Body Balance in Babies

Spring has arrived and the world instantly feels better to me. Along with the season's arrival, April always make me think of new beginnings with pregnancies and babies everywhere (the human and animal variety!). Our office offers many services for around the prenatal time and we especially love to see new babies getting entrained with Network care and seeing them learn strategies to release tension in their bodies-whether the tension has built up from development, during birth or in their early days. I find that many babies who have had care in-utero and in their early weeks and months tend to self-correct with ease and have balanced and flexible nervous systems.

For the babes we don't see, or if parents are wondering what to look for to decide if they should have their baby examined, here are some things to look for that may indicate a more serious need for chiropractic care. 

• Torticollis or difficulty turning head in either direction
• Placiocephaly (head flattening)
• Traumatic Birth (and Long Birth) or Difficult Pregnancy
• Poor sleep
• Lack of crawl/ Bum scooting

Of course, we would love to see every baby whether they have the above concerns or not! As a parent who has been on the lucky end with healthy pregnancies, home births, quite resilient children (knock on wood!), I find entraining my own little ones helps to ease any common discomforts. I hope that the babies in your life can experience this too!