How to make dill water for a newborn

The appearance in the family of a child is not only a great joy for parents, but also a huge responsibility for this troubled little ball of happiness. From the very beginning, there are many problems with newborn children: from the parents' inability to handle their 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 will not go away so gradually.

An alarming signal for parents is the crying of the child. Since the newborn cannot express his thoughts and desires in words, he will demand something by 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 tormented by colic. The problem is unpleasant for adults and very painful for a baby who may come crying at the time of such attacks. Do not ignore! It is in your power to help the child.

Colic and their symptoms

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

The reasons are varied:

1. Incomplete microflora of the gastrointestinal tract: in a newborn baby, all the mucous membranes inside are initially sterile and are just beginning to “grow” with useful microorganisms. Since the baby needs a large amount of milk / mixture during this period of life, the intestines may not be able to cope with such a load. Here, it should be borne in mind that during the breakdown of milk protein, there is a large release of gases, which give the newborn severe discomfort if they do not go outside.
2. The child swallows air when eating. Usually this phenomenon is characteristic of premature or traumatized babies during labor, since they often have disorders of the nervous system. Also, the child swallows air if feeding is interrupted by his cry. If the baby does this, after feeding, be sure to hold it with a column so that the air leaves the stomach.
3. Wrong mom's diet. Since you are breastfeeding, remember the reasonable restrictions on food, because some foods can provoke colic in your baby. Do not eat fried meat, legumes, lots of fruits and vegetables (especially if they are not processed), confectionery. If you can’t refuse yourself such products, transfer the baby to artificial feeding.

Signs that a newborn has colic:

• anxiety of the child, expressed in crying, turning into a cry;
• pressing the legs to the stomach;
• refusal of food or vice versa constant desire to suckle a breast / bottle;
• feeding is interrupted by a cry.

If you observe 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: relieves spasms from the muscles of the intestines, after which, as a rule, the baby gets rid of excess gases. All this is accompanied by loud noises and, possibly, an unpleasant smell, but after the spasm finally goes away, your child will fall asleep soundly, because he was so tired while he was tormented by colic.

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

Dill water

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

An analogue of dill water is the drug "Plantex". They have identical properties: both contribute to the normalization of the gastrointestinal tract, relieve bloating and severe colic. The only difference is the price. To buy the fruits of fennel ("pharmacy dill") is much cheaper than buying a special drug.

Process:

1. After you have bought fennel seeds in 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 so that no visible fennel particles remain in the water.

If it is not possible to purchase fennel fruits at the pharmacy, you can use the seeds of 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 the use of fennel because of its hypoallergenicity. Dill can cause a rash on the baby’s skin, so if you still use its seeds, carefully monitor the baby’s reaction. In case of rashes or redness, give the newborn antihistamine immediately.

How to water a child

If you made vodka from fennel seeds, then it should be given to the baby one tablespoon every day. As a rule, this remedy is bitter in taste, 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 a milk mixture.

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

Colic, first of all, bothers the child. His constant cry only makes you understand how painful he is. Do not ignore his message, but immediately take measures to get rid of this unpleasant symptom. Dill water is the most common way of calming a “rebellious” tummy, so keep the fennel fruit in reserve until you are sure that your baby has got rid of colic once and for all.

Video: dill with baby colic