 [ Symptoms ] my 2 month old grand daughter cries as if she is in pain and it happens more often in the evenings is this normal  this to me is not a normal fussy cry we have asked the dr and they said it is normal but i do not agree and want to push the issue but do not know where to start it started when she was about a month old [ Disease ] the rule of threes  a child over three weeks old and under three months who cries more than three hours a day mostly in the evening more than three days a week does this fit your grand daughter is pattern the may have colic if so the good news is that it may miraculously disappear soon after age three colic remains a mysterious pediatric problem that has plagued sleep deprived parents for ages as a seasoned parent yourself your kids may not have had it colicy kids can scream for hours and drive new parents and grandmothers wacky obviously this is just a blind guess over the internet but i have seen this zillions of times in my primary care pediatric practice yes there could be other reasons but since her doctor did not find a reason colic is definitely on the possibility table do an internet search on colic use only medical sites please like webmd or the american academy of pediatrics