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Baby ate large evening meal and slept very well. This morning the Ignatia has brought out sticky eyes (being treated with Euphrasia tincture) and snotty nose which I have said to leave alone. Mum used to use Nasal sprays as we found them in the medicine drawer Dad brought with. Baby seemed very happy and not crying this morning at all. maybe the Ignatia has kicked in. They didn't have anything for baby for breakfast except a bottle of milk so I suggested toast fingers and maybe scrambled egg until they went shopping for porridge and weetabix which I reckon is OK.
It's a long time since I had a baby that age and they haven't clue so is there anyone out there can suggest suitable food for a 1 yr old and how much milk they should be having as my ideas of anything the family eats within reason ( cooked without salt) and cut down on the formula milk may be way out of touch!!!
Rochelle
Registered Homeopath with The Society of Homeopaths
EFT (Advanced) Practitioner
www.southporthomeopathy.co.uk

i would try to keep baby off grains. and milk can be reduced based on
baby's taste. most people force milk on babies out of conditioning. but \
baby's outgrow their need for milk fairly early. calcium can be gotten into
the diet in other ways; ie, vegetables.

if i did use grains or milk products, i tried to give my kids homemade yogurt
and whole grain, organic bread which i baked weekly. today hf stores can provide
organic milks and coarse breads. but i recommend finger foods like carrots, apples,
things that can can ease and exercise the gums. if raw carrots are too hard, then
lightly steam them so they can be finger handled but are gummable. but at this age
other protein foods can be handled. don't know if these are meat eaters or not. organic
chicken can be given cut into small bite size pieces or large chickon bones with meat
to chew on. you can build on this.

tanya

Dear Tanya,
Thanks for that and I have just spoken to my osteopath because I remembered she has a baby of the same age.
I have just phoned and Dad is delighted as baby is a different child today. She has been crawling around on the floor happily which she hadn't done at all since he's been left with her. I think the Ignatia has done a good job. She is not demanding to be in someone's arms all the time. Now they have realised she can have food as opposed to just bottles of milk she is eating well. She has enjoyed chewing on carrots but not apple and enjoyed toast. They have also arranged that the cousin (of Mum's) who will look after her is now going to stay in this house first to get familiar with the child before the they all go back to the child's home.
Rochelle
Registered Homeopath with The Society of Homeopaths
EFT (Advanced) Practitioner
www.southporthomeopathy.co.uk

Babies certainly do learn to "manipulate"--tho of course they are not doing it in any evil sort of way. Babies have different ways of crying, and there's definitely a big difference between the "I'm crying because that's what will get me what I want" (and there's *nothing* at all wrong with that!) versus "I'm crying because I'm [hungry / miserable / hurting / scared / etc.]. Babies are so different from one another. Surely this is just another area where you need to try what you think is correct (give the apparently best-indicated remedy, homeopathic and/or other) and then judge its correctness (or otherwise) by the results, then alter remedy if and as needed?

A year is definitely old enough to learn that not everything revolves around them all of the time. I say this as a chronic over-nurturer who has the opportunity to repent and backpedal, at least partway. Every child deserves to be cherished; but every child also needs to have, and to respect, boundaries--and for many / most children one year old is definitely not too early to begin--within the appropriate limits of the needs and response of the child, of course.

One responds differently to a cry of boredom, for e.g., than one would to a cry of terror!

I don't particularly want this to get into a parenting class but
keeping it on the homeopathicity then Ignatia was asked about - if a
baby or anyone is in need of this remedy then not only do they need
the rx but they will be in shock or some state of grief (unless only
physical sx of Ignatia are being prescribed for) and so 'training'
their needs is not the best way when comfort, support and nurture
would be better. There is no way someone needing Ignatia is going to
manipulate - they literally shriek for help, even though they may well
turn you away when they get it, that is a typical Ignatia response,
not falsely crying, whatever that means. It was also mentioned that
Phos is going to be needed, again no way manipulative or false. I
struggle to see how these rx are being arrived at.

But just as importantly the worst thing any good homeopath should do
is to judge a situation as to their own parenting skills. You have to
be objective. No wonder Carcinosin seems to be needed the world over
with the amount of 'emotional training' that children are put through.

Joy

http://www.joylucashomeopathy.com
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/homeopathystudy/

It does seem that some of the obstacles to cure have been modified.Jean

Rochelle,
Awhile back you asked how Ignatia might manifest in a baby. It's a little late now, but this excerpt from an article by Randall Neustaedter might be of interest:
"Children who need Ignatia are more reactive [than Nat-m. children]. They display the active emotional response to the injury. They are visibly upset much of the time. This may occur because of feeling so acutely the effects of emotional trauma. Small children may exhibit screaming, and older children seem constantly upset. A strategy for coping has not been developed and the result is emotional disorder and reactivity. This may occur in children who are abused or traumatized by an event such as a death in the family or a move. The emotional injury that stimulates an Ignatia reaction may take many forms.

An unusual case was an 18-month-old boy who shrieked from frustration whenever he played with toys. He seemed totally disoriented in the world and played quizzically with his toys as if he did not understand the very fact of objects existing in space. He would repeatedly run his fingers along ledges, feeling the edge and staring with fascination. He would knock over a toy, carefully set it upright, then tip it over again, repeating the procedure to understand the process. His level of frustration was especially worrisome to his mother because he did not seem able to accomplish any small task he set for himself without an emotional outburst. It seemed that he did not understand how to function in this dimension and did not become familiar with the world as other children did. He seemed traumatized by the fact of being here. After receiving Ignatia he became settled, calm, and less frustrated. Repeated doses were prescribed when the behavior arose again at various developmental stages with equally good success. Interestingly, his baby brother began to show some of the same symptoms and he benefited from Ignatia as well. Both boys had a similar demeanor; as if they came from the same realm."
Peace,

Dale

Brilliant - thanks for that.
Rochelle
Registered Homeopath with The Society of Homeopaths
EFT (Advanced) Practitioner
www.southporthomeopathy.co.uk