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      •Sit Baby on your lap with his jawline resting in the angle between your index finger and thumb while lifting his left arm with the other fingers and rub or pat his back with the other hand.

      Lie Baby over your lap with her head higher than her buttocks and pat her

      back.

      •Hold Baby’s back against your tummy with your arm around his tummy, exercising slight pressure.

      •Massage Baby’s tummy in a clockwise direction.

      •Massage the middle third of the underside of Baby’s feet (the insteps) with your thumbs.

      Positing and Milk Regurgitation in Babies

      Positing or regurgitation of milk after feeds does not necessarily mean Baby has a serious condition or will not be having sufficient milk. Babies who are on mixed feeding (breast and formula) or formula milk only are more prone to positing. Usually the amount seems more than it really is – if Baby is not losing weight and is thriving, there is generally no need for concern. If milk is expelled forcefully (called projectile vomiting) after a few feeds, your doctor should be consulted, as Baby may have a condition called pyloric stenosis, in which the muscular valve between stomach and intestine contracts tightly and digested milk cannot pass through to the intestines. Depending on the severity, this Baby may need an operation to release the spasm of this muscular ring.

      For babies who bring up milk curds regularly after feeds (also called gastric reflux), but not very forcefully, take these perspectives and tips into account:

      •Feed Baby small amounts more frequently.

      •Keep Baby upright after a feed for about 30 minutes.

      •Wind Baby carefully for about ten minutes after a feed.

      •Give the homeopathic remedy NausiCare. Dissolve 1 tablet in 5 ml cooled boiled water and give before each feed to help prevent the retching reflex and the tendency to posit forcefully as the result of a minor spasm in the valve between tummy and intestines.

      •Raise the head of Baby’s crib or mattress – use a pillow under the mattress rather than under Baby’s head.

      •Consider a special reflux formula if the problem persists and Baby is no longer breastfed. One can also add a formula milk thickening agent.

      •Reduce dairy and grain products substantially in your diet if breastfeeding.

      •Generally these babies will always have a so-called ‘sensitive’ tummy, but mostly the problem settles substantially around one year.

      •Giving solids earlier than the advised six months may lessen the problem, but that does not mean that one should introduce these too early, as for some it might even make the problem worse or trigger other problems like allergies.

      Colic Questionnaire

      To help you choose homeopathic remedies to relieve Baby’s colic symptoms more easily, complete this simple, effective questionnaire. Score each question on a scale of one to three, and add up the score for each section, then use the interpretation key to choose a remedy suitable for your baby.

      •Give one point if not at all applicable to your baby, or applicable only in a slight degree or very seldom.

      •Give two points if this symptom is present about half the time Baby is uncomfortable or only to a moderate degree.

      •Give three points if this symptom is strongly present in your baby.