ABSTRACT
Mr. and Mrs. J. brought three-and-one-half-month-old Lisa for a consultation because of her "relentless" crying. They reported that she cried for eight to ten hours a day and on into the night. No one could stop her, they maintained, and neither parent was able to stand it any longer. They had seen three different pediatricians, all of whom assured them that "it's just colic," and that if they would only "relax," so would Lisa. "Anyway," they were told, "it will be over when she's twelve weeks old." Now she was more than twelve weeks, and the crying hadn't stopped. They were frantic. Her grandmother had come to help out when the mother went back to work after Lisa was six weeks old. When she arrived, she commented that Lisa was just like her mother as a baby, and she'd been desperate at the time. Mrs. J. found that remark soothing, but also disturbing. She really didn't want her daughter to be like her. Could we help her change her while she was little?
