Osteopathic Children's Centre today

Good morning! And yes it is a good morning! I have just finished a video call on MSN with Bear. If he is in his office in the mornings, I try to make it a routine to put baby Bear in his bouncer chair, place the laptop with the camera right in front of him and make a video call to Bear so he can look at his beautiful son everyday. :-)

So; it was another good night last night, although this time he woke up twice (as opposed to once the night before) between 12 - 8.15am, and was a little bit grouchy, but nothing in comparison to the hell we have experienced in the nights before. He seemed to have a little bit of cramp when he woke up but it didn't take me more than 15 mins to make him go back to sleep after feeding him, and he wasn't screaming out loud like he has before.

Both Bear and I are feeling really positive about it and also excited of just the thought that the colic is easing up and that our son is not in so much discomfort anymore.

Despite him getting better (or so it seems anyway), I am taking him to a Osteopathic Children's Centre this afternoon. My health visitor recommended it to me and said she has sent many colic babies there and many mothers have come back very grateful and pleased. At the clinic they treat babies and children for various conditions such as asthma,, cerebral palsy, epilepsy and sleeplessness, as well as more common childhood ailments like glue ear and colic.

A paediatric osteopath will use manual techniques to bring about profound changes within the child's body through gentle manipulation.
This will allow the different body systems - the nervous system, the immune system, the muscular system and the circulatory system - to work effectively and optimally. The treatment uses no drugs, and is non-invasive.

The OCC even has a team of 'flying' paediatric osteopaths who treat these babies within the intensive care and neonatal unit at Barnet hospital in London, so I'm feeling very optimistic about the treatment. Watch this space! PUSS