Surely almost all young parents faced such a problem as colic in infants. These are sleepless nights, tantrums during the day, constant crying and cries of children. Not everyone is able to indifferently endure the pains of their beloved child. Intestinal colic occurs due to the adaptation of the intestine to new conditions of existence. As a rule, they begin to bother by the end of the first month of life and can periodically appear up to 6 months.
Modern medicine offers a huge amount of funds to relieve colic, but I am sure that young parents know that dill water can help babies. This method was also used by our great-grandmothers, and it is carefully passed on from generation to generation.
Despite the beliefs of doctors that colic is the norm at this age, you should not calm down. You just need to help the baby, because dill water for infants at such a moment is simply necessary.
You can prepare dill water yourself, but you can buy it at a pharmacy or in specialized departments. In a pharmacy, dill water goes like a solution of fennel oil (fennel - otherwise dill pharmacy). Dill water is rare for infants , but is also found in ordinary pharmacies. Somehow I even saw fennel in brewing bags, but good, at that moment we had already passed this stage.
The most reliable way is to harvest the dill seeds yourself, so that you don’t run around the pharmacies headlong. Now consider the usefulness of dill water, preparation and method of use.
In order to cook it at home, you will need about 3 grams of dill seeds and a glass of hot water. Grind the seeds in a coffee grinder, pour hot water and let it brew. We are waiting for about half an hour. Then we filter the broth through a gauze filter and give the baby 1 tablespoon. Vodichka can be mixed with milk or ordinary water, in principle, it can be given in this form, since it has no bitterness.
Dill water for babies is useful in that it is able to relieve spasms from the muscles of the intestine, thereby eliminating gas formation. Already 20 minutes after taking the dill broth, the baby calms down and falls asleep sweetly. Plus, it is able to normalize the functioning of the small intestine.
If colic is often tormented, dill water should be prepared in advance, the recipe for which is described above. Just prepare a decoction not in a jar, but in a thermos so that it is warm at any time. Every day you need to prepare a new vodka, because it can deteriorate in a thermos and will not come in handy the next day.
There are several other ways to relieve intestinal colic in children. They do not relieve spasms, but still relieve pain a little.
1 way. We take an ordinary flannel diaper and iron it with a hot iron so that it heats up. Then we put a warm (but not hot) diaper on the baby’s tummy and hold it to us. It turns belly to stomach. So you can relieve spasms.
2 way. We intensively massage the tummy, do not be afraid to wrinkle. The baby after the massage should be able to crawl, I’m not afraid of this word.
3 way. Spread your baby on your tummy more often; don't be alarmed if he falls asleep on his stomach. Peanuts are generally very comfortable when their stomach is pressed. Moreover, it’s easier for them to fart.
4 way. To prevent gas formation after each feeding, keep the baby upright for 15 minutes so that he burps the excess air that has got inside during sucking.
Of course, there are also vent pipes. But I myself never used them, and thank God. As soon as I imagine that the baby is inserted into the anus in a tiny tube (up to 6 cm), I feel like crying. So try, mothers young, to not bring this up and deal with intestinal colic with the help of dill water. Do not be sick and grow healthy!