When Your Baby Won't Stop Crying: A Parent's Guide to Colic

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The only comprehensive book for desperate parents of a colicky baby. One million babies born in the U.S. each year suffer from colic, and yet until now, colic has been only a footnote in baby care books. Defined as constant, unpredictable and inconsolable crying, parents dealing with colic are desperate for solutions. Now there's help. Mental health professional Tonja Krautter, having been through the ordeal of raising a baby with colic, offers parents a complete blueprint for coping, including- -- how to determine what may be causing your baby's colic -- successful strategies for soothing the baby, and what to do when you can't -- dealing with the emotional impact of colic on the rest of the family -- hope for getting to the other side of the colic experience

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Tonja H. Krautter, Psy.D., L.C.S.W., is a licensed clinical psychologist as well as a licensed clinical social worker. She has been in practice for over 12 years in hospital, residential and day treatment settings, with expertise in children and family issues. She offers workshops and training seminars to community agencies, and has been published in the Journal of Family Therapy. She lives in Los Gatos, California.