Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 (Tek) 9/28/84 based on 9/17/84; site orca.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!ucbvax!decvax!tektronix!orca!andrew From: andrew@orca.UUCP (Andrew Klossner) Newsgroups: net.kids Subject: Re: Kids with Colic Message-ID: <1613@orca.UUCP> Date: Sat, 13-Jul-85 20:42:20 EDT Article-I.D.: orca.1613 Posted: Sat Jul 13 20:42:20 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 17-Jul-85 04:52:49 EDT References: <103@pyuxv.UUCP> Organization: Tektronix, Wilsonville OR Lines: 30 [] "What she did was eliminate one food item at a time from her (my wife's) diet until the offending substance was found. Once my wife stopped eating dairy foods, the kid's colic went away." If an offensive item in Mother's diet is to blame, you might be better off to eliminate everything up front, and slowly return foods to the diet. This way the child gets immediate relief, you learn right away whether the diet is in fact to blame, and everybody can sleep while the experiment is underway. There are several books which discuss elimination diets. A recent one is "The Immune Power Diet" by Berger (sp?). Synopsis: consume only green vegetables, fish, fowl (no fat or skin), and water for a few days; if baby doesn't get better, you can abandon this line of research. Then gradually return different foods, one every two days, until baby gets worse. Another colic treatment is the "colic carry". With your arm in front of you, palm up, position the baby with crotch over your palm, face at about the inside of your elbow, arms hanging down to either side of your arm. With thumb and forefinger, grasp baby's leg. Now pull in your arm so that baby is also supported by your torso. Walk around and jiggle the baby. This puts the right amount of pressure on baby's GI system and may alleviate symptoms. It's also a convenient way to carry the baby around, and kids seem to love it. -=- Andrew Klossner (decvax!tektronix!orca!andrew) [UUCP] (orca!andrew.tektronix@csnet-relay) [ARPA]