A mothers stress can trigger colic and an upset crying baby
Amazingly, it seems that a stressful pregnancy or birth can be a trigger of colic and allergy symptoms in your baby. Read on to find out why and how you...
Probiotic formula helps reverse cows milk allergy in babies
Mothers often mention they are worried about their newborn having a cows milk allergy. They usually come to this conclusion as their baby has bowel issues, like colic, wind, pain...
Premature or low birth weight baby?
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] This is an extract from the book "Calming Colic" by Christian Bates Prematurity & low birth weight In a piece of research looking at the gut bacteria in preterm infants I found...
Probiotics protect your baby from ADHD
Hi there! This isn’t a long Blog but has really important information the health of your baby. One of my missions is to take research like this and get it out...
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...
