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Homeopathic remedies – Colic
For babies, tablets should be crushed between two clean teaspoons and dissolved in 2fl oz of warm water, giving a teaspoon full as a dose. For young children, the tablets should be given crushed. Chamomilla is available in drop form. Sharp abdominal pain which can cause babies great distress. In breast-fed babies, colic can be…
Question: Baby crying during feeding
Q: “My daughter is 10 weeks old and cries half way through each feed. She becomes very distressed and is very hard to calm down. She has being doing this for five weeks. My health visitor put her on soya milk which helped for a couple of weeks but the problem has now started again. She…
Posted in Baby, Breastfeeding, Question & Answer
Tagged Baby bottle, Baby colic, bottle feeding, Colic, Feeding your baby
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Baby massage
When your baby was born, one of the first things you did was to touch him. Perhaps he was born onto your stomach, or brought straight into your arms. Even if he was whisked off for tests or to Special Care, you probably stole a few precious seconds to stroke his face, or hold his…
Posted in Baby, Baby Care
Tagged Baby, baby massage, bonding, Colic, Maternal bond, premature, Relaxation, skin to skin contact
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Why is your baby crying?
Babies cry on average for one and a half to two hours daily, so you have to remember that crying is normal. A baby can only communicate in a few basic ways, and crying is his foremost communication tool. In the early weeks he is completely helpless and the only language he knows to get you to respond…
Is it colic?
If you have eliminated all other possibilities and your baby is still crying constantly, particularly during the evening, he may be suffering from colic. This is a common cause of crying, and is very distressing for parents and babies. The baby screams as if in pain, goes red in the face and sometimes pulls his…
Newborn baby sleep patterns
Newborn babies sleep a lot. But they follow a little-and-often, never-at-the-same-time-twice schedule. So although the average newborn baby has about 16 hours sleep in every 24, he is likely to do it in bouts of two, three or four hours throughout the night and day. As babies grow they need less sleep and take more of…
Posted in Baby Care, Baby routines, Newborn baby, Sleep
Tagged baby routines, Co-sleeping, Colic, Sleep, Sleeping Methods
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Homeopathic remedies for babies and children
It is becoming common place now, for parents to turn to homeopathy as a natural form of treatment for common childhood ailments. And it is a growing trend, proving particularly useful for young children and in pregnancy, where pharmaceutical drugs are often unsafe. The remedies are not toxic, and can even be used on newborn…
Posted in Baby Health
Tagged chicken pox, Colic, first aid, Homeopathic, homeopathy, Sleep disorders, Teething, treatment
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Useful medicines and supplements
Some preparations and medicines are not essential for the home first aid kit but can be very useful if your child has a particular problem: Gripe mixture Traditionally given to babies for the relief of wind and indigestion, gripe mixture got a very bad press a few years ago, when its effectiveness was revealed to be largely due…
Posted in Baby Health
Tagged Colic, Cradle cap, Decongestant, first aid, Gripe water, medicine, supplements, teething gel, Vitamins
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Babies get heartburn : acid reflux
Acid reflux is thought to affect twenty per cent of all babies but what exactly is it and how is it treated? If your baby has gastro-oesophageal reflux disease and you wonder if the crying and vomiting will ever stop, here are some strategies to help you cope. What is reflux? Reflux simply means liquid flowing in the…
Posted in A-Z of Childhood illnesses, Baby Health
Tagged Baby colic, Colic, Crying, gastro-oesophageal reflux, Gaviscon, Heartburn, Massage, pain, Reflux, Symptoms, vomiting
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Tiny tummies deserve the best start in life
Win the latest ‘must-haves’ for mum and baby NEW Infacol Probiotic Drops…for a naturally happier tummy Infacol colic drops are the UK’s most popular treatment for wind, colic and griping pain. At Infacol, we believe tiny tummies deserve the best start in life, so that’s why we have introduced new Infacol Probiotic Drops. Infacol Probiotic…
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Tagged Baby colic, Colic, Food additives, Infacol, Infacol Colic, Silicones, Simethicone
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