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It is well-known that colic is more frequent in first babies and this might well be due to the understandable anxiety many moms have about handling their newborns and interpreting their needs. The tenser Mom or Baby becomes, the more this reflects in the other. There is no sense in trying to establish whose tension came first: all efforts should be directed at breaking the spiralling pattern of this vicious tension cycle. For all practical purposes, Baby and Mom are one entity. Understand this and you will already be well on your way to alleviating the problem.

Try these tips:

•Always play music, concentrating on the sort that makes you happy, gets you singing along or helps soothe you.

•Go for two walks with Baby each day: it’ll be great exercise for you and the movement will calm Baby too.

•Negotiate with your partner, a close friend or a trusted caregiver to let you have an hour off every second day. Bath, go for tea, sleep, read, do a bit of gardening or whatever takes your fancy – you will find you cope much better.

•Have a weekly reflexology or aromatherapy massage.

•Light a lavender candle at particularly tense times.

•Keep fresh flowers in the house and always include a few sprigs of lavender.

•Take Rescue Emotion tablets 3 to 4 times daily to ease anxiety and improve coping ability. You can also safely crush and dissolve one tablet twice daily for Baby.