Guest guest Posted August 20, 2005 Report Share Posted August 20, 2005 I saw something in the last day or so about colic's being a symptom of gluten intolerance when an infant has the genes for it and first gets exposed to gluten. Personally, I don't have any experience with taking care of a colicky infant. My DD was very even tempered, and everyone said she was a " good " baby. I didn't give her grains ahead of time, though, which is supposed to make a difference. --- In , " Jen Allbritton " <jen@m...> wrote: > Hi all - does anyone have suggestions/info on infant colic? I am > collecting information for an article with a WAPF-focus. > > Thanks, > > Jen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 20, 2005 Report Share Posted August 20, 2005 --- In , " Jen Allbritton " <jen@m...> wrote: > Hi all - does anyone have suggestions/info on infant colic? Jen, Fennel tea for mother and baby. B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 21, 2005 Report Share Posted August 21, 2005 Jen- >Hi all - does anyone have suggestions/info on infant colic? I am >collecting information for an article with a WAPF-focus. My understanding is that it's heavily dependent on the mother's diet and particularly caused by her eating too many carbs and not enough good fat. I don't have any references handy, though. - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 23, 2005 Report Share Posted August 23, 2005 wrote: >I saw something in the last day or so about colic's being a symptom of >gluten intolerance when an infant has the genes for it and first gets >exposed to gluten. > > > That was my experience. My first child had colic for five *months.* That's right. Five loooooong months of the " wake up every two hours, screaming, walk the floor " variety of colic, starting when he was two weeks old. He's also the child with the most fragile digestive system and the strongest reactions to infractions. What a shock, eh? My middle is so laid back that not much rocks his world, so colic didn't come into the equation. By the time I had my third child, we were gluten free. Of course, we'll never know with a certainty if she would have been colicky, but if temperament is any indication, she's just like her oldest brother. I think I dodged that bullet. So these days, my input about colic is to remove the top allergens from the mom's diet and stick to nursing on one side per session instead of 10/10 per which is the usual advice. That usually covers the culprits. --s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 23, 2005 Report Share Posted August 23, 2005 > So these days, my input about colic is to remove the top allergens from > the mom's diet and stick to nursing on one side per session instead of > 10/10 per which is the usual advice. That usually covers the culprits. Let them drain the breast is my advice always. My two were such champion nursers anyway; the youngest could empty a breast in about 5 minutes flat! The older one, she was a nipplehead; she would nurse so hard she would sweat and her little ears would wiggle. The oldest used to do all day nursing marathons where I'd be in the chair nursing for 8 hours straight. Those were the days... Lynn S. ------ Lynn Siprelle * web developer, writer, mama, fiber junky http://www.siprelle.com * http://www.thenewhomemaker.com http://www.deanspeaksforme.com * http://www.knitting911.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 23, 2005 Report Share Posted August 23, 2005 Lynn Siprelle wrote: >>So these days, my input about colic is to remove the top allergens from >>the mom's diet and stick to nursing on one side per session instead of >>10/10 per which is the usual advice. That usually covers the culprits. >> >> > >Let them drain the breast is my advice always. > <nodding> It also prevents plugged ducts and mastitis. BTDT on both counts....not my definition of fun! >My two were such >champion nursers anyway; the youngest could empty a breast in about 5 >minutes flat! The older one, she was a nipplehead; she would nurse so >hard she would sweat and her little ears would wiggle. > BWAH! I've got a whole visual! >The oldest used >to do all day nursing marathons where I'd be in the chair nursing for 8 >hours straight. Those were the days... > > > Yep. My youngest would like to sit and nurse for 8 hours straight still ....well, at least an hour at a time, but life is way to demanding for that kind of stuff with two others. She shudda been born first, I think! --s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 21, 2006 Report Share Posted December 21, 2006 A great home remedy for colic by Gallagher Is it true? Can there really be a home remedy for colic? Having heard stories from my friends whose new babies have struggled with colic the idea of a remedy must come as a welcome relief, a breath of fresh air, and a glimpse of possible rest for your family. Colic occurs on many varying levels of severity being caused by spasms of new intestines or gas trapped within the intestines. My babies never experienced what I would consider a severe case of colic, and yet we did meet some early digestive challenges that caused them discomfort, and found herbal remedies that worked for us. My favorite home remedy for colic is Catnip, Fennel tea. Prepare this brew by pouring one cup of boiling water over 2 teaspoons dried catnip leaves and 1 teaspoon fennel. Let it steep for 15 minutes. Strain thoroughly. Drink this brew right before nursing to pass the benefits on to the baby or give it by dropper or bottle directly to your baby. With Hailey, I would make an even stronger brew, putting a handful of catnip and a tablespoon of fennel in about 4 cups of water and simmering for 20 minutes. I would give her one dropper full at a time, every half hour until the discomfort eased. It worked beautifully. Please choose a strength and dosage that feels comfortable for you in your situation. Other aromatic seeds like dill, anise, and cumin can also be used to create a colic home remedy seed tea. Simply pour the cup of boiling water over one teaspoon of any one or combination of seeds and steep for 15 minutes. Pass it through the breast milk or give it directly to your baby as recommended above. The seed tea offers antispasmodic and carminative effects that will help relieve the colic. Two other colic remedies are recommended in Susun Weed’s Healing Wise and seem worth trying. One is putting cold, wet wool socks on your baby’s feet and then dry cotton socks over the wool ones. She writes that mothers report their infants relaxing and falling asleep shortly after the socks are put on their feet. Another possibility for a home remedy for colic is a preparing a slippery elm gruel. To make it, mix a liquid sweetener (like maple syrup – definitely NOT HONEY since honey should never be given to a baby under one year of age because botulism could result) with slippery elm powder until it is all wet. Add hot milk or water until porridge results. Give one or more servings to help quiet the intestines. All of these colic home remedies help with digestion to relieve the discomfort of colic, and there are also many things you can do to help prevent colic. Some of these things include giving small, frequent feedings and soothing your baby with skin-to-skin contact during feedings. Also feeding your baby is a calm, safe place can help digestion flow more easily. If you are breastfeeding you can also avoid gas-producing foods like the brassicas including broccoli, kale, and cabbage as well as onions and garlic. I usually recommend mothers go easy on the beans and spicy foods during the early nursing days as well. Other foods like chocolate, peanuts, sugar, and white flour can slow intestinal activity and lead to colic so you can try cutting these out. Also limit your intake of food laxatives (like prune juice) as they may distress the baby’s intestines. My hope is that these suggestions and home colic remedies help you to feel empowered and give you some strategies to work with your baby in natural ways to ease her discomfort and help you all to get some rest. Suzi What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered. health/ http://suziesgoats.wholefoodfarmacy.com/ http://360./suziesgoats __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 25, 2007 Report Share Posted September 25, 2007 ms5smith@... writes: > > I like to share my colic experience while nursing my baby... > > My experience colic with my 1st child (my only colic experience) was > at 6 weeks old. She just began to curl her legs up and scream. I > felt helpless. I saught out LLL help, local lactation help, > hospital help, baby hotline help. No answers were found. I then > began to read EVERYTHING I could on the issue. I found a 2 > paragraph article on hyperlactation syndrome in a very small > booklet. This is where the Mother has a very large let-down and > baby tries to keep up (and sometimes does with no trouble) with the > flow of milk...has enough, pulls off the breast(often during let- > down if baby can't handle the volume of milk) and shortly after > shows colic symptoms. Or a baby may simply nurse for only a short > time from one breast and feeling content finishes nursing, never > even going to the other breast. In these cases, baby gets mostly > foremilk and no or little hind milk, where the fat is. When this > happens, the foremilk dumps quickly from baby's stomach into the > small intestine causing MUCH discomfort, curls legs up, cries, > screams, etc. > > Upon the birth of my 1st child, my ped. told me to nurse 15 minutes > from one side and 15 minutes from the other and then " cut baby > off " . That's it. We don't want mom to be " lopsided " now do > we......:{ said my ped. Can you believe it? My baby didn't want > more than 5 - 10 minues anywho, because she was a small premie. > > After finding this out I began to nurse my baby on one breast per > feeding. Durning my massive let-downs I would take her off for a > minute and collect some milk for storage. She would then finish up > her feeding on the same breast receiving the hind milk. This fixed > my baby's colic problem from the VERY 1st time I did this. > > Memories are just rushing back > > A very interesting trial-and-error at getting to one possible solution. Just > today, at the store I heard a colicky baby wailing and wailing. It sure did > . .. </HTML> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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