Cold start hesitation

'96 Grand Am 4 cyl, 105K mi. When cold starting, the engine idles at 1200rpm for about a minute, then when the rpms decrease, the engine starts lunging between 500 and 1500 rpm for about 10 seconds- if I'm driving during this time, there is major hesitation (its even stalled once).
After that, the engine runs fine.

I live in a climate where its rarely below 50 degrees when I start up, so I define a "cold" start as any time the temp indicator is below the normal range.

Any ideas? Thanks.

i have a '93 with 106k. Im from pennsylvania, so the winters are pretty cold.. its just starting to warm up now. But if its cold out, and i don't let the car warm up a couple before driving it, i would have barely any power for the firdt minute or so of driving. It'd seem like the car just did not want to move at all. I assumed thsi was just because the car wasn't warmed up, although i also assumed this wasn't exactly normal. So im not sure, probably just warm your car up for a couple minutes when its colder out. I just lost my transmission also.. so i hope this wasn't related to that.

Texas here!
Same symptoms on a '98 4 banger, over 100k. Don't even think about jumping on it when first starting up. I see no one has come up with any suggestions as yet. I still have my fingers crossed.
Many thanks for any suggestions.

The pc can get confused if cold weather isnt common where you live. If you normally start the car in 50-70 f' the car gets used to it then allofa sudden it gets real cold and has to remember to start a bit higher rpms to warm up. And if its really uncommon let it warm up till operating temperatures are normal running temperatures before doing any hard driving. I live in a sub arctic climate , my car will idle at 1200+ rpms till its warmed up half way then goes back to normal rpms. Since we get -40 f' weather sometimes it take more time to warm up than other days and sounds god awfull at first minute after starting. Peace of mind is always your best bet , if it bothers you alot , have it looked at by a tec. or ask the tec the same question , they will most likely help you out as much as they can without tearing out a work order.

I would remove the IAC (Idle Air Control solenoid) and clean it with a throttle body cleaner and brush. Clean the spot where you remove the IAC with a throttle body cleaner.

See if that makes a difference when you start your vehicle in the cold morning.