A friend tells me that her baby has severe nappy rash and my first reaction is to start telling her all about remedies and what not to do. Then, thank heavens I think about this for a while and refrain. Ask any new mother what the worst thing in the world is and she will immediately tell you unwanted / unsolicited advice from everybody about everything...
Let me start with an example. Luka was a classic colic baby, she would be a little angel from 07:00 until 16h00, then she would start screaming for approximately two hours, three minutes and 54 seconds. And then turn into her sweet self again. Now any parent of a colic baby will tell you that you will sell your soul to have the crying (screaming) stop. Liam used to come home from school, he would plonk himself in front of the tv at exactly 16h00 and tell me (with a dramatic sigh) that "the screaming is about to start'...poor lamb!
All in all I recon I probably spent about R5 000 on crap. The advice included rocking / carrying her in a sling. I tried three kinds before finally deciding that this simply does not work. If you must must have a sling / baby carrier, please get the mobi wrap, it really is the best value for money and no, I do not sell these, nor do I earn commission.
The 'womb to world' cd that plays white noise similar to those sounds baby is used to in utero, I am sorry but someone shoot me if that is what my womb sounds like...poor Luka!
Massage with and bathing in essential oils, lavender, mandarin and spearmint. To be honest, of all the things I tried this probably worked best thought and it smells nice, so what is the harm really?
CD's with lullaby's, driving around (petrol is scarce in SA ok), Buscopan syrup (this helped for a while, but then ended up constipating Luka so bad that the screaming started all over again). Bennets colic mixture really did work well, but according to Gerhard only because Luka might have had the same reaction if I had given her a shot of Jack Daniels.
My list is long, the money spent enough to put the little bugger through University and Med School. And in the end, the only thing that worked, wait for it, maybe you guessed it already, but babies do generally outgrow their niggles at 10 weeks. The day Luka was 10 weeks, one day, two hours and 15 seconds old, she stopped screaming.
Now, if ONE more person tells me to put maizena (corn starch) on my baby's bottom when she has nappy rash I will freak out, the only thing that works (really, trust me, you have to try this) is a mixture of canestan, bepanthen and multipeol, ok, nothing else.
Let me start with an example. Luka was a classic colic baby, she would be a little angel from 07:00 until 16h00, then she would start screaming for approximately two hours, three minutes and 54 seconds. And then turn into her sweet self again. Now any parent of a colic baby will tell you that you will sell your soul to have the crying (screaming) stop. Liam used to come home from school, he would plonk himself in front of the tv at exactly 16h00 and tell me (with a dramatic sigh) that "the screaming is about to start'...poor lamb!
All in all I recon I probably spent about R5 000 on crap. The advice included rocking / carrying her in a sling. I tried three kinds before finally deciding that this simply does not work. If you must must have a sling / baby carrier, please get the mobi wrap, it really is the best value for money and no, I do not sell these, nor do I earn commission.
The 'womb to world' cd that plays white noise similar to those sounds baby is used to in utero, I am sorry but someone shoot me if that is what my womb sounds like...poor Luka!
Massage with and bathing in essential oils, lavender, mandarin and spearmint. To be honest, of all the things I tried this probably worked best thought and it smells nice, so what is the harm really?
CD's with lullaby's, driving around (petrol is scarce in SA ok), Buscopan syrup (this helped for a while, but then ended up constipating Luka so bad that the screaming started all over again). Bennets colic mixture really did work well, but according to Gerhard only because Luka might have had the same reaction if I had given her a shot of Jack Daniels.
My list is long, the money spent enough to put the little bugger through University and Med School. And in the end, the only thing that worked, wait for it, maybe you guessed it already, but babies do generally outgrow their niggles at 10 weeks. The day Luka was 10 weeks, one day, two hours and 15 seconds old, she stopped screaming.
Now, if ONE more person tells me to put maizena (corn starch) on my baby's bottom when she has nappy rash I will freak out, the only thing that works (really, trust me, you have to try this) is a mixture of canestan, bepanthen and multipeol, ok, nothing else.
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