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 1. Changing the lighting in the room.          ');
 2. Altering the amount of noise or contact.    ');
 3. Closing the door to the room.               ');
 4. Eliminating all unnecessary stimulation.    ');
 5. Keeping contact constant during day.        ');
 6. Quiet Music.                                ');
 7. Loud Music.                                 ');
 8. A metronome or loud clock.                  ');
 9. Wall coverings or furnishings.              ');
Our environment provides much of the stimulation');
  that we need to grow, develop and change.     ');
Lowering the outside stimulation will lessen    ');
  the stress on an immature digestive system.   ');
Changing the environment is likely to lessen    ');
  tension in a child predisposed to colic.      ');
Management of the environment is the key to     ');
  reducing the external stress.                 ');
Lessening distractions and stress makes other   ');
  elements more manageable.                     ');
                                                ');
 1. Altering the type of food or formula.       ');
 2. Varying the amount per feeding.             ');
 3. The consistency of the food provided.       ');
 4. Keeping the nursing mother's diet constant. ');
 5. Keeping the diet bland and stable.          ');
 6. Avoiding all allergy prone products.        ');
 7. Avoiding all diary products.                ');
 8. Controlling the amount of sugars in diet.   ');
 9. Enhancing the natural contents of foods.    ');
Our diet provides our physical nourishment only ');
  if it is compatible with the needs of the body');
The right diet will permit an immature system to');
  more easily digest the food provided.         ');
Changing the diet is likely to reduce the       ');
  internal tension experienced after feeding.   ');
One environmental factor that must be dealt with');
  is the type of food that must be eaten.       ');
One of the easiest things to manage is food. One');
  possibility is that colic is allergy based.   ');
                                                ');
 1. Using a soft baby carrier.                  ');
 2. Swaddling or changing the usual covering.   ');
 3. A wind up swing, automatic rocker, etc.     ');
 4. Rocking, moving or bouncing, a car trip.    ');
 5. Holding tightly.                            ');
 6. A pacifier, a warm water bottle, etc.       ');
 7. Talking or Singing                          ');
 8. Holding your child across your knees.       ');
 9. A carrier on TOP of washer while washing.   ');
The digestive process is dependent on a balance ');
  that external stimuli can help establish.     ');
Movement has a soothing effect on an immature   ');
  digestive system.                             ');
Movement and manipulation help to release       ');
  tension in a child predisposed to colic.      ');
Altering the external environment can make a    ');
  real difference on internal distress.         ');
Your contact and involvement with your child is ');
  the key to managing all the symptoms of colic.');
                                                ');
 1. Manipulation or massage of stomach.         ');
 2. Sitting your child upright in kiddie seat.  ');
 3. Helping with the passage of intestinal gas. ');
 4. Changing the time of feeding.               ');
 5. Changing the amount of burping.             ');
 6. Different nipples or bottles.               ');
 7. Altering the atmosphere when feeding.       ');
 8. Changing how the child takes food.          ');
 9. Setting up the complete feeding process.    ');
The digestive process often requires outside    ');
  assistance in an infant, to function right.   ');
The digestive process is aided by how a child is');
  fed as well as by what happens afterwards.    ');
The process of feeding can produce or relieve   ');
  tension in a child predisposed to colic.      ');
The eating process is one of the most important ');
  things in the life of a child.                ');
The eating process is one of the more manageable');
  elements of world of a child.                 ');

 1. Schedule and take some time off.            ');
 2. Leave the baby with a trusted friend.       ');
 3. Share your frustration with your doctor.    ');
 4. Go and sit in the car when it gets to you.  ');
 5. Work in a team with others.                 ');
 6. Learn and practice relaxation techniques.   ');
 7. Handle the child only when you are relaxed. ');
 8. Get as much rest as you can, when you can.  ');
 9. Lean on your friends and relatives.         ');
The baby depends on both internal systems and   ');
  caretakers to survive and thrive.             ');
Your physical presence and state of well-being  ');
  can help to rebalance an immature system.     ');
Taking care of yourself and your needs can help ');
  break the cycle of tension colic raises.      ');
You are the most critical thing in the external ');
  world of your child.                          ');
You, and your behavior, are the keys to the     ');
  management of your child, in pain or not.     ');
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