1. What symptoms to look for

When babies experience tension and stress in their body, they exhibit different symptoms such as:

• Reflux
• Colic
• Gas pains
• Breastfeeding difficulty
• Constipation
• Difficulty sleeping
• Torticollis
• Ear infections

Because most neurological development occurs within the first year of life, we encourage getting your baby checked as soon as possible. Watch this video to learn more about how an pediatric chiropractor can help your baby!

2. Gentle adjustments

Chiropractic adjustments are very safe. Adjustments for little ones are not the same as those for adults. Pediatric chiropractors use an extremely gentle technique specific to children using little to no force to correct the misalignments found upon examination. Adjustments for babies are incredibly gentle – they use less force than checking the ripeness of an avocado!

3. Correcting feeding issues

While feeding a baby looks different for everyone, chiropractic care can help to make sure your baby is latching comfortably, able to rotate their head side-to-side, and improves your baby’s suck.

 

Pediatric chiropractors assess and work babies’ jaws with gentle, light-touch adjustments by working on it from inside the mouth using a glove, and feeling those muscles to do a gentle release so the baby can open wide, get more mobility and get a good latch. This prevents many of the common things parents struggle with feeding their child including gassiness, reflux, and colic.

Root & Bloom Chiropractic is a family-centered chiropractic office in Clarendon Hills, IL that provides personalized care and support to families through all the transitions, stress, and health challenges that can come along with pregnancy, postpartum, infancy, early childhood, and beyond. With advanced technology and a personalized and results-oriented approach, the doctors are able to measure the stress within the body and nervous system and determine what is interfering with its ability to reach optimal health and wellbeing. In a world that is inundated with all types of physical, chemical and emotional stress, chiropractic care gives you the ability to adapt and overcome those stressors so that you and your family thrive. 

**This post is educational and not meant to take the place of your provider.