Breech & Colic

Since nobody really knows what colic is and how to help these hurting babies who come to us, I am wondering if being breech is a risk factor. I understand that breech presentation makes spinal subluxation more likely. Breech babies have a higher likelihood of other minor (and some major) problems. Most of them are declared perfectly normal at birth. But I do wonder if there is a higher percentage of breech babies who have trouble acclimating to the world in the first few months.

 There's an awful lot out there about chiropractic and other manipulative therapies helping babies who suffer from colic. Many individual case studies indicate the baby was breech.

My current thinking is that if there is a correlation between babies who are found in the breech position at term and those who suffer in their first few months in your family, it has more to do with their births. Most breech babies in the western world experience cesarean or instrument assisted (forceps, typically) birth. Even a gentle hands-off vaginal breech birth is likely more traumatic for the baby than it would be head-down.

So does it follow that a difficult, surprise, or forced birth leads to an increase in colicky behavior? If you know anything about this, have experience, or any insights, please let me know!

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Turn A Breech At Home

There are so many ways you can help a breech baby turn without paying anyone money or seeing any professionals. If you have a little breech you would like to flip, please check out this extensive list of ways to turn a breech baby that I have compiled. You can use essential oils, frozen peas, the stairs, the pool, homeopathy, and...your mind! Some require professional assistance, but many are DIY or things you can approximate at home. Feel free to contact me with any questions!

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Why I Don't Clean House

One of my friends recently said that cleaning house with young children around is like brushing your teeth while eating Oreos. I really think this only tells half the story. Most of the time I try to accomplish something with young children around, I am bombarded and interrupted and constantly distracted. If I got down on the floor to scrub it, I guarantee there would be a child on my back or in my lap or on my head before the first gleaming tile was revealed. Cleaning a house with children still in it is like trying to brush your teeth while eating Oreos on horseback.