to- Soothe Baby

For generations, doctors have been diagnosing babies with colic, offering little comfort and few solutions to worried, weary parents. But recent medical advances made through cutting-edge technology now reveal that many if not most cases of colic are actually caused by acid reflux. In this revolutionary book, Bryan Vartabedian, a noted pediatric gastroenterologist and the father of two babies with acid reflux, provides hands-on, practical advice about this hidden epidemic€“and how to make your own baby happy again.

€ Recognize the seven signs of reflux in infancy.
€ Discover the role of milk protein allergy€“the other colic.
€ Learn what, when, and how to feed an irritable baby and the best positions for sleep.
€ Recognize the role of formula, breast milk, bottle systems, burping, and pacificers in your baby€s fussiness, and irritability.
€ Understand when and why your baby may need testing for reflux.
Weigh the pros and cons of available treatment options.
Identify when a specialist is needed and where to find one.

Complete with inspiring real-life cases of colic solved, plus tips, sidebars, and illustrations, this essential guide provides real answers to a problem that has been upsetting babies€“and parents€“for years. Help and hope are at hand!

€œThis is the book for every parent whose young baby is a €˜bundle of misery,€ in pain, and hard to feed, and for that baby€s pediatrician, too.€
€“Laura Nathanson, M.D., F.A.A.P., author of The Portable Pediatrician

€œGreat news for exhausted parents and for suffering babies! Colic Solved gets to the root of what is making many babies cry, and offers powerful, real-world solutions. This is a must-have book for desperate parents everywhere.€
€“Alan Greene, MD, FAAP, author of From First Kicks to First Steps and founder of DrGreene.com