New research shows that smoking and/or using the nicotine patch
during pregnancy could result in a colicky baby. Need another
reason to kick the habit? Here it is. cause colic, too New
research shows that babies who are born to moms who used
nicotine patches or smoked during pregnancy are more likely to
have colic. Not that we need to tell you this, but smoking
during pregnancy (and using nicotine patches) is bad, bad, bad
for your growing baby! The new study involved researchers
looking at data on interviews with over 63,000 moms. The
interviewers talked to the moms during their pregnancies and six
months after their babies were born. The study, published online
Feb. 20 and in the March issue of Pediatrics, concluded that a
woman who either smoked or used nicotine replacement therapy --
or who did both -- during pregnancy were more likely to have a
colicky baby. The researchers found the following: - About 74
percent of the moms did not smoke - 24 percent of the moms did
smoke - 0.3 percent of women used nic