If you are scouring the internet looking for colic treatment options, chances are you have already experience quite a few days’ (or weeks’) worth of time with a seemingly inconsolable new baby. You are probably wondering what you got yourself into, doubting … Continue reading
Colic Treatment: Symptoms vs Causes
July 18, 2011When you think of what you can do to help your colicky baby, be aware that there are two broad categories of action. Think of it like any other condition, headaches for example. For a headache sufferer, they can take … Continue reading
Neck Problems and Colic
July 3, 2011Musculoskeletal faults are one of the three reasons babies are diagnosed as having colic (the other two being stomach gas and intestinal gas). Birth trauma is the primary reason for this. The most common causes are forceps deliveries and ventouse … Continue reading
Burping Techniques
June 21, 2011It is fair to say that one of the most important things you can do to help cure colic and ease the symptoms, is to master the art of burping your baby. Some babies have it easy while others seem … Continue reading
Colic and the 5ss
May 19, 2011Whatever type of colic your baby has or whatever stage they find themselves, the immediate goal of the parent is normally to calm the symptoms (yes, we want to fix the underlying cause – see how we help but for … Continue reading
Cry Baby Cry: Colic and Crying Babies
May 4, 2011Not all babies with colic are cry babies. Some hardly cry at all and if it wasn’t for the consitent moaning, groaning, pushing and contracting, you might not know they have colic at all! Generally speaking, those new born babys … Continue reading
Early, Intermediate and Late Stage Colic
April 6, 2011When most people think of colic, they picture a screaming baby. In actual fact, colic is often a build up of symptoms that ultimately results in a frazzled and exhausted baby. In the early stage, the infant may be suffering … Continue reading
Symptoms of Colic
March 29, 2011Colic is more a group of symptoms than a specific condition. The symptoms often overlap: – Fits of crying for no apparent reason. – Contracting legs toward the chest. – Arching backward. – Hands formed into fists. – Red in … Continue reading
The conventional diagnosis of colic
March 23, 2011Infantile colic has been around for a long time. In 1954, Dr. Morris Wessel, a well-known New Haven pediatrician, defined an infant with colic as “one who, otherwise healthy and well-fed, had paroxysms of irritability, fussing, or crying lasting for … Continue reading
Why colic remedies often fail
March 13, 2011Most colic remedies are designed to relax the smooth musculature in the babies intestinal tract. This allows the gas to pass a little more easily and relieves the cramps. The problem is that they are relatively weak and the babies … Continue reading