Babies
Milk crust
Babies and toddlers with milk crust are mostly prone to
allergies. In many cases their parents suffer from some allergies as
well. Aside of the well recommended oil rubs the weekly administration
of Calcium carbonicum Hahnemanni X 200 (5 pellets a day) is a good way
to improve that allergic constitution. If the baby is not nursed and
shows signs of milk crust - it could be simply allergic to cow milk.
Change to sheep or goat milk and if even that doesn‘t help, almond or
rice milk can be used safely. Toddlers that are still suffering from
milk crust should eat every day wheat germ and wheat bran
Screaming fits
Children
who tend to have screaming fits should be given Chamomile X 200 (5
pellets a day) This homeopathic remedy also can be tried for older
children when they get really cranky. It brings about the sunshine
...For children who are seeming to come down with a feverish illness
should be given Belladonna X200 - especially if the child is red in the
face and weeps easily.
Baby’s cold
Baby‘s who suffer
especially from a stuffed nose during a cold can be helped with
Sambuccus niger X 30 (several times a day 3 pellets). They also breathe
easier if saline solution is cautiously dripped into the nose. The room
temperature should not be too high and the air should not be too dry.
Hang some wet cloth in the babies room. The cloth can also be wetted
with salt water to simulate the healthy sea climate.
Cough
Babies
and toddlers should be treated for cough as naturally as possible. A
warm butter-tussilago poultice is one way. To clear the bronchi Bryonia
X6 could be tried as a homeopathic remedy. The dry barking cough is
better treated with Causticum X6 and for the whooping crampy cough
give Ipecacuanha X6. All these „low diluted“ homeopathics are given
several times a day and 5-10 pellets.
Diarrhea
Babies
having tummy cramps and who are crying are given Rheum X 6 for the
diarrhea. Especially when the baby smells acidy (sour). Elder babies
and toddlers can have salt sticks or blueberries with carob meal or the
soup of carrots and potatoes
Constipation
Sometimes
babies suffer from constipation from day one. Mostly their mothers have
been heavy smokers and the babies suffer from nicotine cravings. Then
Okoubaka X 30 should be given as a detoxify remedy. This homeopathic
remedy works also excellent after any childhood disease. Toddler, older
than 12 months can be given a grated apple (with the skin) and should
be made to drink sufficiently. Often constipation is a lack of
liquid... To activate the intestinal movement Lycopodium X200 has
proven to work best
Loss of appetite
is in the most cases
a power fight... If there is no organic cause found for the lack of
appetite, the parents should be relaxed and act consequently. The less
children get in between meals the less they will show these symptoms.
Never a child starved on a full table...Sometimes children even know
better, maybe in the wake of a childhood disease that eating might be
not so good... It is important that the children, that are eating
poorly, are always offered enough to drink