GRIPE WATER FOR COLICKY BABIES

I first came across gripe water when I read about a thread on the Baby Center website about moms dealing with colicky babies. Some of the moms there raved about gripe water and its effects on calming colic attacks. I decided to try it.  My daughter was crying too much for no apparent reason and after reading the symptoms of colicky babies online and thinking everything fits, I ought to try the gripe water on my then three-week old baby.  

Here was my problem: Is gripe water available here in Manila?  I was desperate to find it! From what I gleaned on Baby Center, gripe water is being sold online or in stores in the US.  Nothing here in the Philippines, not even on ebay.ph.  So begun my quest.  I asked a few mom-friends of mine and no one has heard about gripe water.  I did not want to purchase it  through online stores as I need to read labels first and actually hold the product in  my hands.  I did not want to do virtual inspection of what I planned to administer on my little daughter.  

As fate would have it, I passed by Healthy Options in Trinoma as I was heading towards the  Marks & Spencer store. What did I have to lose? And there it was on the baby product section,  MOMMY'S BLISS GRIPE WATER!!! HOMYGED, I finally found it! I excitedly held the box in my hand, read the label and decided to buy it 

( P800++ per bottle).

When Maggie ( my daughter) had her colic attack, I administered the gripe water, but instead of  following the dosage as instructed, I underdosed, as some of the moms on Baby Center recommended.  The box on Mommy's Bliss says it will have an immediate effect on the baby.  So after giving the baby a few drops of the gripe water, I waited for a few minutes for it to take effect.  Indeed after a few minutes of wailing and crying, my daughter calmed down.  I held her close and stroked her hair and face to coax her to sleep.  It was not long before she started dozing off.  I guess, the gripe water really did work.

Now, my baby, at two months, is not so colicky anymore.  She only cries when hungry, when she has a wet diaper, when she poops or when she wants to be held.  Thank GOD! And looking back, in helping my baby calm down, I ought to thank Mommy's Bliss Gripe Water too.

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