Mis-aligned?

For about a week now, Jude has just been really fussing and not his happy self. He has been waking up several times in the night screaming and struggling to get to sleep. He was also hard to console. Normally, he stops crying as soon as I pick him up, but for the last week, it has been hard to console him. I gave him Motrin and Tylenol thinking it might be teeth, but that really did not help. I fed him prunes to make sure it was not constipation and that was not the problem. He has no fever and was not acting like his ears bothered him. I just could not figure out what was wrong. I was getting ready to take him to the pedi to be checked out.

I had an appointment for him to see my chiropractor since the pediatrician thought he might have slight torticollis (where the head tilts to one side). While there I also explained Jude's extreme fussiness in the last week. The chiro listened to his lungs and checked his ears, both of which were fine. He then adjusted his neck and upper back. He did say that Jude's muscles were tight on the right side of his body (the same side I though Jude's head was tilting). The chiro said Jude still had great range of motion, so if the torticollis was there, it is slight. He really looked Jude over and spend time adjusting him and massaging his muscles.

Every since Jude's appointment with the chiropractor yesterday, he has been a very happy boy again! My guess is that something was mis-aligned or wrenched out of place and it was hurting him. After an adjustment aligned everything back up, Jude felt great again! Julia is always being rough with him; yanking on his arms, manhandling him into her lap, laying on him, etc.. I try to prevent her from being too rough with him and telling her to be gentle, but she loves him so much that she is always wanting to touch him. She just does not realize how strong she is.

He goes back for another adjustment in two weeks. I am glad his fussiness was a simple fix!