Another suggestion for colicky babies

[ex-stasis]

I know this is like all I've been talking about lately! But at my last mw appointment with Istra my mw had a brilliiant idea--drink fennel tea! Fennel is one of the main ingredients in gripe water, so when when it's tranferred into your breast milk your milk has the same soothing effect!

Just thought I would share.

[twouglyducks]

So, can you buy fennel tea at the HFS?

[ex-stasis]

I just got some at the grocery store--so the HFS would definitely have it!

[dynamohumm6]

I just bought some "mother's milk" tea, that has fennel as the main ingredient. Hopefully it won't taste too much like licorice. :Puke

[~Nikki~]

Neat, I'll have to look for this next time I'm out shopping.

Btw, where the heck do you find Mother's Milk tea? They don't have it at any grocery store I've been to lately. Any ideas?

[dynamohumm6]

I found it at my regular grocery store, in the "natural/organic" section. Traditional Medicinals is the company that makes it. That brand is also carried (around here, at least) at any health food store, Whole Foods/Bread & Circus. This site has it, too:

http://www.drugstore.com/qxp82661_33...k_tea_bags.htm

It smells like licorice, but the taste is very mild so I could stomach it. I HATE licorice!