Misc. Baby/Child Tips

Random Tips for New Parents

• – Castor oil will help heal your new born’s belly button.
  – Castor oil will increase milk flow in lactating women when massaged over breasts; helps with sore nipples. The oil will not harm the baby if some should be left on nipples after massage.
  – Catnip Tea calms a child before sleep…this tea is safer for children than Valerian Root Tea.
  – If your child is bedwetting, try giving them a few elderberries or red berries before sleep.
  – To prevent nail-biting in both children as well as adults you can apply “Tinto de Violeta”…an old time remedy found in many mom and pop pharmacies. It can mostly be found in small Latin Pharmacies and or markets.The substance is not harmful to intake..but believe me; the very first taste of it and you’ll definitely not try it again. Keep in mind that at a certain age children may go through a stage of nail-biting. Oh and one more thing – the liquid dries a colour of deep purple on your nails which can be somewhat unpleasing to the eye.
• When my mother was a child, she suffered from extremely high fevers and her mother would apply an apple cider vinegar compress on her forehead to reduce her fever.
• – In Spain when a child looses his/her first tooth, it is mounted on a gold band and worn as a ring. It makes an interesting stone mount as well a great way to preserve a memory – not to mention its value as a conversation piece. You could also mount the tooth on a necklace or use it as a stone on earrings; hey, and how about having it bronzed or dyed then mounted…let me stop here…I’m getting carried away, besides, I haven’t figured how to get it away from the tooth fairy.

**The authors of this site are neither licensed physicians nor scientists; we simply provide a space where hard to find information is free for the gathering. Use common sense when implementing any of our suggestions or those of your fellow reader. **