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Parental depressive symptoms were related to excessive crying in 4426 two-month-old infants. The definition of excessive crying was based on the widely used Wessel's criteria (ie, crying &amp;gt;3 hours for &amp;gt;3 days in the past week).<\/jats:p><jats:p>RESULTS: After adjustment for depressive symptoms of the mother and relevant confounders, we found a 1.29 (95% confidence interval: 1.09\u20131.52) higher risk of excessive infant crying per SD of paternal depressive symptoms.<\/jats:p><jats:p>CONCLUSIONS: Our findings indicate that paternal depressive symptoms during pregnancy might be a risk factor for excessive infant crying. 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