colicky

colic | American Dictionary

colic
noun[ U ]
us/ˈkɑl·ɪk/
a severe but not continuous pain in the bottom part of the stomach or bowels, esp. of babies

Examples of colic

colic
The common type of colic cry, without organic alterations, follows a diurnal rhythm and occurs mainly in the afternoon and early evening hours.
Factorial designs would compare "manipulative," "colic," and "honest" (pain or hunger) cries.
Accordingly, we selectively focus on adaptive hypotheses that assume that colic allows infants to extract additional investment from their parents.
In a minority of cases colic has known organic etiology, but in these cases infants exhibit symptoms in addition to excessive crying.
His review highlights the fact that we cannot yet adequately explain the early crying curve or the prevalence of colic.
Is the excessive crying associated with colic a manifestation of developmental delay or disregulation?
I have argued in this target article that colic is not a manifestation of infant temperament.
Another possibility is that colic is a conditional strategy activated by prenatal or perinatal environmental cues.
The honest signal hypotheses assume that colic is costly to infants.
For example, colic is a frequent complaint brought to pediatricians and a common reason for giving up breast-feeding.
Assuming that colic does indeed have fitness costs, there are two possibilities.
Despite increased crying, however, infants with colic did not show any differences in heart rate, vagal tone, or cortisol secretion during the examination.
Similar to the other adaptive hypotheses, the manipulation hypothesis requires evidence that colic is effective in extracting additional parental investment.
Changing the reinforcement regime of colicky babies during the natural peak in colic predisposition may not be easy.
Excessive criers labeled as having colic are simply those individuals who show the most extreme form of an otherwise normal and universal crying curve.
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