[ozmidwifery] Colic/osteopathy

[James & Stephanie Fairbairn]

To Sheena,   I wrote earlier to the list about the possibility that osteopathy may help to relieve the symptoms you describe in your grandchild. I have been doing some browsing of my own and have come across an austrailian site which may be of interest to you: http://www.osteopathic.com.au/about_children.htm   Paediatric osteos are probably preferable as they are used to specifically dealing with the bones and soft tissue that are diffferent in babies to adults. Colic and/or reflux is a horrible condition and while it is more common in formula fed babies (I know you said b/f) that is probably due more to a digestive difficulty of the cows protein - Breast fed babies do suffer froim the 'umbrella' condition which just means spasm (colic) and it could either be a reaction to what the mother is eating herself - but if the symptoms have been constant since birth I would guess that it is structural/physiological trapping of the nerve pathways etc possibly caused by events around the birth....I would be interested to know how the birth went.! In any case, I hope this is of help and you all get some sleep soon!! Good luck, Stephanie CBE / nutritionist in Adelaide.