My son is almost 8 weeks old and hasn't been a very easy baby so far. Up until about 6 weeks he cried ALL the time. On another mum's recommendation I took him to a cranial osteopath last week to see if anything could be done - I'd also heard great things about CO on this site.
The osteopath worked on him and said he had some birth trauma (emc) and that he would need a couple more sessions. So yesterday I took him back for his next appointment and the osteopath asked me to lie on the couch with DS so he could treat us both. Afterwards he said that he thought DS and I hadn't bonded properly and that he could feel that I am anxious. He was very nice and said that I have to trust I'm a good mum, blah blah... But it has really upset me that he basically said the reason DS is uspet and anxious is because I am, and I've projected that onto him. I just feel rubbish because in my heart of hearts I suppose I know it's true - DS was very much wanted and I always imagined I'd be a laid back mum but I have found it hard, and have been much more uptight about the whole thing than I thought I would be.
Don't really know what I expect you lot to say but DS and I both have horrible colds and are staying in today, so just wanted a chat I guess!
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Cranial Osteopath upset me!
Beingblonde · 26/11/2010 13:13
BeingBlonde have you tried ?
An awful lot of crying in newborns isn't actually down to physical discomfort as such (including most of what is called "colic") and the techniques demonstrated in the clip really do work.
I used to use it with my DD and it was brilliant for getting her off to sleep, sometimes she would go from extreme melt-down to fast asleep in the space of 5 mins, it was like magic.
Really worth a try.
It'll get easier, for sure. The first few months can be total hell. For me, by about 5 months, the anxiety started to ease and it began to feel more like fun....
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