An excellent all-natural home remedy that helps combat colic in babies who are no longer breastfeeding is to offer a tablespoon of a blend of chamomile tea with fennel and bay leaf before each bottle.
Chamomile is antispasmodic and slightly sedative, and acts to relieve the physical and emotional tension caused by colic, helping to soothe the baby.
- Fennel is also antispasmodic and soothing and is widely used to treat stomach upset.
- Indigestion and swelling.
- Laurel reduces cramps and stimulates digestion.
- Decreases pain and discomfort caused by intestinal cramps and improves digestion.
- Of the baby.
- Relieving cramps.
Put all the ingredients in a saucepan and boil for about 5 minutes, strain and give the baby 1 tablespoon always before taking the bottle.
For babies who are exclusively breastfeeding, the solution is for the mother to drink the tea as it passes through the milk to the baby, helping to relieve cramps.
Also know which foods the nursing mother should not eat, to avoid cramping in the baby: