Cranial Ostepathy

My midwife has suggested taking Oliver to a Cranial Osteopath to see if that will help with his constipation and his unsettle-ness. Has anyone else done this - specifically on such a little baby? Would love to hear thoughts / opinions or any recomendations for Auckland Osteo's. Thanks

My m/w hasnt been able to suggest anyone....(bit useless really!!)! I went to a good one in Kingsland but not sure if they do babies, so am trying to get in touch with them!

We took Jack to one and it made such a difference to him after just 1 session. They are on the North Shore, but happy to give you details if youw ant

My midwife recommended this too - let us know how it goes simsam

nzpiper wrote: I'm thinking of this also as Tom seems to prefer turning his head to one side and this makes feeding on one side difficult and I wonder if thats why I have one nipple that is constantly sore. He also is getting a flat head and movingg him around the bed makes no difference as he just turns back later. He hated a wedge and it looked bloody uncomfy. Anyone used them for this?

Yes that is exactly why we took Spencer, he would slump to the right and always have his head turned that way. Was probably to do with him being breech and very squished as my waters broke 3 weeks before he was born. I also had trouble feeding him on the righthand side but overcome that by using rugby hold.
We took him to Happy Spine which is by Westfields.

cuppatea wrote: nzpiper wrote: I'm thinking of this also as Tom seems to prefer turning his head to one side and this makes feeding on one side difficult and I wonder if thats why I have one nipple that is constantly sore. He also is getting a flat head and movingg him around the bed makes no difference as he just turns back later. He hated a wedge and it looked bloody uncomfy. Anyone used them for this? Yes that is exactly why we took Spencer, he would slump to the right and always have his head turned that way. Was probably to do with him being breech and very squished as my waters broke 3 weeks before he was born. I also had trouble feeding him on the righthand side but overcome that by using rugby hold. We took him to Happy Spine which is by Westfields.

Cool we might try that. When I feed on the left he wants to lie on his back and turn his head rather than have his tummy to mine. It is bloody annoying and like I said that nipple always hurts. He's a bit too big and wriggly now for the rugby hold and I am too lazy to use pillows etc now.

Sorry haven't read everyones post we took James when he was four weeks old and it was fantastic for a week he was only sleeping for an hour day and at night he might of stretched it out for 2

We had to go 3 times each time he improved the first time he started sleeping for 4 hours again during the day and about 5 at night at he was a lot more settled the second time he was even more settled and started sleeping about 7 hours and the last visit he was back to how he was and started to sleep though the night.

I highly recommend them and it was well worth the money for us sorry can't recommend anyone in Auckland though.

i can't rave enough about cranial osteopaths, they helped mikey so much. if i have another baby i would definitely take them even if there was nothing obviously wrong. apparently they can help for a whole range of things like colic, not settling, reflux etc.
let us know how it goes, hope it helps!

We took Elle when she was very young...can't remember when as she was always an unsettled baby. The first time I didn't notice any change but we went back a few months later and there was a dramatic change. Up until 7mths old or so she had her fists clenched, tilted her head to the side and was miserable. After a few consults she stopped clenching her fists, her head tilt came right and she was happier. It wasn't a cure-all by any means but it definately did help.

Some babies are definately transformed by it.

It is a very gentle treatment so I wouldn't hesitate..go for it I say!