The amazing little story I have for everyone today is about my son (I know, surprise surprise). It all started about a week ago with our little one. It was about the middle of the week when my wife and I both started to notice a decline in the amount of naps our son was taking. He is used to taking about 2.5 hours of naps a day and last week that dwindled down to maybe an hour to an hour and a half. I know it may not seem like much of a difference, but for those of you with children, I am sure you understand. On top of the diminished naps, it was taking him longer and longer to go down for a nap, sometimes up to an hour of just rolling around and talking in his crib. Well, the rolling and talking escalated to full outright screaming by the end of the week and the weekend was just a mess. Our son had become unusually cranky, screaming, and just wasn't acting himself. He started taking to staring off at something, oblivious to everything around him, and was becoming more melancholy. This was a total switch for him. Normally our son is attentive to everything that is going on, engaged with everyone in the room, and fascinated by every little movement or new object that he sees. To see him become melancholy and stare off into the distance started to bother us. Sunday was by far the worst. Very few things could placate our son on Sunday except constant activity, and even that was a struggle for him. On top of that, he started pulling on his ears and scratching his head to the point where he would draw a little blood. Needless to say, the decline from Wendesday to Sunday bothered both my wife and I. We knew something was wrong, but didn't know what, perhaps an ear infection, another tooth coming in; we just didn't know.
So come Monday morning we decided that the best thing to do was get him into the doctor to get him checked out and make sure nothing was seriously wrong with him. Before my wife brought him to the doctor, however, she brought him to our chiropractor who was on vacation last week. (For those of you who don't know, our whole family goes to the chiropractor at least once a week to get checked out and if necessary, get an adjustment). We figured he would need an adjustment as he didn't get one the previous week and sure enough, his atlas bone was off. The most amazing thing happened after he got his adjustment; he was essentially back to normal. He entered the chiropractor's office with his melancholy demeanor and left the happy baby we were used to. Just to make sure, my wife brought him to the doctor's to get checked out and the big news was, nothing was wrong, nothing. No ear infection, no other problems, it seems he just needed an adjustment. Since that adjustment Monday morning, our son has returned to his happy usual self. He went back to taking his 2.5 hours of naps without much fussing and has been super active trying to figure out this thing we call walking. I am just personally amazed that the adjustment made that much of a difference. Thinking about it now, perhaps I shouldn't be so amazed as I have the same reaction he does after an adjustment; I go back to feeling better and being my normal self. Yet I can't help but be amazed regardless.
Our son had his first adjustment about five hours after birth and has been getting adjusted ever since. Looking back at the past 8.5 months of his life, I can't help but think that his adjustments have had something to do with his wonderful demeanor, his sleeping through the nights, and his overall happy disposition. Seeing what missing one week of adjustments did to our son made me realize how lucky we are that he has been getting adjusted. To me, there is no other explanation. Our son is and will never be vaccinated, he has taken no medications, and up until this past week has been wonderful. It must have been tough for him to not know what was going wrong and not be able to communicate it with us. I know personally when I need an adjustment and feel much better when I get one. I guess our son needs his adjustments regularly to, especially since he has been bumping around more and more with his attempts at walking. I just personally can't get over what a difference an adjustment makes, especially in our son. When we were in the chiropractor's office, there was a gentleman there who said, "If an adjustment makes a baby stop crying like that, I should bring all my children in on a regular basis." Well, it was the adjustment that did make the difference and I can only say that we will be continuing to get our son adjusted, not just for our sanity, but for his health, his well being, and his happiness.
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