What is colic—and what can I do to help my baby There’s no miracle cure for colic, but with a little experimenting, you just might find something that helps Donna Papacosta istock Chantal Foisy’s infant son Logan cried non-stop from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. nightly. “Nothing helped,” says Foisy, who lives in Barrie, Ontario. “It took all of my strength not to yell at him, but I knew it wasn’t his fault. Those were the longest five weeks of my life. I nearly died of happiness when the colic went away.” My own daughter, Katharine, cried inconsolably, with her tiny fists clenched and her red face scrunched in apparent pain. She was rarely soothed by rocking, nursing, singing or car rides. When friends advised this would last “only” three months, I wanted to cry myself. I felt inadequate as a new mother. Why couldn’t I soothe my little baby?