Tame a Colicky Baby With a High Quality Probiotic

re: Tame a Colicky Baby With a High Quality Probiotic

AyurDoula — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 23:27:46 GMT

The chiropractic, craniosaccral and stress release work are important when colic arises right away after birth - look at birth stressors and emotions.
If it comes up after about 3 weeks, figure it is dietary/digestive.
Ayurvedic medicine identifies keys neither allopathic or natural chilbirth or natural medicine professionals seem to know.
It is very much NOT about maternal dairy intake so much as HOW it is used. Food combining, temperature, digestive seasonings, time of day (most dairy should be avoided at night). Milk should be avoided with lunch or dinner or other proteins except legumes and nuts. The story goes on. We all know the quality issues Doc Mercola has discusses so well, though big diff between pasteurize temp and boiling. The latter breaks protein into smaller pieces, 2nd best to fresh warm from the mama animal.
Very interesting how few comments here...as Midwife Robin Lim says, cause is mostly still a mystery (to most).
Ysha, Postpartum AyurDoula 15 years

re: Tame a Colicky Baby With a High Quality Probiotic

helpingheart — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 18:42:37 GMT

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re: Tame a Colicky Baby With a High Quality Probiotic

Isabell — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 10:51:03 GMT

Thank you Jason!! I just registered only because this subject is dear to my heart. My own daughters benefitted tremendously from chiropractic adjustment as babies and then I had my own back trouble that was helped. My oldest will be 21 in March and the youngest at that time will be close to 19 1/2.

What prompted my coming on mostly is my boyfriend's father is a retired M.D. who around New Year's insisted to me it wasn't even POSSIBLE for the spine to get out of alignment!! And that the entire practice is basically a hoax. A practice for something that doesn't even exist. I remained polite but tried to educate him and explained "I'm just sharing my experience; this has been my journey and it's been a long one" allowing him his dignity to keep his (wrong) beliefs yet stand by what I KNOW is truth for my life and many, many others. I tried to gracefully end the conversation which had started with him chastising me for watching Fox News in another room, mind you. Over and over, I was told in various ways that this was all in head. Meaning the immediate relief and help my babies got and I guess me too. He continued about how chiropractors have a wonderful bedside manner and that's what makes folks think they're cured. NO ONE fools me with such stuff! I had too many times I believed I'd found an answer to certain health problems myself and what I tried didn't work. So if it was simply placebo effect, I would have been cured of all my ills with the first thing I took or first method I chose. And that even includes surgeries I had believing that would end certain problems. NOT.

I was appalled that my boyfriend, who I thought at least in private believed me, suddenly doubted me and what I KNOW works! A major kink/ probable dealbreaker in this relationship. Twenty years ago I would have demanded he speak up on my behalf. All I wanted then was his belief and reassurance in private. I do think there's some hope for us. He did admit to me (only after this happened) he didn't get a flu shot this year when his mom called and pressured him and offered to get his appointment for him! He's 37 years old!! I am grateful he did some thinking when I pointed out (in 2005) how he'd gotten terribly sick the years he got a flu shot. And he always ended up with strep throat as well. He gracefully bypassed her offer of help and no one knows he's now a "heretic".

Colic doesn't just suddenly disappear as a coincidence at the time of adjustment. His dad seemed to think that's the very moment the colic just disappeared all on it's own and had the audacity to suggest drugs that weren't even available when I had my girls. Not that I would have chosen drugs once seeing this method work. This was hard for me as they gave a generous welcome during our visit but it took me a couple days to process the verbal "attack". I would never have said anything to anyone for their choice of TV program/news, much less instigate the conversation that followed. Of which an offshoot was government control of how we raise our children.

My only regret was I should have just let him think chiropracters "massaged" patients and "that's why they felt better". I probably could have prevented the entire episode by letting him go on believing that.

My experience with this and discovering the horrendous dangers of vaccines caused my parents and one sister to do a complete 180 in their view of both. They saw how healthy my girls were! One sister opted for the "traditional" route and her kids were sick almost always. She later had second thoughts about her choice of vaccinating.

By the way, the only grandchild in this family, is constantly sick due to vaccines and no one ever faces the fact that his raging illnesses come on the heels of his vaccines.

Certainly had I known probiotics could help as well, I'd have done that. Thank you for letting folks know about the benefits of chiropractic care for babies. [:D] And please forgive my rant but this is one place where I feel people know the truth and I can vent. I think I need that bumper sticker that says "Question everything".......

re: Tame a Colicky Baby With a High Quality Probiotic

jennifer howard — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 20:06:00 GMT

I really wish I had thought of this when my baby was colicky. I passed by the infant probiotic at the healthfood store and even thought seriously about trying it. Trust your instincts people! Everything I tried did not alleviate any of his symptoms except for going dairy free. I did increase my own probiotic intake immensely but am not sure if this passes through breastmilk.

re: Tame a Colicky Baby With a High Quality Probiotic

Jason Lauer DC — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 17:19:12 GMT

This is a great article regarding probiotics. I have been told that one of the most important meals a child receives is the bacteria from its mother’s vaginal canal during the birth process. C-section totally bypasses this natural process already compromising the child’s digestive health. Not to mention the numbers of infants and moms having exposure to antibiotics.

Here is another avenue to peruse regarding infantile colic that many are not aware of. To see research on chiropractic care and colic go to http://www.icpa4kids.org/research/chiropractic/colic.htm at the international chiropractic Pediatric Association. To find a doctor in your area, check this site or www.subluxation.com.

Constraint while in the uterus and / or the birth process stresses a newborns spine and nervous system. This causes a spinal subluxation. If a child is pulled with forceps or vacuum extraction, you can almost always count on them having spinal subluxations and nervous system compromise. Chiropractors gently correct subluxations. Our intent is to manage the effects stress has on our structure affecting the nervous system so the body can heal and regulate itself properly. Many times subluxations in children and adults cause no symptoms at all unless very acute or chronic. When enough nerve tissue becomes compromised, symptoms may arise. Symptoms can include pain, immune dysfunction, digestive issues, etc. My recommendation is to practice proper spinal hygiene by having your kids checked before they end up compromised and sick.