Difficulty Swallowing, sucking and nursing in newborns and infants
What causes difficulty swallowing, sucking, and nursing?
The birth process can cause difficulty swallowing, sucking, and nursing, even if the birth is easy for the mother. It is not always easy for the child. Sometimes after birth, the soft bones in the infant skull need support and help adjusting. Nursing difficulties, swallowing problems, and sucking difficulties can be a result of these bones not adjusting to their optimal position.
How are bones in the head connected to difficulty nursing?
There are several major nerves in the head that can be affected by subtle restrictions in the skull. For example, the vagus nerve controls digestion, and the hypoglossal nerve controls sucking and swallowing. The nerves are the “Goldilocks” of the body. When the bones are not in their optimal position, it can irritate these important nerves, causing trouble down the line.
Other symptoms or problems in infants that can be helped with adjustment of cranial bones are colic, sleeplessness, extended crying, digestive issues such as constipation and food allergies, delayed development, gross motor problems, Asperger’s syndrome, cerebral palsy.
Some of these problems show up early, and some show up later, as the head grows. When dealt with very soon, these issues can be alleviated before they become major problems, making a huge difference for baby and parents, too!
How do you treat difficult nursing, sucking and swallowing problems in infants?
Treatments for difficult nursing, sucking and swallowing in infants in my office in Charlottesville, Virginia
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With gentle, noninvasive pressure aimed at the bones of the head, I can help relieve pressure to your infant’s cranial nerves. Many symptoms can be treated easily, without drugs, in just a few treatments at my office in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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