Teething in babies usually starts between the ages of 5-7 months, sometimes earlier and sometimes much later. It’s such a massive change in our babies lives and they go through tremendous pain to push those little teeth out. Herbal Medicine is a great way to provide care for their nervous system and to relieve pain during their teething episodes.
Tips To Help Your Baby
- Matracaria recutita – this is commonly known as chamomile and is anti-inflammatory, mild sedative and a carminative.
- Melissa officinalis – Lemon Balm is another beautiful herb to calm your infant when they are teething. It’s also a carminative and mild sedative and helps with irritability.
- A great herbal tea for teething is 1tsp of chamomile and 1tsp of lemon balm in 100mls of boiling water and let it infuse for about 30min, once cooled down try to give it to your baby either in a bottle or sippy cup.
- Frozen capsicum – Cut up thick red capsicum and freeze. Give to your baby at dinner time for him/her to chew on, the coolness will help with the pain and they are full of antioxidants.
- Teething Toys – Find toys/teething rings that are BPA free. It’s really important for your infant to have something to chew during these times of distress and pain. A worldwide popular chewing toy is Sophie le Giraffe – this French giraffe has been around since 1961 and is made from natural rubber and food painted!
- Love them – Even when nothing seems to help the pain or take the tears away, a parents cuddle and kiss can do more than we realise!
