The amount of crying in all children fell with the babies taking the probiotic supplement
fussing for an average of 49 minutes more every day.
Outcomes included daily duration of crying or
fussing at one month, sleep duration, mother's mental health, family and infant quality of life.
Writing in the online British Medical Journal, a team from the University of Melbourne and the city's Royal Children's Hospital said probiotics "did not reduce crying or
fussing in infants with colic, nor was it effective in improving infant sleep, maternal mental health, family or infant functioning, or quality of life".
"Ill advised practices and beliefs have become commonplace, such as the use of infant formula, the isolation of infants in their own rooms, or the belief that responding too quickly to a
fussing baby will 'spoil' it," Narvaez says in a statement.
If he responds to her
fussing, then he's making her believe she still has a hold over him.
I think she's maybe depressed but she tells me to stop
fussing - what do I do?
