Archive for the ‘Colic Relief’ Category
My baby is up all night, does she have colic?
A baby that cries at night may not have colic.
The crying baby can just be tired.
Got Milk?
If you are drinking cow’s milk and your baby is acting colicky, the two could be related. You don’t have to be feeding your baby cow’s milk for it to affect them. If you are eating many, or even some, milk products this could be affecting your baby.
American Pediatrics and Cow’s Milk
For the best infant nutrition, pick the right milk source and eventually introduce the infant to solid foods. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that infants be fed breast milk or iron-fortified formula during the first 12 months of life. Between ages 4 – 6 months, certain solid foods may be added. Breast milk or iron-fortified formula, along with age-appropriate solid foods and juices, during the first year of life provides the most balanced nutrition.
If your baby is having symptoms of colic, then getting rid of the cow’s milk in your and your baby’s diet is a great place to start.
Food Allergies, Colic and Probiotics
We have experienced many changes to our food supply over the last couple of decades. As a result, allergic food reactions are increasing in developed countries. These changes can have an effect on your baby and can be the cause of the colic.
Breastfeeding Success and Craniosacral Therapy
There are many, many reasons to breastfeed your baby. One of them is that babies who are breastfed tend to have less reflux than bottle fed babies. If a breastfed baby does have reflux, his or her symptoms will often worsen on formula.
Diet and the colicky baby.
I am very careful about what I feed my baby. If they only get breast milk or non-dairy formula, why are they still colicky?
The fussy baby can be an underslept baby.
Before I had children, I just assumed that since baby animals sleep and eat with no training, human babies would too, right? Well, now as a mother of three, I know how wrong I was. Human babies need plenty of training. The curse of our bigger brain, I guess.
Storing milk can help prevent colic?
What happens when you can’t nurse the way you wanted to? You have to go to work, you may have developed back problems, or you may just be too sore. Should you just switch to formula? This is an option but you might be asking yourself, “what about the complications from switching to formula? I’ve heard about problems with soy and cow’s milk and that they can cause colic.”
Does acupuncture help with a colicky baby?
Your baby is crying constantly, keeping you up all night. You’ve tried everything. What about acupuncture? Does it really work? My baby is already in enough pain; how will putting pins in her help?
Acupuncture is a respected and proven form of medical treatment that has been practiced in Asia for over 2000 years. Many parents have turned to acupuncture for relief of colic.
Is acupuncture the colic cure you’ve been hoping for? Unfortunately, like most of the treatments for colic, the answer is — maybe.
Needle-free Pediatric Acupuncture, or Shonishin
Shonishin (sho=little, ni=children, shin=needle) is a specialized form of treatment for infants and children that was developed in Japan over 400 years ago. These days, Japanese parents regularly take their children in for treatment, and shonishin’s worldwide popularity is increasing. It carries the benefits of acupuncture without the use of needles. Children find the treatments relaxing and even pleasurable.
As parents of an infant with colic, we found the book extremely helpful. The information helped us to determine the causes of our daughter's colic and how we could find the most effective relief for her.The advice we received gave us many strategies to comfort pain and prevent colic symptoms. We highly recommend this book in dealing with colic first hand.
Jessi P., Michigan
We were able to specifically determine which methods would help to ease our daughter’s colic by using the techniques in the book. From a definition of colic, to first steps of response, and finally to more detailed and extensive treatments. Research-based methods, statistics regarding colic remedies, and specific resources are provided to parents in need. This book will be a blessing for you and your baby as you use one of the many methods described to soothe your infant. Tim M., Michigan
"Colic Remedies Guidebook is great! And I wish it had been available when Keilor was born. His colic nearly made me crazy--literally This is GREAT work AND VERY HELPFUL!"
K. Zarley, R.N., Michigan