Baby colic commonly called as infantile colic has many other names which include newborn colic, three months colic or simply as colic. After ruling out other serious pediatric conditions like hernias or infections, if a child weeps for more than three hours a day, for more than three weeks, for three months, then it fits in the category of baby colic.

Myriad of causes of baby colic have been proposed including gas trapping, reflux, indigestion, mental immaturity, digestive system immaturity, excessive hunger and many more but no one can say with surety that why child is crying. Is there any single or specific cause?

Parents must be familiar with common symptoms of baby colic like trapped air, acute gastric and intestinal pains, abdominal bloating, intense and prolonged crying, sleeplessness and exhaustion and most common are the stressed out parents.

Working on these lines lots of remedies both home made and commercially prepared have been utilized for baby colic relief. The remedies include both medical, herbal and certain physical maneuvers and techniques. But same is the case here that no single remedy has attained consensus for baby colic relief.

Although the role of gripe water is controversial in some regions of the world, however importance and role of Gripe water in baby colic relief cannot be denied whatsoever as it has proved its effectiveness all over the world in this issue. Gripe water has such a complete combination of ingredients that it helps in addressing all the causes of baby colic ranging from gas production to reflux and indigestion. Moreover sweet taste of gripe water due to sucrose has a pleasant effect on the child and he/she feels better and more satisfied.

Few other concrete measures for baby colic relief are proper breastfeeding, avoidance of dairy products, nuts and chocolates by breastfeeding mothers, proper feeding position, proper sleeping position with 30 degree inclination, proper burping after every feed, reasonable use of breast milk as compared to bottle milk, regular feeding intervals, provision of suitable environment to the baby and suitable diet.

Do remember that at 2 or 3 months of life the baby is getting accustomed to this new world so certain problems occur which usually subside with growing age when the child completely adapts to the environment.