Cranial osteopathy

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Just wondered if any of you have any personal experiences with this?

It's been suggested to me as my 6 wk old DD was born with the assistance of forceps and from what I've read this can benefit babies who've had difficult births.

My DD is fairly unsettled a lot of the time so figure I've got nothing to lose.

Thanks

My DS had this when he was a year old.
His was a very traumatic birth and ended up being ventouse and after that he cried all the time and never slept!
Someone suggested CO and I took him and it made a fantastic difference!
My osteopath said there should be CO on the wards for babies post delivery because it turned out my DS crying and not sleeping/constantly feeding was due to pain caused by his birth and I never knew
Please just go for it!
Like you said, you've nothing to lose!

You definitely have nothing to lose. My dd was born by ventouse and cried a lot for the first year of her life. We didn't take her to cranial osteopathy until she was a year old and it made a huge difference. I was still skeptical (wondering if she would have got better anyway) but I would do it again in a heartbeat and wish I had done it much sooner. If I had another baby born traumatically I would 100% definitely take them straight away!

Yep me too but I took DD at 6 weeks. She's one of twins and was shoved up under my ribs so quite squashed head.
I think it worked, she seemed more settled, made me feel better too, I was doing something instead of pacing the floor rocking her all night every night! Worth a try I reckon.

Is there any benefit in pursuing this with older children, do you all think? My son is five and I'm sure he would benefit as he grinds his teeth in his,sleep, doesn't sleep well in general etc.

I'd say yes. It's really gentle therapy so you've nothing to lose (apart from a bit of cash!)

Absolutely older children too. Like adults, children can start this kind of therapy anytime. Ds sees a chiropractor as a matter of course once every three months or so.

I read up a bit on craniosacral when pregnant with DS, and concluded that no child of mine would ever receive this treatment. Main reason being that I don't believe there's good evidence for it (
www.quackwatch.com/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/cranial.html ) but the other reason was that I found that it can sometimes cause harm.

It isn't true to say there is no risk at all - there have been a couple of cases where the therapist manipulated the baby's neck & spine causing damage that resulted in death. I've also read other parents' accounts of sessions (fortunately without such a terrible outcome!) where they were disturbed that the therapist held their baby in a way that all their weight was on their neck.

I've also read other people saying their therapist didn't do anything like this at all, barely touched their baby (just held hands over their head).

If the latter, then yeah, I can see you're just losing money. But how do you tell? Please check out any therapist very carefully, and make sure they explain absolutely thoroughly every single thing they will do before they lay hands on your baby.

Check them out very carefully. Read every review and ask if you can go to a meeting with information about it for your first session instead of going straight in- if they show you an example of what they do, it will be better. If they are rough or overtly physical, then the child could be very damaged, but otherwise, there's nothing to lose.

It is basically a very light head massage on a skull that is still soft and in its v.early stages of development. If it is not actively dangerous, it at least has no scientific evidence to support its effectiveness.

I know there will be many who swear it did wonders for their little ones, but you will find many who will rave on about homeopathy, dowsing, crystals and all other manner of quackery. Stick to treatments supported by evidence performed by people with actual qualifications, would be my suggestion...