BabyChatter Baby Naming and General Baby Tips

Wednesday, December 06, 2006

TIPS on COLIC! Here are just a few home remedies to help you and your new baby survive colic.

Baby's Diet - if your baby is bottle feed you may want to try a soy based formula or if breast feeding watching your food intake and possibly eliminating dairy, caffeine, chocolate and foods such as broccoli, onions, peppers, cabbage, melons, tomatoes, beans, peanuts and citrus fruits which produce gas

Sounds - playing a soft lullaby or humming in your babies ear may help

Bathing - giving your baby a warm bath, using massage theraphy to help releive stomach pain and using a few drops of lavender for relaxation

Motion and swaddling - wrap your baby snug in a warm blanket and you can rock your baby or maybe use a swing or baby sit

All of these things can be helpful. Just remember that this like other things will also pass. Preparing yourself each day mentally can help. Trying meditation and deep breathing before the colic time of the day starts can help keep you strong.