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Colic affects up to 30% of babies usually between three weeks and thirteen weeks of age. It affects breastfed and formula-fed babies equally. A baby with colic has spells of unexplained irritability, agitation, fussing or crying. The main symptom is non-stop inconsolable crying, without any obvious cause. Not surprisingly colic causes a great deal of stress in families.
Babies with colic often cry at around the same time of day, usually after their afternoon or evening feeds. They may bring their knees up to their chest as if in pain, become tense, go red in the face and may also be windy. Read More….
Filed under: Childrens Health, Having a Baby on March 9th, 2010 by Claire Hayes Comment (1)
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Claire has 4 children who take up the majority of her time but when she does get a spare hour she likes to attend her book/booze club and catch up with what's happening with friends in the real world.
March 11th, 2010 - 9:13 am
CranioSacral Therapy is extremely successful for the treatment of colic. CranioSacral therapists usually find that colic develops as result of the birth or delivery. The therapist uses very gentle hand on pressure to detect restrictions in the head, neck and spine to relieve any cranial pressure built up from their delivery or position in the womb. This treatment is very effective in relieving nerves that stimulate the stomach to reduce wind and also relieve cranial pressure sourced from an assisted delivery, ie; suction, forceps etc. One trreatment of CranioSacral Therapy is sometimes enough to alleviate or reduce sypmtoms of colic and is now been highly recommended by doctors, midwives, ante natal clinics and gynacologists.