RE: OT - Smoking by mothers linked to colic in babies

[Guest guest]

I never smoked and my now 11 year old had terrible colic. Wonder what else

can cause it?

Western NY

OT - Smoking by mothers linked to colic in babies

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> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6173869/

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> Smoking by mothers linked to colic in babies

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> Nicotine increases level of protein that affects digestion

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> Updated: 2:11 p.m. ET Oct. 4, 2004

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> Researchers say mothers who smoke during or after pregnancy increase their

> babies' risk of developing colic.

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> The new studies show nicotine may increase blood levels of a protein that

> affects digestion -- resulting in painful cramping that makes babies cry.

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> The data suggest that, compared with nonsmokers, mothers who smoke during

> pregnancy face about double the risk of having infants with colic.

> Preliminary research shows secondhand smoke may also be a factor.

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> The inconsolable crying spells known as colic can affect up to 20 percent

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> babies in their first months of life.

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> Experts from Brown University and Harvard University reached the

conclusion

> after reviewing studies involving more than 12-thousand babies. The report

> appears in the October edition of Pediatrics.

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[Guest guest]

I had it for my first and no colic, second I had nothing and he had colic. Go

figure!

It can be many different things.

Sara

Re: OT - Smoking by mothers linked to colic in babies

I had pitocin with both my labors and neither baby had colic.

~`~Holly~`~

iel (5/96) & Jenavieve (5/02)

" It is not how fast we learn that counts. It is learning that counts. "

[Guest guest]

Other things that cause colic are the mother having meds during labor,

especially pitocin. Also the mother's diet has a lot to do with colic~ there

are so many foods that an immature baby's digestive system can't really deal

with. All forms of caffeine, Dairy, chocolate, nuts, citrus... and several

others that I can't remember right off the top of my head. And then, some

babies are just more stressed out than others. Those type of babies need

more holding. Baby massage is helpful too.

Jan G.

SAHM of 8, doula, breastfeeding advocate

[Guest guest]

I had pitocin with both my labors and neither baby had colic.

~`~Holly~`~

iel (5/96) & Jenavieve (5/02)

" It is not how fast we learn that counts. It is learning that counts. "

[Guest guest]

Ohhhh then the stressed out would be my child's answer. I was 40 when I

had hm and ALLLLL stressed out. I had my second at 43 and not so stressed

out.

Western NY

Re: OT - Smoking by mothers linked to colic in

babies

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> Other things that cause colic are the mother having meds during labor,

> especially pitocin. Also the mother's diet has a lot to do with colic~

there

> are so many foods that an immature baby's digestive system can't really

deal

> with. All forms of caffeine, Dairy, chocolate, nuts, citrus... and several

> others that I can't remember right off the top of my head. And then, some

> babies are just more stressed out than others. Those type of babies need

> more holding. Baby massage is helpful too.

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> Jan G.

> SAHM of 8, doula, breastfeeding advocate

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[Guest guest]

In a message dated 10/5/2004 at 6:26:19 PM Central Standard Time,

bluheron@... writes:

I never smoked and my now 11 year old had terrible colic. Wonder what else

can cause it?

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Dairy is the primary culprit in breast fed babies.. dairy that the mother

ingests.

Kim

[Guest guest]

Here are a couple of posts from a Bowen

Technic website message board. I found

this very interesting and more then

plausible. What do y'all think??

http://www.thebowentechnique.com/phpbb2/

viewtopic.php?t=13

I too have treated quite a few babies

with colic and with very good results.

None of the babies I treated got sick

but would pass a very green " pooh "

usually within the next few days or up

to a week after treatment.

Joy West, one of the ECBS instructors

teaches that baby colic is amniotic

fluid trapped at the top of the babies

tummy which causes problems with milk

digestion. Years ago babies were " sucked

out " after birth which would alleviate

this but of course this no longer

happens. I have found this explanation

to be really helpful in explaining to

mothers why their baby is colicky. The

green pooh or smelly vomit would explain

the shifting of this fluid. It would

also explain why it is necessary to

perform only one treatment on the baby.

Hope this is useful.

I have another theory which adds to this

and that is the function or rather lack

of it in babies of the diaphragm. Babies

breath is very shallow and fast and the

diaphragm has not developed enough to be

able to create the force needed to expel

mucus or other such festering stuff left

over from a bag of womb fluid.

Likewise the use of the diaphragm in

expellation at the other end is key here

as well and it would be interesting to

see how many colicky babies go on to

develop other respiratory problems such

as asthma, itself another effect of poor

diaphragmatic function.

It would explain why the asthma and baby

colic moves work as well as they do.

[Guest guest]

No dairy here either. No smoking, pitocin, or dairy and my son STILL had colic!

Sara

Re: OT - Smoking by mothers linked to colic in babies

In a message dated 10/5/2004 at 6:26:19 PM Central Standard Time,

bluheron@... writes:

I never smoked and my now 11 year old had terrible colic. Wonder what else

can cause it?

,

Dairy is the primary culprit in breast fed babies.. dairy that the mother

ingests.

Kim

[Guest guest]

I was 31, not stressed out, never smoked and had aweful

colic. I was however on asthma meds (hummm). I tried everything

except homeopathy (wasn't informed of it yet)and nothing worked. I

just chalked it up to her having an immature brain.

I'm looking forward to our 2nd kid (not preggy yet) as I've got my

ducks-in-a-row for this kid!

Poor , she's my guine pig. ;-)

Heidi

> Ohhhh then the stressed out would be my child's answer. I was 40

when I

> had hm and ALLLLL stressed out. I had my second at 43 and not so

stressed

> out.

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> Western NY

> Re: OT - Smoking by mothers linked to

colic in

> babies

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> > Other things that cause colic are the mother having meds during

labor,

> > especially pitocin. Also the mother's diet has a lot to do with

colic~

> there

> > are so many foods that an immature baby's digestive system can't

really

> deal

> > with. All forms of caffeine, Dairy, chocolate, nuts, citrus...

and several

> > others that I can't remember right off the top of my head. And

then, some

> > babies are just more stressed out than others. Those type of

babies need

> > more holding. Baby massage is helpful too.

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> > Jan G.

> > SAHM of 8, doula, breastfeeding advocate

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[Guest guest]

All I can say is my colicy has suffered from mucus problems

since I quite breastfeeding (6 months) until up until we started

Homeopathy. She's had a chronic runny nose, mucusy cough and thick

fluid in her ears, including several ear infections. The crying

started around 3 weeks old stopped around 8 months.

Started homeopathy in March of this year. Poof. It's all gone.

;-)

> Here are a couple of posts from a Bowen

> Technic website message board. I found

> this very interesting and more then

> plausible. What do y'all think??

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[Guest guest]

<<<Since we were already there they would ask

about the colic and if it was still bad, then they would check and

adjust him.>>>

Well, OK, that makes sense. I guess with constantly crying he might

have been out most of the time. I've never had the opportunity to

check a colicy baby that much. I'd like to think that with the

adjustments, even though it didn't help the crying he might have

felt better in some ways and now that I think about it, maybe it

prevented who knows what. Unlike allopathy, it certainly didn't hurt

him in any way. Thanks for replying.