Does My Baby Have Colic Quiz
Questions: 15 · 10 minutes
1. What body behavior most often accompanies the intense crying?
Mostly relaxed movement or familiar hunger and tiredness cues
Brief facial reddening or fist clenching
Repeated leg drawing, stiffening, or back arching during the bout
Several of these tense body signs remain pronounced through most of the bout
2. Does the difficult crying tend to return at a recognizable time, such as late afternoon or evening?
No recurring time pattern has appeared
It has happened around a similar time once or twice
A similar time pattern appears on several days
A prolonged spell occurs at a strongly predictable time most days
3. On your baby’s hardest recent day, approximately how much time was spent crying or intensely fussing in total?
Less than one hour
At least one hour but less than two
At least two hours but less than three
Three hours or more
4. Compared with your baby’s usual pattern, what is happening with feeding and wet diapers?
Feeding and wet diapers remain consistent with the usual pattern
One or two feeds were less successful, with no clear wet-diaper change
My baby repeatedly takes much less, or wet diapers are noticeably fewer
My baby cannot feed, has had no urine for about eight hours, or has a very dry mouth or sunken soft spot
5. Which description best matches the overall pattern across recent days?
Brief episodes with an identifiable need, followed by settling
Occasional longer episodes mixed with mostly brief crying
Repeated intense bouts separated by calmer periods
Long, intense bouts have become a persistent daily pattern
6. During or between crying spells, what have you noticed about your baby’s breathing or color?
Breathing and color remain consistent with my baby’s usual appearance
Breathing becomes briefly noisy only while crying, then returns fully to usual
There are repeated periods of labored breathing or unusual paleness
The lips or face look blue or gray, breathing pauses, or my baby struggles to breathe
7. Which temperature description applies to your baby?
A measured temperature is below 38°C/100.4°F and there is no unusual warmth
The temperature is below 38°C/100.4°F but higher than usual for my baby
A baby aged 3 months or older has a temperature of 38°C/100.4°F or higher
A baby under 3 months has a temperature of 38°C/100.4°F or higher, or fever occurs with marked drowsiness
8. How do the intense episodes usually begin and unfold?
They build around a recognizable need and ease when it is addressed
They sometimes begin suddenly but settle with a familiar response
They often begin abruptly, become intense, and return after brief calming
They begin abruptly and remain intense for a prolonged period without clear relief
9. What best describes any vomiting or stool change?
No unusual vomiting or stool change
More ordinary spit-up than usual, without force or unusual color
Repeated forceful vomiting or a new small amount of blood or mucus in stool
Green vomit, significant blood, a swollen abdomen, or repeated projectile vomiting
10. What is your baby usually like after a difficult crying episode ends?
Returns promptly to their familiar alertness, movement, and interaction
Seems tired or mildly fussy for a short time, then returns to usual behavior
Needs a long recovery period but eventually returns to usual behavior
Remains unusually distressed, weak, or less responsive between episodes
11. During the past seven days, on how many days did your baby have a long or unusually intense crying spell?
No days; crying was limited to shorter, familiar needs-based episodes
One day
Two days
Three or more days
12. How have crying episodes affected feeding?
Feeding remains consistent with my baby’s usual pattern
Crying has interrupted an occasional feed, but my baby resumes
Crying repeatedly disrupts feeds, although overall intake seems near usual
My baby is taking much less than usual or refusing multiple feeds
13. After feeding, burping, changing, and checking temperature and clothing, how readily does your baby settle?
Usually within about 10 minutes with a familiar soothing method
Sometimes after 10-30 minutes and more than one soothing method
Often only after 30 minutes or more despite calm soothing attempts
My baby remains inconsolable through a prolonged bout despite several attempts
14. How long does a typical difficult crying spell last once it gets going?
Less than 30 minutes
About 30-59 minutes
About one to two hours
More than two hours
15. Between episodes, how alert and responsive is your baby?
Alertness and responses are consistent with my baby’s usual behavior
More irritable or sleepy than usual, but readily responsive
Difficult to wake, unusually weak, or making a persistently weak or high-pitched cry
Limp, unresponsive, having a seizure, or showing a sudden major change after an injury