Recently, I saw a 2-month-old baby. An osteopath sees more and more babies because the work of an osteopath with babies and children is becoming increasingly well-known. It is not always the case that there are major problems, but a colicky baby is no fun. I do not need to tell that to any parent of such a baby. Aside from the fact that such a baby does not cry for no reason. He is trying to make something clear to us, and since his vocabulary is not yet very large, he has no choice but to cry. At least, that is how I see it.
This baby turned out to have tension in a part of the diaphragm. Is that problematic? Yes, because this obstructs the lymph flow from the abdomen, where 80% of your lymphatic system is located. The intestines located in the abdomen are not faulty; there is simply more pressure there, resulting in a greater sensitivity to, for example, cow’s milk. However, cow’s milk is not the cause. The cow’s milk makes the problem evident. If cow’s milk were the cause, then all babies would suffer from it.
The tension in this part of the diaphragm is often, and was in this case as well, caused by emotional stress combined with mechanical stress, involving a startle element—a momentary holding of the breath.
When asked, the mother revealed that three weeks before giving birth, she had been in an unpleasant situation in traffic. On the highway to Tilburg, traveling at a reasonable speed in the left lane, she was able to escape a multi-car collision between two cars at the very last moment.
Dick Swaab, a famous neurologist and author of the book We Are Our Brains, indicates that even during pregnancy, the baby is sensitive to all kinds of substances (alcohol, drugs, etc.) and sounds (e.g., classical music), but you can take it from me that this also applies, perhaps even more so, to emotional matters.
