Offering baby a few teaspoons of lavender or chamomile tea with fennel can be a natural way to relieve your cramps.
These teas are especially suitable for babies who drink bottles, but in the case of babies who still breastfeed the best strategy is to hand the tea because it passes into breast milk, having the same effect on the baby.
Check out the recipes:
Lavender tea
Lavender tea is indicated as this medicinal plant has relaxing and antispasmodic properties that help relieve baby cramps.
Ingredients
- 0.5 liter of water
- 1 tablespoon of lavender flowers
Method of preparation
Put the water to a boil and, as soon as it starts to raise the boil, turn off the heat. Put the lavender and let stand for about 5 minutes. After straining, allow to warm and give the baby in small doses, and the maximum recommended dose of this home remedy is 2 tablespoons per day.
Chamomile tea and fennel
An excellent home remedy to end the cramps of the baby that no longer breastfeeds is the chamomile tea with fennel because they have antispasmodic and soothing properties that help in the fight against colic and intestinal gas.
Ingredients
- 1 teaspoon dried chamomile
- 1 teaspoon of fennel seeds
- 250 ml of boiling water
Method of preparation
Add chamomile and fennel to the boiling water, cover, allow to crush and strain the baby in small doses 15 minutes before and 15 minutes after each feeding.
Watch the video and see other feeding tips for the mother to avoid cramping in the baby:
In addition to these teas and these tips, it is very important to put the baby to burp whenever he sucks because he swallows the air causing gas.
