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be healed naturally. In fact none
of these symptoms have to exist
for our children from birth when
we learn how to nurture alongside their holistic development.
Like
adults,
newborns
and
infants can get overloaded and
uncomfortable in their digestive
system
through
overeating,
eating frequently, holding onto
too much trapped air or gas,
painful
bowels
from
being
backed up, or diahorrea, and
trying to digest certain foods.
Unlike us though, they are
just unfurling to their digestive
function. The movement in the
digestive tract is new to them
and this will naturally cause a
little upset at times, which
should be easily soothed.
frequency they are having food
in 24 hours, and/or the variety
they are being fed. Because of
this they are suffering from
what I call Digestive Overload.
Digestive Overload is a term I
have coined after my original
discovery that it’s the cause of
the symptoms that are labelled
as colic, reflux, lactose and
dairy overload, largely for newborns but also infants. It also
creates what is widely known as
the witching hour, purple crying
and/or sleep regression. All of
which are not normal, and can
But far too often these days
parents are being taught care
practices that push a newborn’s
system beyond what it can cope
with,
leading
to
amplified
discomfort that can have grave
impacts on the child’s overall
mental and physical health,
as well as the parents. This
discomfort
then
continues,
spikes, or can start when solids
are introduced, because again,
the care practices that a large
proportion of the parenting
population are being taught are
sadly not conducive to the natural development of the infants
digestive function.
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