Does Your Baby Have Colic?

In a recent blog post I wrote about using Homeopathy to treat crying babies with reflux and this time I am concentrating on the issue of colic and how Homeopathy can help.

Colic and Reflux can be often be confused for each other by both parents (and websites!) so if you want some more information on Reflux, what it is, and how Homeopathy treats it, read my previous article: Crying babies, Homeopathy and Reflux. This article looks at infant colic and what steps you can take to help both your baby and yourself.

What is Colic?
Colic is a term given to babies who fuss and cry for no apparent reason and are often hard to get into an established routine. All babies cry on average for 2.5 hours in any 24 hour period but babies with colic will look uncomfortable when they are crying, and may exhibit symptoms such as drawing their legs up. While we don't know exactly why come babies suffer from colic, it is thought to be due to an immature digestive system and sometimes theirdevelopingnervous system may also bea causal factor.

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Crying Babies, Reflux and Homeopathy

All babies cry but some babies cry ALL the time or for prolonged periods, and nothing seems to comfort them. Read on, because in this article we will be exploring some of the causes for this crying and looking specificaly at the issue of reflux and what Homeoapthy can do to help.

Firstly,  I want to acknowledge those parents reading this who are going through this experience. It is not quite what you imagined when you gave birth to your baby is it? Your desire to help your child, coupled with the emotional and physical exhaustion of coping with relentless crying when you feel powerless to stop it, can really take its toll. One of my babies cried like this and for 4 months the only thing that would sometimes help was very fast forward motion in a pram. Consequentially, I walked very fast for miles and miles every day which was physically exhausting in itself. If I had had the homeopathic know-howI have now back then, I would am sure my child would not have had to cry like that! So personally it is very important to me that I can pass this information on to you.

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