Having a baby is a major event in anyone’s life, and for the expectant mother the trials of carrying the child can be exaggerated by the many concerns that are attached to anything new and unknown.

Colic is a term used to describe uncontrollable crying of a healthy baby. If your baby is 5 months old and cries for hours at a time then chances are she is colicky.

When babies can’t sleep, the whole family is miserable. The other kids in the family are tired because they too can’t sleep with all the racket the baby is making and the parents are exhausted from being awake the whole night with the baby.

When I was younger, I used to get really irritated when my sisters used to start crying. It seemed as if they have nothing better to do but cry themselves to sleep.

At first hearing this most men would say no - "I would never cry - real men don't cry!" We are being programmed into believing that crying is for the weak.