Elizabeth Porter

I'm a doctor. But when my daughter had colic, I left the pediatrician's office furious. It was 5 years ago. I had just become a new mom and learned that my daughter had colic. Colic is when a healthy baby cries for hours a day for no clear reason. And she did just that: everyday she cried, and cried, and cried. Being a physician myself, the first thing I did was take her to the pediatrician. I remember distinctly leaving that pediatrician's office furious because the first thing they told me was: “It's a baby, let ‘em cry." That wasn't good enough for me. Not at all. My baby was suffering, and I wasn't going to just "let her cry." I needed answers. Real answers. So I took it upon myself to track everything: when she was calm, when she screamed, and what was different. That’s when I started to notice that the only time she would stop crying was when I was holding her in my arms while I was barefoot in my backyard. Walking barefoot in grass was just something I always enjoyed doing ever since I was a child. At first, I didn’t think much of it. I thought, “You’re just like your mommy. You love our backyard too!” But this is where things got even weirder. I noticed that even when I took her to the backyard, if she was in her stroller or if I was wearing my sneakers, she would still cry nonstop. That’s when it became clear to me that it wasn’t just simply being outside, and that it had to be something else. At the time, I couldn’t quite figure out what it was — all I knew was that holding her barefoot in my backyard was working better than anything else. So I kept doing it. Then one day, it all began to click. I was texting my best friend Kathy and she suddenly said to me: “You need some downtime in your life. You should go ground yourself.” I didn’t know exactly what she meant by “ground yourself”, so I did a quick internet search. That’s when I found that grounding — connecting your bare skin to the surface of the Earth — was actually a healing method that’s been documented in scientific journals. It had been shown to reduce anxiety, lower stress levels, improve sleep quality — and even help relieve chronic pain. I gasped. It all started to make sense — My daughter wasn't calming down because of fresh air or because we were outside. She was calming down because when I was barefoot on the earth, my body was grounded. And when I held her skin-to-skin, she was grounding through me. This wasn't a placebo. She had no idea if I was wearing shoes or not. She was a newborn baby. She couldn't possibly know the difference. But her body knew. So I started testing it. I'd hold her in my arms, barefoot in the grass. She was more peaceful, and comfortable. Then I'd step inside the house and take my feet off the ground. Within a few minutes, she'd begin frowning and crying. Every. Single. Time. I kept going back outside barefoot, and every time, she'd calm down and even fall asleep in my arms. It was undeniable. As a physician, I had so many questions: Why didn’t they teach this in medical school? Why isn’t anyone talking about this? Why do none of my colleagues know about this? So I started diving into the research. I learned that grounding reduces inflammation in the body. Colic is caused by inflammation in a baby's digestive system. It all made sense now. But I quickly ran into another problem: I couldn't spend every night standing barefoot in my backyard holding her. I needed sleep. She needed sleep. We both did. That's when I found a company called GroundingWell. They make grounding bedsheets that plug into the grounding port of your wall outlet — the part of your outlet that’s connected with the earth, and the same system that grounds your electronics and protects them from dangerous surges. No live electricity ever flows into the sheet. It only carries the earth's natural charge, which is why it's safe to use right in a baby's crib. I was skeptical at first, but I had to give it a shot. I ordered one for her crib immediately. The first night we used it, she slept for four hours straight. Four hours. She'd never done that before. The next few nights, five hours. Then, after a couple of weeks, she started to cry less frequently throughout the day, even when she wasn’t sleeping on the bedsheets. The colic symptoms started disappearing. The constant crying stopped. She was finally comfortable in her own body. And best of all, I finally started to get some sleep! For the first time since she was born, she was a happy, peaceful baby. And I'm going to tell you this straight: GroundingWell is the only brand I trust and recommend. I've tried other grounding products since then. Most of them don't work. Some are uncomfortable. Others fall apart after a few washes. GroundingWell's sheets are different. They're soft, comfortable, and easy to use. They stand the test of time — and most importantly, they actually work. After seeing what it did for my daughter, I ended up getting one for my husband and I, and another one for my niece who has insomnia since they include a free grounding mat when you order more than one. It was an easy call. And we all sleep better now. And GroundingWell stands behind their products with a 90-day money back guarantee. That's three full months to try it. If it doesn't work for you, you get every penny back. Right now, they're offering 50% off their grounding bedsheets. If you have a baby with colic, or if your baby fights sleep and wakes every hour — I encourage you to just give it a shot. You have 90 days to test if it actually works, so you have nothing to lose. As for myself, when conventional medicine — the field I dedicated my entire career to — told me to just "let her cry," grounding gave me a real solution. Because it worked when nothing else did. 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