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Your Colicky Baby has Big Sensitivity!Do you and your child suffer through what seems like endless stress day after day that your pediatrician has termed colic? I know exactly how you feel as my first son had such distress on a near round the clock basis that I could barely put him down. Most new mothers have no life beyond the baby , but this was extreme for me as I found out consequently when my second son came along 15 months later and I could see how much easier he was as an infant. Of course he was still an infant, needing inordinate amounts of care, yet easier compared to the round the clock syndrome I experienced with my first son. Now I realize this was - is - needless. For the short term on colic relief , see the last paragraph on Chamomile. For the long term, looking into energetic balancing can be key to your child’s happiness. The New Mindset of Energetic Balancing When colic is the concern, we may be thinking about physical means with which to calm and soothe. Those are all valid of course but in addition I would like to offer something different in perspective. Based on my work with subtle energy, and with one child I have recently worked with who had a severe format of colic, there is definitely hope for a less stressful first few months together through using energetic balancing techniques. I only wish I had understood subtle energy as I do now back when my own son was in this stage! I didn't – and I definitely at that time also did not understand that "colic" was just the clue to a possibly hypersensitive system which would manifest as difficult experiences at each stage of my son's growth on into adulthood. My son is 21 today and now that I have over 2 decades to look back upon, I can with certainty tell you that he is a more sensitive human and that this has been a factor in all stages of his life thus far. His level of empathy is more of an issue for him than it is for most people. I see this as a trait to celebrate and nurture. This was a connection I made for him when he was about 3 or 4 years old. Thank goodness I made the choice to pay attention to this as he is today well grounded and productive. I also know that not many Moms shared my understanding of empathy and energetic balance as a key to a happy child. We very possibly escaped a lifetime of ADHD when I began to really listen to my heart and to explore the world of subtle energy. You can read about my personal journey in my article "Our Children Are Our Mirrors". I am not saying that all infants with severe colic are hypersensitive , but I am saying that hypersensitivity which is not worked with will always remain hyper sensitivity - yet the forms it will take throughout our lives can be as unique as we are. I have noted that codependencies of all types in teen and adult years can be much more pronounced in such hyper sensitive souls who don't know they need to work with this gift of high empathy that they have. As a society we have not been kind to our natural empathy nor have we given any real credence to our intuitive and yet, from the time we are born, this is a large factor in how we perceive, process and interact with the world. Energetic balancing begins with the understanding that we are nothing more than energy, layers and levels of energy vibrating at various speeds, aka frequencies. The slowest, densest state is our physical body that we can touch and which doctors are tuning into so adeptly when they work. We also have an intellectual body that is in a state of much higher frequency. It is vibrating at speeds beyond those we normally see so it is invisible to us. We cannot see "intellect" but we can see the effects of this body at work each day. We have an emotional body, a mental body and a spiritual body as well. All of these need to come together as a whole in order to create a balanced us. We are holistic beings that integrate Body, Mind and Spirit. When it comes to colic or anything else, we must use this very same platform of understanding if we want to achieve a true shift for the better! There is one more, very large part of we humans however that I find we must incorporate into our Body-Mind-Spirit blueprints. Our empathic body. Our natural human empathy or our ability to pick up feelings. We all have many ways to sense beyond our biological pathways. I do hope that at this point you will be curious enough to do some research on the Internet and learn more about all the words or terms I've used here. Reading about the Oriental system of medicine can be an excellent place to begin if you want a basic view of energy flow in practice. The goal for you with your child is to find out how to soothe the various bodies that are in an overly heightened state right now. Yes, this could simply be due to physical underdevelopment at times , but I do see that many term babies are also colicky so I think it would be shortsighted to generalize or make it all about physical body maturation. I have learned that understanding subtle energy dynamics is a lifetime journey, but I also know that you will begin to get results the moment you begin to work with balancing the invisible layers along with the physical body. Chamomile Is the Go-To Plant for Colicky Babies! Beyond working on energetic balance - which I personally feel and have noted to be extremely important not only for the colicky period but also to help set your child on a great road for life - there is a great plant companion that has been used safely for centuries in many cultures: : Chamomile. Made into a tea and administered in teaspoon doses this can aid the digestive system and help you both sleep better! Ask your ND or pediatrician about this gentle herb! 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