Alternative Medicine Pediatrics

CHILDHOOD COLIC

Our goal is provide safe, natural pediatric care – combining the best of Western medicine with naturopathic medicine principles. We seek to avoid drugs and surgery, unless necessary, and treat the root cause of your child's condition with natural medicine.

The medical definition of colic is a healthy baby with periods of intense, unexplained crying lasting more than 3 hours a day, more frequently than 3 days a week, for more than 3 weeks. However, many doctors consider that definition to be overly narrow and would consider babies with sudden, severe, unexplained crying lasting less than 3 hours/day as having colic. A baby with colic cannot be comforted and is in clear distress or pain.

Colic is often a sign of digestive distress and pediatric naturopathic treatments focus on improving your child's digestion.

Natural pediatric treatments for colic begin first with proper feeding and burping instructions. Other treatments include diet modification, gut and digestive support, herbal therapies, and homeopathy.

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