My son, Malachi, just turned 1 month today, and he just had his first adjustment. To many, that sounds very early for an adjustment. To me, it was 1 month too late. The delivery went well, without any apparent trauma or complications. As a newborn, he showed no signs of any complications either. Just a couple weeks ago, he gradually began to be irritable. It became progressive each day, making it more apparent that he was not comfortable and not at all content. He became more difficult to hold without crying let alone put down by himself, and putting him down for a nap didn't last very long. The nights become more tiresome and sleepless. He was even throwing up after a feeding almost once a day and soon became congested with a cold. Not a happy camper. We first thought it might be gas, and we bought some drops to help out, but that only made him constipated. A couple days later, we read some nutritional ways we could help out- by staying away from certain foods that cause gas and keeping him on a more strict feeding schedule. Those ways seem to give a slight improvement, but he still seemed irritable and so we made the appointment.
We took him in to see my teacher at school, Dr. Watts, who specializes in pediatric care. She made some spinal adjustments and took an in depth examination and provided some cranial work. I went in not 100% sure if it would help, but I would have been more at ease knowing he was adjusted and properly functioning. I drove home from school, to find my son content and happy. It was like night and day. The congestion hasn't gone away completely, but I was able to hold him in my arms and watch him stare at me without any look of discomfort or pain.
I don't know why still keep some doubt in the back of my mind. I guess I keep falling back to the popular phrase, Nothing "seemed" to be wrong . . . not until the crying and fussiness never ended. He wasn't quite to the point of colicky, but it was frustrating anyway. However, I have talked with some who have had to deal with colicky and fussy babies. And what is the usual response to treat? Usually, it's to just wait it out and they will grow out of it. First off, it has been mine own experience and I have heard several others, if a doctor says about a child, "They will grow out of it" just simply means, "I have no idea and I don't care" and I would run out of that office. Especially if it is a health issue. There is a reason why children do things . . . and what a doctor calls, "growing out of it," really is a child adjusting to a problem in which the problem hasn't gone away, but rather the child has seemed to find away around the problem in their own unique way. If a doctor told me that Malachi was just fussy and he will "grow out of it,", Malachi would have been left untreated when obviously there was something wrong and could be treated. I just read in the book, A Well Adjusted Baby, that chiropractic adjustments have a 94% success rate for colicky babies (And yet people are told to wait it out).
I just wanted to share this experience, since it does help illustrate a good point about health care. Most people think of chiropractors treating older people who are ailing from sickness and bone misalignments. The elderly need the care for sure, but we need to stop thinking about treating people with what they are ailing from, and start treating people with preventive care. This goes to all the medical and health care world. This starts with our children. Health care starts from the womb, even before the baby is born. And when the baby is born, don't you think there is trauma that occurs, even in a simple, uncomplicated birth? Oh, there is plenty and a simple birth is rare these days. Think of all the births that have complications, c-sections, labors being induced. Think of all the babies being pulled and yanked out. Birth is not a pretty site, and with all that trauma, don't you think it would be beneficial to get that child functioning properly and in good alignment from the beginning? I would hope so.
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