Give the tea in small sips or with a spoon to the baby.
Chamomile tincture for babies.
Chamomile can be an effective source of relief for gas and potentially colic for babies and toddlers.
First you can figure out how to dose your child s herbal tincture by using clark s rule found on the determining dosages page of using herbs.
You can also use a feeding bottle or a sipper.
You can substitute the fresh chamomile with dried chamomile.
Follow these steps to make chamomile tea for babies.
Place the tea bag in a cup and add boiling water to it.
Let it stay for 10 minutes.
Adults can use chamomile to improve sleep to ease menstrual cramps relieve headache and soothe frayed nerves.
Avoid using this product if you are breast feeding a baby.
Keep adding chamomile until the jar is about fill.
Pour the chamomile into the jar and press it down.
How does chamomile tea work for babies.
It is not known whether chamomile passes into breast milk or if it could harm a nursing baby.
But before you give chamomile tea to your baby it is good to know about its side effects.
Chamomile is a naturally calming herb that relaxes nerves and reduces pain.
Ask your doctor about using non hormonal birth control condom diaphragm with spermicide to prevent pregnancy while using chamomile.
Remove the teabag and let the water become lukewarm.
It has been known to settle the stomach and reduce gas and colic in infants.
The standard adult dose of chamomile tincture for a 150 lb.
Chamomile might make birth control pills less effective.
I use it to soothe fussy babies calm down upset toddlers and and on bruises.
Adult is 30 drops btw you can then add this amount to some water or juice to get your baby to drink it.