Your friend Olga is a new, first-time mother. Her six-week-old infant has shown a recent increase in crying. She doesn't know whether this is because she is picking the child up every time it cries. She is asking you for advice

What would you say to her?
A) She should take her child to the doctor to see if she has colic.
B) It is normal for crying to increase over the first six weeks of life, and picking her child up will not reinforce the crying.
C) Increased crying in the first six weeks of life is normal, but Olga should not pick up the infant every time it cries.
D) Olga should not worry; the crying usually decreases by the second week of life.


B

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