Richie had colic as an infant. Bad. He’d scrunch up his little legs, wrinkle his face, turn red and SCREAM. From two weeks old we were having problems with gas. I tried cutting out dairy but didnt know to wait a month at least to look for results so i went back on. I tried baths, I tried the leg pumping and bouncing. We tried gripe water and homeopathic tablets. I even tried simethicone drops (wish now I’d researched that first now that I know better). Nothing worked. He finally got over it around 4 months old, but it was a very rough time in our lives. I later learned his problem had a lot to do with a fore and hind milk imbalance.
When Raewyn was born I immediately made sure that she wouldn’t have a milk imbalance. It seemed to be working for about a month. Then she started having a hard time too. I cut out dairy. it made a pretty noticeable difference by three weeks but she was still having problems. I refused to introduce anything but breastmilk to her (check out ‘virgin gut’ on Google) including tablets and gripe water. I drank tea that helped a bit with fennel and chamomile but she was still having a hard time. Not as bad as poor Richie was, but rough enough. Another issue i noticed was she only pooped about once every 5-7 days. Which is actually quite normal for an ebf baby because they can absorb and utilize so much in the breastmilk there is very little waste left. She had plenty of wet diapers and didnt seem constipated but was not a big pooper. Richie used to have dirty diapers at least once a day if not more often.
I decided to take Raewyn to the chiropractor. Peter didn’t want to right after she was born like i had but he let me take her in when nothing else was working. Our chiropractor is fantastic. Her name is Dr. Shelley Kasprick of Red Valley Chiropractic an hour and a half away in Moab, Ut. She is my chiropractor and I also refer her to my clients. She specializes in pregnant women, infants and children-thats important. You dont want to take your baby to a chiropractor that has limited experience with babies.
Shelley said her lower and middle spine was very tight and her pelvis moved OK but not great. she also adjusted her neck which was very misaligned and swollen from the way her neck was kinked in the birth canal while i had my cervical lip during birth. Raewyn did great. She was a little fussy and sore for about a day and a half afterwards (which is normal) but immediately we saw results in her gassiness and fussiness. She was able to relieve gas by herself much much easier.
Raewyn’s first adjustment
Richie gets adjusted regularly too!
It took three adjustments in total for it to completely be fixed and “hold”. As of today not only is she not having hardly an issue with gassiness, but has had major poops every single day for the past 9 days AND sleeps much better, eats much better, and is overall much less fussy. I LOVE chiropractors, and have seen them work miracles. when the body is in alignment and the nerves and everything are functioning properly- the body can heal and help itself.
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