other Tiny Tummy Troubles (TTT’s) don’t
explain this terrible crying
because:
Most colicky babies burp and pass wind many times a day
without a whimper.
Adults double up when they have stomachaches,
but babies
snap into this fetal position
whenever they are upset,
regardless of the cause.
Many babies shriek even when
they only are experiencing a
minor discomfort.
Anti-Spasm Medicines: Soothing Crying Babies into a Stupor
From the 1950s to the 1980s, doctors armed parents with millions
of prescriptions of anti-cramp medicine.
Some doctors used
Donnatal (a mix of anti-cramp medicine plus phenobarbitol) while
others preferred Levisin (hyocyamine). Both are cramp-relieving and
sedating, and both are still occasionally prescribed by doctors today.
However, of all the anti-spasm drugs recommended for colic,
Bentyl was by far and away the most popular. In 1984, 74
million
doses of it were sold in Britain alone. But Bentyl turned out to be
the most dangerous of all the tummy drugs. In 1985, doctors were
horrified to discover that a number of
colicky babies being treated
with it suffered convulsions, coma—even death.
In retrospect, it’s likely that
anti-cramp medicines work not
because of any tummy effect, but because they induce sedation as
an incidental side effect.
The TTT’s also fail to explain five of the ten
universal characteristics of
colic and colicky babies:
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