alternative remedies for a newborn with colic and her anxious mum .......can you recommend something good please?

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a friend of mine has a 2 week old dd. she has colic and her mum is fretting-very anxious emotional ,tension headaches
i have recommended fennel tea (for them both)
chamomilla for the baby and bach rescue remedy for her
was wondering of any other flower remedy which would be good and of anything else she could take for anxiety

anything else good for colic ?

homeopathic remedies ? (pulsatilla maybe ?? anyone know?

and also is it ok to take valerian when bf the pharmacist said no but i said teh tea might be ok

TIA

with the chamomilla, if it doesnt work after two doses, she should stop using it. it is a medicine, and it shocks me how it is sometimes used in an unregulated way. two drops in sterile water three times a day, and if it doesnt work, stop it.
dont know about the pulsatilla. is the baby breastfed? how about a relaxing facial/ massage etc for the mom?
someone in to do some housework/cleaning/cooking for the mom?
good luck

i meant after two days! oops

the baby is breast fed i said it would be good for her to take the chamomilla too(or instead of baby)

why would it be bad to give too much of it (i understand its no use to give it if it doesnt work) but as i understand yyou cant od on homeopathic medicine
i prefer to give the powder or granules to a baby as they have no alcohol like the tincture

see GeorginaA's post on this thread here with a summary of all the things that can help. Georgina has also done a brilliant website with help/info for those suffering with a baby that has colic but I can't find the link.
Might be worth CATing her

thanks katie have also found a section in my natural childcare book v.helpful

there was a great thread ages and ages ago all about colic and I think that was what inspired GeorginaA to do her website. It really is very useful and worth a look. If you have a child with very bad colic as I did, you can be desperate for all and any possible remedies.

By the way, for me the only thing that helped my DS was cranial osteopathy.

found the link on the other thread thanks -what a great site ! i will pass it on will look for the other thread later i have told her to get mumsnetting im sure( i know !) she will find help and support on here

it is very very hard when you have a child with colic and often you find other mums who haven't experience colic don't really understand what you are going through. Point her this way, we'll help!

my ds had it but mostly tae time not night time obv. at night is much harder to cope with

My colic link

does she have a sling lunachic

might help relax her and the baby?

CRANIAL OSTEOPATHY.... It's basically gentle manipulation of babys head and back - much like a massage....especially if your baby had an assisted delivery. My son had forceps delivery and when about 9 weeks old i noticed he could not move his head well an his left side. One session with a registered osteopath and he was swinging his head about and grinning. My sister has a 9 week old who has BAD colic and after 4-5 sessions her little girl is a different baby. run a google search on it there is plenty of info on the web - I can reccommend a good guy in Thame Oxon let me know if you want more info

Only thing that helped my dd was cranial osteopathy- overnight cure and I was amazed (was totally cynical but desperate). It's not exactly cheap but it worked out more economical than the total of all the remedies I tried. There is a website with a locator for finding osteopaths near you but I can't remember the name- hopefully somebody else will.

My dd has colic and it is truly dreadful. We are trying cranial osteopathy. We've had one session and it has already made a slight difference.

mylittleyelloduckie is right, I tried absolutely everything with DS (now 13 wks), he has had 4 sessions with a Cranial Osteopath and is a different baby.It is magical .

Also the Hv is still seeing him as he has reflux as well & she mentioned that babies with colic/reflux are often highly sensitive to smells, bought a lavender candle as she recommended as he is so much more relaxed and sleeping longer too!

car ride stimulation?
low lactose milk?
herbal tea (extracts of camomile, licorice, vervain, fennel and mint balm are meant to be good)

my dd had really bad colic for about 8 weeks(seemed like 8yrs).i did baby massage and i found camomile tea helped cant remember what age they can have it.

I have a friend who swears by Parsons Powders

Colosinth (sp?) crystals? Worked for mine..