Hello all,
 
Sorry I can't find which p0st this was in, but the altas being off 18 mm  
makes sense.
 
The altas is C1, the top cervical(neck) vertebrae. It articulates with C2,  
the axis, and the skull. Any baby who is having feeding issues, tongue 
function,  milk transfer issues, can't get or stay comfortable at breast, etc, 
could have  some slight shifts of the bones of the neck/ skull/jaw as a 
complicating factor.  This is includes babies born by having their heads pulled 
on, ( CS, or forceps  or vacuum), from high or long birth forces( esp with 
epidural/pit births), or  very speedy labors when everything happens quickly ( 
those 4 hour labors I've  known but never had...:)
 
CST, or pediatric-gentle chiropractic can be very helpful for these little  
ones and their little shifts. Sometimes with a good eye we can pick these 
things  up, sometimes we just see that something isn't working smoothly, so 
we refer and  then the other professional tells us what he/she finds. Helps 
baby, and helps  mom understand why, at that moment, things are so hard.
 
Peace,
Judy  

Judy LeVan  Fram, PT, IBCLC, LLLL
Brooklyn, NY,  USA
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