Date Posted:09:39:44 07/03/09 Fri
Amanda you and I have to be about the same age. When my children were very young an enema was the preferred remedy for colic. While they were more than a couple of weeks old if they got too much air when nursing from a bottle they would get cramps and the best way to get rid of them was with a small enema. One minute they would be a fussing unhappy baby and a few minutes later after expelling the enema they'd be fast asleep. This was not a problem with breastfed babies though.
Date Posted:11:31:38 07/03/09 Fri
I did not give either of mine an enema until they were already in grade school.
I breastfed!
Not 100% but I don't think my Mom did!
One odd thing about having a sibling 10 years older is that I had relatively old parents, when compared with others my age.
That was probably a factor in why my mom was so quick with the enema. She also showed considerable control freak behavior.
It was not until my sister was out of college, and I was in middle school that my bond with her really got strong, and I wanted to be like her! She had her own place, and she was the one who helped me realize how controlling my mother really was, and how to assert my independence a lot more!
