How to make dill water for a newborn

The appearance of a child in the family is not only a great joy for the parents, but also a huge responsibility for this restless bundle of happiness. Newborn babies initially have many problems: from the inability of parents to deal with the firstborn to serious problems with the baby’s health. We sincerely wish you not to know the latter, but the first comes with experience. With each new day spent with your baby, you will feel more confident, and the fear of doing something wrong will gradually go away.

An alarming signal for parents is the crying of a child. Since the newborn cannot express his thoughts and desires with words, he will demand something just crying. If you are sure that the baby is full, he has a clean diaper on him, he is not cold and not hot, then most likely he is suffering from colic. The problem is unpleasant for adults and very painful for a baby who may cry at the time of such attacks. Do not ignore! In your power to help the child.

Colic and their symptoms

Colic is a severe pain in the intestines. This phenomenon is inherent in children from two weeks of age and it can be observed up to six months of a child’s life.

The reasons are varied:

1. Unformed microflora of the gastrointestinal tract: in a newborn child, all the mucous membranes inside are initially sterile and are just beginning to “overgrow” with beneficial microorganisms. Since the baby requires a large amount of milk / mixture during this period of life, the intestines may not cope with such a load. Here it is necessary to take into account the fact that the splitting of milk protein leads to a large release of gases, which cause severe discomfort to the newborn, if they do not go outside.
2. The child swallows air when he eats. Usually this phenomenon is characteristic of premature or injured babies in the process of labor, since they often have disturbances in the nervous system. Also, the child swallows air if feeding is interrupted by his cry. If the baby does something like this, after feeding, be sure to hold it in a column so that the air comes out of the stomach.
3. Diet nursing mom, made up correctly.Since you are breastfeeding, remember about reasonable restrictions in food, because some foods can cause colic in your baby. You should not eat fried meat, legumes, a lot of fruits and vegetables (especially if they are not processed), confectionery. If you can not deny yourself in such products, transfer the baby to artificial feeding.

Signs that a newborn has colic:

• anxiety of the child, expressed crying, turning into a cry;
• pushing the legs to the stomach;
• refusal to eat or, on the contrary, constant desire to suck the breast / bottle;
• feeding is interrupted by a cry.

If you see these signs in your child, then immediately try to help him. The most proven (and most affordable) way to get rid of colic is dill water.

What is the use of dill water

Dill water is a long-known folk remedy that acts on the principle of antispasmodic: removes spasms from the muscles of the intestines, after which, as a rule, the baby gets rid of excess gases. This is accompanied by all the loud sounds and, perhaps, an unpleasant smell, but after the spasm finally leaves, your child will fall asleep deeply, because he was so tired while he was suffering from colic.

Dill water helps the intestines to “overgrow” with beneficial microflora, which helps to adapt to new microorganisms that get inside, and also serves as a good prophylactic against colic.

Cooking dill water

Of course, we do not exclude the possibility of you buying ready-made dill in the prescription pharmacy. But you will quickly find fennel seeds in the bins of your own kitchen cabinets than you will be able to purchase the finished product.

The analogue of dill water is the drug "Plantex". They have identical properties: both contribute to the normalization of the gastrointestinal tract, relieve swelling and strong colic. The only difference is the price. It is much cheaper to buy fruits of fennel (“pharmaceutical dill”) than to buy a special preparation.

Process:

1. After you have bought fennel seeds at a pharmacy, take about three grams and finely chop.
2. Pour the resulting powder with a glass of hot boiled water and let it brew for thirty minutes.
3. After this time, strain the liquid through a fine sieve or gauze cloth so that there are no visible particles of fennel in the water.

If it is not possible to purchase fennel fruits at a pharmacy now, you can use the seeds of the dill itself. For this:

Pour a tablespoon of seeds with a liter of hot boiled water and leave for an hour and a half. After that also strain the liquid from the seeds.

Doctors recommend using fennel because of its hypoallergenicity. Dill can cause a rash on the baby’s skin, so if you still use his seeds, watch the baby’s reaction carefully. In case of a rash or redness, promptly give the newborn an antihistamine.

How to water a child

If you made some water from fennel seeds, then it should be given to your baby one tablespoon every day. As a rule, this remedy tastes bitter, therefore, when a child refuses to drink it in its pure form, it is permissible to mix it with ordinary drinking water, with expressed breast milk or with milk formula.

Usually, both means begin to act after only 15–20 minutes: the baby will noticeably calm down, and you will hear how the accumulated gases start to depart from him. But, getting rid of colic once, do not forget to take preventive measures so that they do not return.

Colic is primarily concerned about the child. With his constant crying, he only lets you know how it hurts him. Do not ignore his message, but immediately take steps to get rid of this unpleasant symptom. Dill water is the most common way to calm the "rebellious" tummy, so keep in reserve the fruits of fennel until you are sure that your baby has got rid of colic once and for all.

Video: dill with children's colic