Could Be Colic

Colic - A condition in which an otherwise healthy baby screams and cries for extended periods with no discernible reason.

From the top - what the heck kind of diagnosis is this? By definition, there will never be a known cause of colic, because then it will be a discernible reason, which means it can't be colic. This kind of logic makes my brain hurt. Is colic some kind of "holding area" where we put crying babies until a cause is found, at which point colic will be a thing of the past?

Regardless, we're pretty sure that our little angel either has colic, or she was stolen in the night by gypsies, and replaced with her evil twin. (Come to think of it, Christine's family is part Romanian...) We will start putting her to bed around 10:00 or so, and are usually unsuccessful until well after midnight. Last night, Christine took it upon herself to put our little angel to sleep, and I drifted off around 1:00 AM. I woke at 2:30 AM to Erin's cries, and Christine trying the classic "five S's": Swaddling, Side (or stomach), Swinging, Shushing, and giving her something to Suck on. We even added a few S's of our own, such as Simethicone (a/k/a Mylicon, for gas), Swearing, and beSeeching the powers that be for help.

Update: But it turns out that it's reflux. I wrote this a number of weeks ago, and haven't touched it since Erin was diagnosed, in case it wasn't reflux. In one sense, this isn't important; it's not affecting Erin.

But seriously... what the hell kind of medical logic is this?