Did you know that babies have soft skulls when they’re born? As infants develop, a vast amount of bones fuse together which means that infants are actually born with more bones than adults. In today’s article Chloé Sardin will explain a condition called Plagiocephaly, which often presents in infants with a head…
As an Osteopathic therapist, we often follow our patients through life, beginning from their active 20’s as athletes, to their 30’s when they start building their family, which allows us to help the aches and pains experienced during pregnancy. Naturally, our patients ask questions about their babies: how we might be able…
At birth, our digestive tract is sterile meaning it does not contain bacteria. It is during the birthing process that our digestive tract becomes colonized by bacteria from the mother’s vagina, colon, and rectum. Let’s compare this to a Baby Born by C-Section Since babies delivered by caesarean do not go through the…
Baby Mathias’ parents brought him to the clinic when he was only four weeks old. He had been crying non-stop since birth, and could only fall asleep if he was held by one of his parents. However, this wasn’t the only reason for Mathias’ parents to be worried. Like many other babies,…
Today in the Calgary Osteopathy blog, we are discussing sleep disturbances in babies and how Osteopathy can help. Usually, we consider babies that have a good sleep pattern to be those that can sleep at least five hours in a row without the need to be fed, starting at three months old.…
