by Katherine Stone |
Today I’m happy to welcome Warrior Mom Becky Schroeder, who describes the lasting impact her daughter’s colic had on her mental health. “She doesn’t like to be passed around.” These words sounded muffled to me as I lay in my hospital bed recovering from... by Katherine Stone |
[Editor’s Note: My son had colic, so I know how much it can impact a mother with postpartum depression or postpartum anxiety, believe me. It was awful. I clung to the words my pediatrician told me: that it would resolve when he was around four months old. Those... by Katherine Stone |
According to a Reuters article on May 25, "Postpartum maternal depressive symptoms may be associated with insecure attachment style and infantile colic, according to results of a study published in the May issue of the Archives of Diseases in Childhood." In... by Katherine Stone |
Here is an interesting story on the link between PPD and colic from Karen Kleiman’s blog: click here. I had no idea there was a link, but I can tell you my son had colic and my daughter doesn’t, so my personal experience definitely reflects the results of...