A baby’s gut bacteria predicts future allergy and asthma?
A new study from Canadian has found that changes in intestinal bacteria of infants that can predict future development of food allergies or asthma. The study found that babies with a...
Your delivery type affects the nutrient content of your breast milk
This is just fantastic and important research. I have already Blogged that new mothers have particularly poor eating habits as they are in such a rush looking after their baby....
Is your baby hungry, not colicky?
THE HUNGRY BABY OR DEFICIENT BREAST MILK? This is an extract of my Calming Colic book. In addition I want to add that I am researching this factor more and more...
Does your colicky baby arch its back?
Back and neck arching in colicky babies Another very common symptom I see in a colicky baby that indicates some trauma at birth is if they arch themselves backwards. This shows...
C-section babies are 25% more likely to be obese
An research paper out today has found that babies born by C-section are 25% more likely to be obese. For me this brings up a few interesting points. Firstly, it...
How much milk can a newborn’s stomach hold?
A huge thank you to Katie Wickham RN BScN IBCLC for letting me repost this Blog on my website. Please visit her webpage and join her Facebook page, details are at...
Considering I wrote Calming Colic how can I agree colic doesn’t exist?
It's an often made comment that "colic doesn't exist" and the NHS website saying "The cause (or causes) of colic is unknown" tends to lean towards this too. I recently...
Why does colic happen in the evening?
I have never found a satisfactory answer to the reason that colic most often occurs in the evening, at "the witching hour". So I'm going to have a go at it...
Calming Colic – How to help the 10 causes of Colic
PRESS INFORMATION February 2013 NEW BOOK ON TREATING COLICKY BABIES CONTRADICTS NHS THINKING A newly published book, ‘Calming Colic - How to Help the 10 Causes of Colic’ ‘by osteopath and naturopath...
Reflux in the newborn baby
In Calming Colic I have a section on how to help babies with reflux, and an explanation on how I help babies with reflux using cranial osteopathy. Firstly, as a...
The Perrymount Clinic “CAM clinic of the year 2012” finalist
I have been an osteopath and naturopath for 15 years and only 4 years ago decided to open my own multi-disciplinary clinic after working for osteopaths as an associate and...
Mothers breast milk quality so poor they should use formula
An article in the Daily Mail today has a couple of interesting points to elaborate on for me. Researchers are suggesting that male and female babies should have different formula ratios...