Chamomile Tea

MyLittleLove

Hi Pregly. Just wanted to share my experience with chamomile tea on my fussy 2 almost 3 week old son. He's been showing signs of colic at night so his pediatrician suggested 2-3 ounces before his bed time and its the first night in a while that we have all slept and had no mid night screaming and fussing... @jazzi89, it may be worth a try for your fussy little one. Hope this helps someone like it has for us.

clope18

Wow its okay to give them chamomile tea? I have a 2week old boy & he is very fussy

MyLittleLove

@clope18
his pediatrician suggested it at his appointment and its like I have a brand new baby. It's an all natural brand and smells really nice. I added a small tsp of sugar and he literally slept the night away

Bahamamama4828

I have never given it to my newborn but my almost 2 yr old loves it

MyLittleLove

it helped his little tummy pass so much gas last night... good stuff

jazzi89

Oh wow I wouldve nvr even thought of tea. Ill havr to try that thank you!

mam082711

@k_babix0 my pedi told me to mix 1oz tea with 1oz of formula/breastmilk...did yours say to give it to him as straight tea? My 3 week old son is terribly gassy and I didn't notice a difference when I gave him the tea.

Also, my pedi said to give 2 tablespoons karo syrup in 2oz breastmilk/formula if the baby hasn't pooped in 4 days as an fyi to anyone who may be interested in that for constipation.

MyLittleLove

@mam082711
she told me to give it to him alone as a feeding. it really worked and its got him pooping and farting

MyLittleLove

@jazzi89
your welcome I really hope it works

kcike812

My MIL gave it to my daughter last week and at first I was furious but then started researching it and its fine. My daughter was so relaxed and calm for about two days.

finallypreggo

Great thread! I'm so trying that tonight ))

clope18

Wow I'm so gonna try this. I always have chamomile tea at home cuz I drink it all the time. Do u give it to ur baby every night? & how much should I give him?

clope18

Would I still feed him formula for that feeding, or would the tea be his meal?

MissPrego

I make his formula with the tea instead of water. His poop might turn greenish but that's ok. Usually I only use the tea at night when he's a little more fussy.

MyLittleLove

for now I've fed him just the tea with about 2 ounces and then fed him and ounce of formula but I've seen that ladies are mixing it with formula and that sounds like I good idea b/c he was still wanting more formula even after having 2 oz of tea and 1 oz of formula @clope18

MyLittleLove

@misspreggo
I think I'm gonna try it your way tonight, that sounds more practical to me than two separate bottles like I was doing but I do prefer giving him breastmilk so Idk how ill work it out