Hi again,
Well my dd and I visited the Osteopathic Centre for Children and I'm afraid the Jury is still out.
The Centre is bright and airy, warm and welcoming and it felt as comfortable as a relatives home. My dd was seen by a very softly spoken osteopath, he went through her medical history -
His analysis: My dd's forehead is squashed down onto her nose, (charming!)this apparently, is affecting her sinuses, causing her to breath noisily (DH and I call her piggy, because she's always snorting) Also her diaphram is pushed upwards into the chest area, also affects her breathng as DH suffers with Asthma and ecsema, my dd will be more prone to suffering with these, Apparently three courses of paediatric osteopathy should set her on the right road, ease her breathing and help her immune system fotify itself against the hazards of modern existence. As she is so young her physiology will be highly responsive.
Alternative therapy or pseudo scientific rubbish? who knows. I remain open-minded and have booked in for three sessions.
Oh, by the way. I still have a child that refuses to nap in the day. Oesteopathy can't solve that ailment apparently and getting my GP to refer her to a sleep clinic is impossible. Even the consultant at the OCC made me feel slightly stupid, because my dd sleeps at night, why do people who have never experienced this tell me that I should count myself lucky that she sleeps in the night, that's not luck - that's natural! they tell me that perhaps she is getting too much sleep at night,7pm-7am surely that is normal! Anyway, I've decided that I won't talk about her lack of naps anymore, to anyone, DH is bored with this topic as well. (he works in the day and comes home to a sleeping baby!) I'm just gonna put up with it - maybe one day she'll magically fall into a napping routine all by herself. Failing that i'll ride it out until she won't need naps in the day cos she'll be at work!