This story came up in conversation tonight and I felt it was worth sharing
This is Levi. He is now 4 years old, but he was only 1 week old in this picture. About a week after this picture was taken, Chiropractic became one of my favorite things on Earth.
We have been blessed with very easy-going babies. They sleep well and have minimal fussiness. Because they have had chiropractic in their life from the beginning, I cannot say whether that was just the way they are wired or if the chiropractic has influenced some of that behavior. I am inclined to believe the latter, and here is why.
Two weeks after our first child was born we were winding down for the night. My husband would often take the first shift and stay up a little later while I caught a few hours of sleep, then we would switch. At 10pm it was my turn to be with the little guy. I fed him and rocked him, hoping that he would soon slip into dream land (and that I could do the same). This had been the trend and I felt that it should continue. By midnight, I got the sense that this was NOT how tonight was going to go. I tried my best to sooth him and cuddle him, but I was loosing steam. By 2am I was a bit ragged. I had spent the last three of four hours calming a fussy baby, but if I stopped moving for even a second, he would start crying again. I finally brought him into the bedroom and woke Matthew. I begged for him to take the next shift. I needed some sleep! He graciously (and sleepily) got up and took little Levi into the living room. He returned about 15 minutes later with a sleeping child!
"What did you do?!" I asked. I had been trying everything to sooth him.
"I gave him an adjustment and within a few minutes he calmed down and was sound asleep about 10 minutes after that."
Several thoughts/emotions ran through my head.
1.) I was once again reminded of how wonderful chiropractic is.
2.) I was SO grateful that my husband was a chiropractor. (How else could I get him adjusted at 2am?)
3.) I realized I wasted three hours of sleep trying to soothe a baby that needed an adjustment.
4.) I started kicking myself for not asking him to adjust him three hours ago.
This is one of those events that changed how I diagnosed the little issues with my children. I know longer just wait and watch. I sense an ailment coming on and I get them adjusted. This may not fix the issue, but what if it does? It is an easy preventative measure that has NO UNDESIRED SIDE EFFECTS. But the side effects I experienced that night was sleep!
I have not had a colicky baby, but I have friends who do. If you know someone who is dealing with this issue, please click on the link below for more info on how Chiropractic is a known resource for colicky babies. The research is out there. You can also just Google "Chiropractic and colic".
colicky babies and chiropractic
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