Giving your 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 are bottle-fed, but in the case of babies who are still breastfeeding, 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 recommended because this medicinal plant has relaxing and antispasmodic properties that help to relieve baby's cramps.
Ingredients
- 1 liter of water 1 tablespoon of lavender flowers
Method of preparation
Bring the water to a boil and, as soon as it starts to boil, turn off the heat. Put the lavender and let it stand for about 5 minutes. Then strain, allow to warm and give the baby in small doses, the maximum recommended dose of this home remedy is 2 tablespoons per day.
Chamomile and fennel tea
An excellent home remedy to stop baby cramps that are no longer breastfed is chamomile tea with fennel, as they have antispasmodic and calming properties that help fight colic and intestinal gases.
Ingredients
- In a large bowl, whisk together 1 tablespoon of dried chamomile and 1 teaspoon of fennel seeds.
Method of preparation
Add chamomile and fennel to boiling water, cover, allow to warm, strain and offer 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 prevent colic 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 gases.
