Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: Measuring and Reducing Excessive Infant Crying: A Randomized Trial
Brief Summary: Excessive infant crying (EIC) is likely to increase the risk of child abuse. The investigators propose a randomized trial using an intervention based on recommendations of Karp. The investigators will systematically identify 170 term infants with EIC and conduct assessments in the home at 6-8 weeks age to test the hypothesis that the intervention reduces mean infant hours of night-time crying, increases maternal soothing behaviors and improves parental anxiety and depression.