Pediatric colic:

1. 1 to 2 out of 10 infants the second week by birth through 3 or 4 months of age would cry aloud and whimper when night falls till shortly before dawn, others would behave similarly other times, still, baby colic will much improve when they grow to 3 or 4 months old.
2. The crying is often accompanied with flatulence and passing of wind.
3. The incidence of baby colic is pretty much the same between breast fed ones and cow milk fed ones.
4. As a baby colic is often complicated with flatulence, so the baby ought to have its belly around the navel applied with menthol oil and massaged therewith four times a day (additional one more round just before sleeping) to help eliminate the flatulence).
5. When the baby cries, hold it close to heart and pat it passionately, give it a comfort nipple to suck with, rub with menthol oil or feed milk, these efforts should help increase its sense of security, and the intestinal peristalsis is thereby reduced, there being no need to shake for consolation, should all these efforts prove futile, go and se ea doctor.
6. May consider using instead low lactose or no-lactose powdered milk to rule out the possibility of intoleration of lactose.
7. May consider incorporating suitable amount of medicaments indicated to inhibit intestinal persitalsis or sedatives, with dosage pursuant to doctor’s directions.

Disposition in case of flatulence:

1. Have the usual proportion of powdered milk for baby feed diluted by 2/3 or instead use low-lactose milk as per doctor’s recommendation on your request.
2. Use as less as possible bean products in the makeup of auxiliary food on the diet.
3. Buy from nearby dispensary menthol oil for rubbing and massage around the navel on the belly of the child in the clockwise direction for 5 minutes each time, 3 to 4 times a day.
4. Be mindful that the comfort nipple must be of a size that is just right, and that it will not allow much suck to work through, lest it would mean more air being sucked into the baby’s mouth.
5. Use anti-flatulence agents or that plus peristalsis promoting agents of which the dosage must be pursuant to doctor’s instruction.