Due to compressive forces during labour, the baby is likely to experience some form of distortion to the body and the cranium. Most of the time, the bodies capacity to self heal will return the body to normal. However, sometimes the body will need help. This is when cranio sacral therapy can be useful.

Also during and after birth, a baby will be subjected to a big shock. This will stimulate the "fight or flight" sympathetic nervous system. This can cause the baby's digestive tract to narrow, maybe causing feeding problems and colic. Also the shock of birth could cause hyperactivity causing restlessness and irritability. By calming the solar plexus, the collection of nerves situated just above the belly button; the therapist may resolve these conditions.

As with all patterns of disturbance or resistance, the longer the body holds the pattern the more ingrained and harder it is to release. Babies bodies then are very responsive as the patterns will not have been there for very long. Cranio-Sacral work can be of real benefit in helping resolve these issues.