Case history: sleeping difficulties
Esme
From seven weeks old, baby Esme started waking in the night and would cry uncontrollably for hours... the only thing that would settle her was to lie face down on her Mum Kay's chest. This went on for nearly three months, and Kay found herself exhausted.
"Friends suggested cranial osteopathy and I thought I can't even pronounce it, let alone know what it is! But I was thinking I will give anything a go!"
Esme was four months old when Kay brought her to see Chris. He found that although Kay had enjoyed a good pregnancy and fairly straightforward labour, Esme had a small area of retained compression on one side at the back of her head. This was probably due to excessive pressure in the late stages of pregnancy, and is quite a common finding. This had been enough to create a level of irritation for Esme, causing her to be unsettled.
After the first session Esme's symptoms were slightly aggravated, but after the second and subsequent treatments, her symptoms improved and she started sleeping through the night. Esme had a total of four weekly treatments.
"Now she sleeps 7 til 7 and it's a gift! Esme is a lot more settled and so much happier now."
