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Each week, our council of experts and smart parents take your questions, give advice and share solutions in this parenting column. This feature will also be the place to drop in for a talk about the latest parenting hot topic. Do you know of local moms raising their children in the Tiger Mother's way and is it the best way? Where can we get information on local flu shot clinics for children? How can we help our children's schools weather their budget cutbacks? So grab a cup of coffee and settle in as we start the conversation today with a topic and question: Dealing with a colic baby can be quite difficult. But there are ways to make it a little easier. For instance, Jean Stringham of Sturdy Memorial Hospital said that infant massage can …
Helps relieve stress in parents and babies, along with many other benefits.
Infant massage is a growing technique used by parents. Jean Stringham, infant massage coordinator at Sturdy Memorial Hospital in Attleboro, lead a class at Norton Public Library Tuesday to teach local mothers the benefits of this technique. Stringham has a daughter with ADHD, and is confident that had she known about infant massage years ago, it would have helped. “It wouldn’t have cured her, but I know it would have made it better for her,” Stringham said. “You guys are at the beginning.” One of the many benefits of infant massage is that it helps relieve gas, constipation and colic, as parent Christina Mello can attest to. “This definitely helped. He [her son Mason] didn’t poop at all yesterday, and he just did,” she said, as the rest of…
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joann
3:55 pm on Friday, March 18, 2011
I'm 45 and was a colicky baby. Way back then the doctors prescribed some sort of drop; I have no idea what it was. My son, now 20 was also colicky. Out of desperation I took a neighbors advice and put a tiny bit of cereal in the bottle. Worked like a charm. In retrospect, I think it was a gas issue. more ›