Teething (10 Months)

Teething at the start of turning 10 months old was torturous for baby and parents. Poor little girl would wake up screaming from 11:30pm and not stop until about 5:00am. I would check she had no hair around her appendages, no rash, clean diaper, not hungry, not cold or hot, I even tried feeding her beans and broccoli to loosen hers stomach in case it was constipation. Nope for sure it was teething. The only problem is Tylenol didn't help ease your pain at all, and you hate the baby oral gel, to be honest I tried it myself and completely understand. So I did some research and discovered various herbal and homeopathic solutions:

1) Lobelia Extract:
Also called Indian tobacco. Its also good for insect bites and rubbing on body for fever. I didn't end up trying this as it was tough to locate and when I did it was very expensive.

2) Baltic Amber teething necklaces:
I read pages upon pages of the relieving properties of amber necklaces for babies. These are warnings to follow:
• Look for a necklace that has a magnetic clasp.
• Never leave a child unattended while he is wearing an amber teething necklace.
• Do not use chemicals to clean your amber teething necklace. Simply rinse with water.
• Never allow a child to chew on the necklace or put any part of it in his mouth.
• Discontinue use immediately if a child develops an allergic reaction to the amber teething necklace.


3) Plantain Tincture:
I really liked the idea of trying this root as many other mums have before me however within the America market it was difficult to find a tincture that didn't have any alcohol of any kind in it. They use the alcohol to preserve the root.

4) Chamomilla:
Hyland's makes a baby specific pill product that can be given to a baby for teething or any other time a baby is in distress. Since this was affordable and easily accessible, I bought some from Jimbo's Market.Unfortunately it didn't help much :-)

Turkey, carrots, broccoli & spinach (9 months)

Franki loves little pieces now more than mush so I buy the shredded organic veggies, steam them and cut them finely, they are reduced to a small enough size not to get stuck, but big enough to get her little chompers chewing.

Even though she is still getting much of her nutrients from her formula, I like to throw spinach into the mix for that added iron. I want her to expand her taste buds so using turkey over chicken is simply a taste choice on my behalf. I sauteed the turkey in a little olive oil and balsamic.

Red Quinoa, squash, zucchini and grilled chicken (9 months)

Quinoa is a complete protein containing all of the essential amino acids combined with the grilled chicken Franki will be building strong bones, muscles, skin, and blood! I love my greens so I added the squash and zucchini which are a good source of Thiamin, Niacin and Pantothenic Acid, and a very good source of Dietary Fiber.