Many of you who are practice members know that my wife and I were expecting our second son. Well, he was born at home over the weekend. My wife did an amazing job with the birth of another nine pound baby boy! We personally chose to have a water birth at home, and I thought it was a wonderful experience. I want to thank our midwife Dotti Kirkpatrick of Birth Matters. She did a great job! And if you are wondering why we chose to have the birth at home, the biggest reason was to have a more comfortable atmosphere without pressure to have unnecessary interventions.
I also wanted to take a moment to talk about the importance of chiropractic care for infants. This may surprise some people, but within an hour or so of being born our new little guy was checked and adjusted. Why would a newborn baby need to be adjusted? Well to be completely honest I did not know if he needed it or not until he was checked. But if you think about it, the birth process puts a lot of stress on the body and in particular the head and spine. So there is potential for a subluxation to occur. I checked and adjusted my newborn son, not because I thought there was necessarily something wrong, but that I wanted his new nervous system to be working at its best without interference from the very beginning. And that is what chiropractic is all about – helping the body to function at its best! In my experience infants that are checked and adjusted as needed are less cranky, have fewer ear infections, and overall tend to be healthier.
Also with the new addition to the family we appreciate your patience. With the new baby occasionally the schedule may need to be moved around a bit. Also, my wife was handling the calls to the practice and scheduling, but for the next little while will not be doing that. So if you call and do not get someone please leave a message and I will get back to you as soon as I can. Thanks!
