infant growth

[DCR]

Shannon,
Thank you for your reply. I have no idea what the actual situation will be until I see them. From the description of previous testing - it has obviously been considered as a very serious condition.

[Rochelle Marsden]

IMO - she was just petite. She was an obvious Phosphorus coupled with chest infections. She never looked particularly sick to me although Mum said that she was!! Mum wasn't exactly tall and nor was Dad.

Rochelle
Registered Homeopath, EFT(Advanced)Practitioner
www.southporthomeopathy.co.uk

[Jennifer Ruby]

Donna,

In James Compton Burnett's book: The Best of Burnette, it says that a baby,
having been too sick to nurse and being very malnourished, was nutritionally
subsidized with topical rubbings of salad oil which absorbed transdermally
and kept the baby alive long enough to heal and get stronger. I did this
myself with some puppies who had maggots in their brains, and although I was
able to get these to exit, the puppies were really having problems - until
the holes healed up. I rubbed them with Walnut Oil (Gourmet section of
HFS), to give them not only the essential fatty acids, but also protein. It
worked well for them. Burnette's where I got the idea of rubbing the pup
down with walnut oil.

Along with Vit D, Essential Fatty Acids (especially fish oils) are very
helpful in helping Calcium absorb. The Skin is our largest organ, and it
absorbs transdermally, as well as cleanses the body. They're using patches
more and more to dispense medication.

Dr. Johanna Budwig (German physician) used to use Flax oil in enemas to help
bring people back, who were at death's door.... This may be a last resort,
but the colon absorbs more nutrition than elsewhere, which is why some
medications are dispensed through suppositories, rather than orally.

Laying diapered baby in sunny window - should help with Vit D deficiency.

Just a thought......

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May you Prosper, even as your Soul Prospers 3John 2

Jennifer Ruby

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[AH]

Subject: [Minutus] infant growth

Somewhere I remember reading an excellent article or chapter in a
homeopathic book concerning the subject of 'failure to thrive' in an
infant. Have a concerned mother comming in tomorrow with 14 month old in
2nd percentile in all of the standard pediatric reference charts. Sounds
like there are lots of gastic concerns - for which all the standard
medical tests have already come back 'normal'. I look forward to taking the
full
case, but keep remembering that I have seen an excellent discussion of
this topic, and would love to review it.

Any leads on reading for this topic would be most greatfully appreciated.

Donna
((((( Hi Donna, looked around for the discussion you mention, did not find
yet, but maybe someone else will. Meantime did some study, maybe something
here will be usefulŠ Best, A

Small search:
Stomach/digestion/gastric/colic [sen] (development/delay/retard/slow/poor
[3] infant/young/children/child)/(thrive [3] not/doesnt/failure): 3Bar-c.,
calc-p. mag-c. tab., thuj.
Phatak BAR-C -- Hard and tense, tender, distended, with emaciation of body.
Diarrhoea with lumbar ache. As if intestines fell from one side to other on
turning in bed. Stools; hard, knotty. Piles protrude, while urinating.
Crawling in the rectum. Oozing at anus. Habitual colic of children who do
not thrive, and though apparently hungry refuse food. Mesenteric glands hard
and swollen.

Vermeulen CALC-P-- One of the most important tissue remedies, and while it
has many symptoms in common with Calc., there are some differences and it
has characteristic features of its own. It is esp. indicated in tardy
dentition and troubles incident to that period, bone disease, non-union of
fractured bones [[4] aids formation of callus in fractures], and the
anaemias after acute diseases and chronic wasting diseases. Anaemic children
who are peevish, flabby, have cold limbs and feeble digestion. It has a
special affinity where bones form sutures or symphyses, and all its symptoms
are worse any change of weather. Numbness and crawling are characteristic
sensations, and tendency to perspiration and glandular enlargement are
symptoms it shares with Calc. Scrofulosis, chlorosis and phthisis. [2]
Affects the NUTRITION of bones and glands; bones become soft, thin and
brittle. Pain, burning along sutures. Patients, esp. children, are delicate,
tall, thin or scrawny; with dirty, brownish skin. Trembling or trembling
hands; with pain or other complaints. Coldness or soreness in spots; vertex,
eyeballs, tip of nose, fingers, etc. Sensation of crawling and numbness;
after bad news. Children start convulsively when lying on back, better lying
on side; they lose breath when they are lifted. Albuminous discharges.
Shifting pains. Arthritis. Rheumatism. Malassimilation. Rickets. Addison's
disease. Girls slow in maturing. Idiocy of children. Diabetes, with lung
affections. [4] On exposure to dampness, stiffness of neck, aching and
soreness in limbs and wandering pains through the limbs, particularly around
the sacral region and down the legs. [5] General tendency to emaciation.
Rheumatic pains in various parts and joints, mostly in small spots. Child
grows slowly, doesn't learn to walk rapidly, is emaciated, has symptoms of
indigestion, colic, vomiting of undigested food, green mucous stools, fetid
flatulence, etc. General lack of vital heat. General symptoms of Calc.,
particularly the aggravation from wet, the tendency to perspiration,
glandular enlargement, etc., but there is less enlargement of the abdomen
and perhaps less obstinate disposition; the child is rather stupid. [6]
Strabismus, diarrhoea and emaciation when coming out of brain congestion.
[7] Weariness when going up stairs; wants to sit down; hates to get up.
Children don't learn to walk, or lose the ability; lose flesh. [11] Painful
symptoms brought on by moderate motions of single limbs, easier after lying
down. Pains after great exertions, worse lying down. Languor: with
diarrhoea; with leucorrhoea; with catarrh; during pregnancy. Feels stiff all
over, during menses. Useful for young ladies [with leucorrhoea] who have
been crossed in love.

Pulford: MAG-C --Sour slimy stools covered with a green scum like that
floating on a frog pond, preceded by crampy neuralgic pains in abdomen,
doubling one up, amelioration stool, like Col., but not the marked relief
from pressure of Col., and the stools of Col. differ being more apt to be
brown and not so sour. Do not overlook this remedy in tuberculosis and
marasmus; especially useful if there is a tubercular history, emaciation,
craving for meat, dry cough before PM chill, like Rhus and Tub., putty or
claylike stools. Nervousness: due to nerve exhaustion, especially to excess
of cares and worries; it is to the exhausted nerves what China is to the
exhaustion from loss of blood; especially in wornout women. Tumors, when
sensitive to cold winds and weather. anxious and warm in whole body,
especially in head. Pains lightninglike, like Bell. and Mag-p. Adapted to
persons, especially children, irritable nervous temperament, lax fibre, sour
odor. Marasmus: a sovereign remedy for children who are puny, sickly, refuse
their milk as it causes pain in stomach, diarrhoea, colic before stool which
has a floating scum, green, like that on a frog pond, or jellylike lumps,
aphthae; or, stools like soft putty, potter's clay or curdled milk, of
tubercular children, muscles flabby, do not thrive despite food and
medicine, back of head sinks in, desires milk, meat, and animal broths yet
cannot digest them, milk passes bowels like white potter's clay or soft
putty. Child smells sour and unclean even after being washed, like Hep.
Nerves painful, muscles tired. Dry catarrh. Aggravation: kneeling, like
Cocc. and Sep.; night; cabbage; potatoes and starchy food, like Alum.
Amelioration: cold drinks and motion.

Desai: TABACUM -- Excessive indulgence causes brain fag, inability to
concentrate thoughts, idiocy, silly talking, sluggish intellect, craving for
alcoholic stimulants, nutrition rofoundly affected, probably retards growth
in children, rapid emaciation especially of cheeks and back, disordered
digestion, diminution of RBCs, palpitation, carotid bruit, ulceration etc.

Borland: THUJ --Another common feature of Thuj. Children is a poor
digestion. The typical picture of the pituitary child with an almost
pendulous abdomen is an extreme example and these children are extremely
liable to develop a chronically irritated caecum.
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Sheri wrote:
Well sometimes their charts don't fit reality.

And in those with true FTT it is often due to vaccines. And especially
when I hear about gastric issues.
Very common and go along with the vaccine injury and especially autism.
Sheri

VACCINAL:
Vaccinosis/vaccination [sen] injury/agg/worse/illness/sickness: ant-t.,
apis, apisin., calen carc., crot-h., dpt, echi., gunp., helo., hep., hydr.,
ign., kali-m., lac-c, mag-l., maland., med, merc., mez., okou., phos, psor.,
rhus-t., sil., stram., sulph., ther., 3Thuj., tub., vac., vario., zinc.

Note the above are what is in a portion of the literature (Referenceworks F
only) for that search ­ by no means the only rx with similarity to
vaccinosis or that etiological taint. As well as peculiar symptoms,
isopathy may need to be considered. Note also that mineral remedy listings
could extend to other compounds of that same mineral; and taxonomic relation
may also allow lateral movement with some confidence that the related plant,
animal, or microbe will have similar action regarding one particular
problem.

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Soroush Wrote:
Please be warned that if this child is breast fed a different set of
statistics apply.

What is important is when the baby teethed, talked and walked etc.

If the baby is not growing height wise, there may be a hormonal deficiency.

HORMONAL:
Hormone/hormonal [sen] growth/development: bar-c., cortico., Pitu-a.,
pitu-gl.

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A. BLACKWOOD (Pituitary) --(1923)
The pituitary body of hypothesis cerebri is located in the sella turcica at
the base of the brain. It consists of two distinct lobes with but a single
name. The anterior is oblong in shape, and is the larger, while the
posterior one is round. Its average weight in the adult is about half a
gram, but this varies. Proportionately it is larger in the child than in the
adult. The anterior portion or lobe is glandular in structure and in some
particulars resembles the thyroid. The posterior lobe consists of nerve
tissue and glandular cells; and is connected with the third ventricle by a
communication which is more or less patulous and is termed the infundibulum.
A colloidal material is frequently found in the cleft between the lobes.

termed tethelin and represents the growth producing element of this lobe;

while from the posterior and the infundibular part of the gland comes
pituitrin, an active blood - pressure raising element, which stimulates the
contraction of smooth muscle fibres, as of the uterus, in which it produces
active contractions when it is dilated. It also acts as an active stimulant
to the muscular coats of the intestines and promotes peristalsis.
The function of the anterior lobe is distinct from that of the posterior
ad infundibular portion. The function of the latter two appear to be
similar.
The whole of the anterior lobe cannot be removed without causing death.
A removal of a portion is followed by abnormal deposits of fat, loss of
hair, of sexual power, and atrophy of the ovaries and testicles. There is
frequently a disturbance of the urinary secretion; at times a polyuria, at
times with glycosuria. It has been observed that pathological conditions of,
or operations on, the pituitary are attended with hypertrophy of the
thyroid. Following thyroidectomy, the anterior portion of the pituitary is
usually found enlarged. Removal of the posterior lobe and the infundibular
portion does not cause death not produce definite changes.
Cushing and his co - workers have shown that the removal of the whole
gland is attended with a lowered temperature and blood pressure, feeble
pulse, slowed respirations, trembling, twitching and finally death.
The posterior lobe is concerned in the metabolism of sugar; if there is
a hypersecretion, glycosuria may result; if there is a hyposecretion an
under tolerance to sugar results. If upon the administration of 200 grams of
sugar no glycosuria results, the inference is that there is a subsecretion
of the posterior lobe.
An extract from this lobe is an active diuretic as a result of its
action on the heart and its power of raising the blood pressure. The rise in
pressure is not as rapid as that caused by the suprarenal extract, but is of
greater duration. A hyposecretion from this lobe may be a cause of diabetes
insipidus and the administration of this gland temporarily relieves the
polyuria and the thirst.
During pregnancy and before menstruation the gland is enlarged; this may be
to such an extent as to cause it to press on the optic commissure and
produce a bi - temporal hemianopsia. In certain cases the enlarged gland
before and during the menstrual period is attended with the so - called
"menstrual headache", this is usually relieved by the administration of a
preparation of the whole gland.
The anterior lobe is enlarged during pregnancy; should it not enlarge,
and its activities be increased, there are marked disturbances of metabolism
as deposits of fat, puffing of the hands and feet or a derangement of the
calcium metabolism, as is observed in the loss of the teeth and hair,
brittle nails in the mother and a defective bone formation in the foetus.
Such disturbances of this gland are often associated with those of the
thyroid and parathyroid;

condition of giantism.

If this condition persists till the person is twenty or over, the epiphyses
of the bone become united and the acromegalic type takes places; when there
are irregular bone formations especially in the spine, kyphosis is the most
frequent. As a result of bone deposit in the glenoid fossae of maxilla is
elongated and prognathism occurs. In connection with the disturbance of boy
formation there is increased growth of the hair, warty growth especially on
the neck, the skin is thickened, the thyroid in disturbed, often a
myxedematous condition develops, the heart's action is weak, the blood
pressure is lowered, impotency develops in the male, and amenorrhoea in the
female. Many of these cases have more or less headache, which may result
from pressure from the enlarging body or from its disturbed secretions.
There may be a disturbance of the vision fields due to pressure upon the
optic commissure. Many nervous symptoms from epilepsy to insanity have
developed in these cases.
From postmortem findings it may be said that while every case of tumor
growth in the sella turcica is not attended with acromegalic symptoms, yet
in every case of acromegaly there is disease of the pituitary gland. In
these cases, should the posterior lobes become disturbed and hypersecretion
result, glycosuria will probably develop, if it should hyposecretion,
polyuria and digestive disturbances of the thyroid, gonads, parathyroids,
suprarenals and the thymus enlarges and renews its activity. In all these
cases of disturbance of calcium metabolism, the administration of an
abundance of milk, and foods rich in calcium are beneficial and assist in
diminishing the nervous irritability at least.
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the bones do not grow, and the child remains dwarfed, infantilism; if at the
adolescent period this condition is present, there is a lack of hair upon
the pubes, in the axillae and on the genitals and the child remains
undeveloped. Should the hyposecretion develop later in life there is
testicular atrophy and the male assumes the feminine type.
Hydrocephalus accompanies this condition and is often attended with
juvenile obesity; the child is large, fat, has a protruding abdomen, scanty
hair, dry skin, small genitals, and is often not mentally bright.
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In older patients a hyposecretion of the posterior lobe may lead to
adiposis dolorosa, Dercum's disease. In this there is probably a disturbance
of the thyroid as well as a lowered basal metabolism.
There may be disturbances of the secretions of this gland that have of
been successfully managed.
Pituitary headaches have bee cured by the whole gland. In stout women
with amenorrhoea and this type of headache, it is usually relieved with a
combination of thyroid and pituitary, if the pain is not due to a tumor. An
extract from the anterior lobe, when combined with the thyroid and ovarian
extract in the female; and testicular extract in the male, has been found of
service in dystrophy adiposogenitalis.
An extract from the posterior lobe has been found of great service in
obstetrics when 1/2 to 1 mil. should be given hypodermatically. Under its
influence the uterine contractions are brisk and frequent. If it is used too
often the child may be asphyxiated from interference with the placental
circulation. It should never be used until the cervix s completely dilated
and it is known that there is no obstruction to the passage of the child.
In menorrhagia and metrorrhagia when administered by the mouth, the
extract is of service, especially if it is of pituitary disturbance. In many
cases with too frequent menstruation in young girls, the mammary extract
does better.
It is most serviceable in heart failure, and in shock, when the blood -
pressure is very low. In these cases 1 mil. of an extract from the posterior
lobe given hypodermatically, is of service. While its action may be slower
than that of adrenaline, it is of greater duration and increases the
activity of the kidneys. When following abdominal operations, intestinal
peristalsis is not normal and there is tympanitis, one mild given
hypodermatically, is of great service. This may require to be repeated every
twenty - four hours for two or three days or until the intestines have
regained their normal tone.
In these cases when there is pressure upon the diaphragm and
interference with the heart's action due to paralysis of the intestines, a
second dose may be given a few hours following the first.
It should be thought of following parturition and laparotomy when the
urinary bladder is semi - paralyzed. In many of these cases it acts best if
administered hypodermatically. In incontinence of the urine both in adults
and children, it has been of service, also in nocturnal enuresis, both when
administered by the mouth and injected.
It should be remembered in diabetes insipidus, when a preparation of the
posterior lobe given hypodermatically, controls the thirst, reduces the
amount of urine, its specific gravity becomes higher, and the headache, that
is usually present, cases. If this portion of the gland does not become
normal, the dose must be repeated.
In the "fatigue syndrome" asthenia, with weakness and neuro - muscular
pains, also after parturition when the mother remains weak, does not gain
her strength and the uterus does not contract normally, an extract of the
whole gland is often beneficial.
It should be thought of in epilepsy, especially in young children ad in
youths, when it should be studied in connection with the thyroid or
parathyroid. The whole gland should be used.
remembered in rickets.

It should be remembered that while administering a preparation of the
whole gland, joint pains may develop, due to the increased amount of uric
acid found. This may occur when the pituitary is indicated.
These preparation are derived from the pituitary of cattle. That from
the posterior lobe is a yellowish or gray powder which is of completely
soluble in water, its dose is 0. 03 gm. (1/2 grain). The liquid preparation
of this gland is transparent ad is obtained in 1/2 and 1 mil. ampules.
Tablets of 1/10 grain may be obtained.
It should be remembered that depression may follow the administration of
these preparations and the patient should be watched and in some cases the
dose reduced.
Preparations made from the whole gland and that from the anterior lobe
alone, may be obtained either in tablet or in powder form.
The frequency of the dose depends upon the case, as most of them are
chronic. A dose once or twice a day is all that is required.
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DEVELOPMENT PROBLEMS OF VARIOUS VALENCES
Thrive [3] not/doesn¹t/failure: Abrot, acet-ac., aeth., anac, alf., ang.,
ars., bapt, 3Bar-c., bor., calen., carc., cina, hyos, laur, lyss, 3Mag-c.,
med., nat-m., sil., spong. tub

Child/infant/children/young/newborn [sen] development [sen]
delay/retard/slow/poor: agar., aur., 3Bar-c., bar-ox-succ., 2calc.,
3Calc-p., chin., croc., dpt, gaert., 3Kreos., lyc., mag-c., med., 3Nat-m.,
nat-s, ol-an., phos., 3Sil., sulph., tanac., thuj., thym-gl., thyr., toxo.,
viol-o., zinc.

LOSS OF FLESH / ATROPHY
Marasmus: 3Abrot.8, acet-ac.8, acon., aeth.11, alf., all-s.8, aln.78,
aloe10, alum.5, am-c.10, am-m.102, ambr.5, anac.5, ang., ant-c.8, ant-i.102,
ant-t.11, apis8, apoc., arg.5, arg-n.8, arn.11, ars.1, ars-i.11, ars-s-f.11,
art-v.78, aur.62, bac.62, bapt.102, bar-c.5, bar-i., bar-m.11, bell.8,
benz-ac.11, bor.11, bry.527, calc.5, calc-ar.102, calc-chln.102, calc-hp.25,
calc-i.11, calc-p.5, calc-sil.102, canth.36, caps.8, carb-ac., carb-an.5,
carb-v.5, carbn-s.102, caust.5, cetr.102, cham.8, chin.5, chin-ar.54,
chin-s.8, cina11, cist.11, clem.11, coca8, coff., con.5, cub.36, cuph.77,
cupr.1, cupr-ar.100, dros.1140, dulc.8, ferr.11, ferr-m.8, ferr-p.102,
fl-ac.5, funi-umb., gaert.223, gins., glyc.1028, graph.5, guai.1, guare.54,
helo.5, helon.102, hep.11, hippoz., hydr.5, hyper.102, insulin160, iod.5,
jab., kali-bi.5, kali-br.36, kali-hp.25, kali-i.5, kali-p.102, kreos.5,
led.102, lith-c.11, lyc.5, lyss., mag-c.11, mag-m.11, mang.5, med.11,
merc.5, merc-c.102, merc-s.102, mez.8, morbill.108, mur-ac.5, nat-ar.,
nat-c.102, nat-cac., nat-m.5, nat-p.8, nat-s.11, nit-ac.5, nuph.8, nux-m.8,
nux-v.11, ol-j.11, oliv-b.1028, olnd.11, op.8, ozone11, parat.149, pareir.8,
paull.8, pep.11, petr.5, petros.54, ph-ac.11, phos.5, phys.102, phyt.102,
pin-s.102, plat.30, plb.5, plb-acet.102, plb-i.102, plumbg.102, podo.54,
prost., psor.11, puls.58, pyrog.5, rheum11, rhus-t.5, ric.102, sabad.15,
sabal., sac-alb.102, sal-ac.38, samb.15, sanic.11, sars.8, sec.5, sel.5,
seneg.2, sep.5, sil.5, spong., stann.5, staph.5, stry.25, sul-ac.8,
sul-i.223, sulph.5, syph.102, tab.22, ter.102, teucr.11, ther.11, thuj.47,
thym-gl.100, thyr.102, tub.73, uran-n.102, vanad.102, verat.11, visc.,
zinc.5
Emaciation [sen] infant/child/newborn/children/young: abrom-aug.188,
abrot.8, acet-ac.11, acon-ac., aeth.31, aloe10, alum.171, ambr.5, ant-c.11,
ant-t.8, apis37, apoc.91, aran.85, arg.37, arg-n.1101, arn., ars.8,
ars-i.54, ars-s-f.8, art-v.78, arum-t.54, aur., bac.149, bac-ts., bar-c.8,
bar-i.2095, bar-m., bell.54, bell-p., benz-ac., bor.8, brach.100, brom.11,
bry., buni-o., calc.8, calc-hp.223, calc-i.114, 3Calc-p.8, calc-sil.223,
cand-a., canth.38, carb-v., caust.11, cham.10, chel.8, chin.10, chlor.28,
cimic.1088, cina223, coca, cocc.37, coff.54, coff-t.8, con., crot-h.108,
croto-t.54, cuph., cupr-ar., dros.1140, dulc.8, ferr.8, ferr-p.1101,
fl-ac.8, gamb.15, glyc., graph.223, gua.8, guai.8, hecla., hell.8, hep.,
hura, hydr.1102, insulin156, 2iod.8, ip.8, joan.97, kali-c.1101, kali-hp.25,
kali-i.8, kali-p.54, kreos.8, lac-c.8, lac-d.56, lach.8, led.91, lyc.10,
mag-c.5, mag-p.85, manc.54, med.54, merc.8, merc-cy.8, merc-d.91, mez.22,
mom-ch., morg., mur-ac.187, naphtin.77, nat-ar., 2nat-m.8, nat-p.54, nux-m.,
nux-v.8, oeno.100, 2ol-j.8, olnd., op.15, parat.149, pep.11, petr.8,
ph-ac.8, phos.8, pin-s.223, plb.36, podo.8, psor.8, puls.58, rad-br.,
rheum8, rhus-t.8, ric.11, sac-alb., sal-ac.8, samb.85, sanic.223, sars.8,
sec.1101, sep.8, sil.8, skat., sol-t-ae., stann.47, staph.54, stram.37,
sul-ac.223, sul-i.58, 2sulph.8, syph., tab.8, ter.8, teucr.8, ther.54,
thuj., thyr., toxo.149, tub., verat.8, verat-v.8, voes.36, zinc.8
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[DCR]

Jennifer,
Thank you for the information. I don't think this case is at death's door just yet. As a naturopath, I am aware of a few options when considering nutrition for this child - so I don't think we are at the stage of needing to rub salad oil into the child to keep it alive. Although it is always interesting to learn how others have worked with similar situations, I was primarily searching for homeopathic resources.
Thank you again.
Donna

[Shannon Nelson]

Wow! Jennifer, I have to ask--how do you get maggots to exit from the
brain??? And how do they get there in the first place?
(Re the sunny window--my understanding has been that hardly any UV
passes thru glass--e.g. I don't think you could tan thru a window?)
Shannon
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[Gail]

A worthwhile book to read related to this is by J.C. Burnett -
'Delicate, Backward Puny and Stunted Children' It's only small and
very cheap - a mine of information. One very helpful hint that he
gives is about the use of massage. He would instruct that the child be
massaged on the adults lap at least daily in front of a warm fire. The
oil that was used was to be left on - the baby just to be wrapped up
and put to bed. His observation was that delicate children treated
like this eventually were sturdier and healthier than their other
siblings. Probably the combined power of touch, which is a nutrient to
babies and children and the absorption of the nutrients in the oil -
make sure it's a high quality one. Coconut is getting a lot of rave
reviews at the moment but others must be good as well.

Gail.