http://www.earthclinic.com/CURES/children_and_infants2.rss http://www.earthclinic.com/template_img/logo.jpg http://www.earthclinic.com/CURES/children_and_infants2.rss Natural Remedies to Treat Ailments in Infants and Children on Earth Clinic, Your Source for Folk Remedies! Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:55:15 EDT en-us http://www.earthclinic.com/Redirect.php?pageLink=/CURES/children_and_infants.html&name=YEAST-INFECTIONS_39928 /CURES/children_and_infants2.rss1 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:58:51 EST [YEA] Caroline from Alexandria, Va writes: "Sunlight, Cleaning, Drying, Zinc Oxide against yeast My five-yr old son had a yeast infection on the tip of his penis. The doctor wanted me to use Nyastatin, an anti-fungal. Instead, we bathed him. Used perfume-free soap. Dried the area well. Put some calendula gel on--don't know if that was necessary but I thought it would reduce the irritation--he stopped complaining that it hurt. Kept him in the sun (yeast gets killed by sun light.) The redness halved by the afternoon. That night, we cleaned the area again. Used a blow drier to really dry the area (yeast needs moisture)--tip from our fabulous pediatrician. Then used some zinc oxide (I used the expensive organic stuff.) The infection disappeared overnight. About 2 days later, he has developed a sore throat. So, his infection was a signal that his immune system was down. Wish that my attempts to put the children to bed earlier were successful. Will redouble my efforts." http://www.earthclinic.com/Redirect.php?pageLink=/CURES/children_and_infants.html&name=CTD_39748 /CURES/children_and_infants2.rss2 Sat, 06 Mar 2010 16:43:57 EST Phil from Dearing, Ga writes: "I have just found out today, that a 6 MOUNTH OLD BABY GIRL will have to have surgery for a CLOGGED TEAR DUCT in April. Doctor said infection could spread or blindness could occur if surgery was not preformed. I believe the baby's weight to 12 to 15 pounds.There is no other name that has been given by the doctor. ( He just says clogged tear duct ) So I am believing this to be some kind of infections, since the doctor said it can spread... Ted or anyone have any natural remedies for this??? I believe the mother has massaged the eye and put warm cloths on it. None of this has helped." http://www.earthclinic.com/Redirect.php?pageLink=/CURES/children_and_infants.html&name=RSV_39578 /CURES/children_and_infants2.rss3 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:06:22 EST Cindy from Elizabeth, Colorado writes: "Question: Need to know if there is an all natural remedy or product that can be given to a 6 month old infant for RSV and ear infections.... thanks" http://www.earthclinic.com/Redirect.php?pageLink=/CURES/children_and_infants.html&name=DIAPER-RASH-REMEDIES_39260 /CURES/children_and_infants2.rss4 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:23:49 EST [YEA] Natalie from Tillamook, Or writes: "I used coconut oil and garlic capsules (or liquid) to cure my babies diaper rash. After a week of her rash not going away we mixed 2 Tbsp. of coconut oil and opened 3 capsules (or 6 drops) of the garlic and applied twice daily. She is doing much better. I also use the same mixture on any cuts or scrapes she may get." http://www.earthclinic.com/Redirect.php?pageLink=/CURES/children_and_infants.html&name=ACV_37945 /CURES/children_and_infants2.rss5 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 09:24:52 EST Nicole from Nahunta, Ga writes: "I was wondering if there were any posts of other parents of toddlers (age 3 or 4) that gave their tricks on how to get a toddler to drink a ACV mixture?? Mine won't drink it, but I did add it to his bath water and put it on his spots." http://www.earthclinic.com/Redirect.php?pageLink=/CURES/children_and_infants.html&name=EAR-INFECTIONS_37868 /CURES/children_and_infants2.rss6 Sat, 23 Jan 2010 13:05:43 EST Jam from Windsor, Wi writes: "Ice Chips for Ear Infection? Recently went to the Dr. - my 3 YO complaining of ear pain. Dr. said that if a child has inner ear pain/ear infection, to take small ice chips and let them slide down the ear canal, and this alleviates pain. I think it sounds a bit "off" to me... has anyone ever heard of this? " http://www.earthclinic.com/Redirect.php?pageLink=/CURES/children_and_infants.html&name=SKIN-ALLERGIES_37631 /CURES/children_and_infants2.rss7 Mon, 18 Jan 2010 08:51:04 EST [QUESTION] Reeni from Jakarta, Indonesia writes: "My six year old daughter has had a problem since she was 2. She gets tiny red bumps all over her torso and even on her forehead and cheeks after she takes a bath. She gets very itchy for about 15 min. until her body is completely dry. We consulted a Dr. and he said It's because she is allergic to dust mites. in her case her body reacts to the allergy only when it comes in contact with water. I removed all the carpets, soft toys and washed her bed protector every now and then. Still every morning, after taking the bath she is frantically itching all over her body. I wonder what's wrong?" http://www.earthclinic.com/Redirect.php?pageLink=/CURES/children_and_infants.html&name=SINUSINFECTIONS_37080 /CURES/children_and_infants2.rss8 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:33:41 EST Jen from R writes: "Severe sinus infection in 11 year old hello earthclinic, i am looking for something that will cure my sons sever sinus infection and bronchitis. I took him to the dr. and they said it was bronchitis no sinus infection and that he should drink clear liquids and sleep on 2 pillows. I cannot stand this dr. (he's the on call dr.) my son clearly has a sinus infection, he was blowing green buggers and now they are bloody. so my question before i go back and spend another 100 dollars for them to tell me to give him not 1 but 2 pillows to sleep with, is what can i try at home first? And whatever it is has to be 11 year old appropriate. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you all Thank you EC. " http://www.earthclinic.com/Redirect.php?pageLink=/CURES/children_and_infants.html&name=SI_36258 /CURES/children_and_infants2.rss9 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:32:19 EST Grateful4ec from Atlanta, Ga writes: "I have heard about this website from a family friend about 5 months ago, checked the website but didn't take it seriously. I came back to inquire about giving children antibiotics and the effects. After researching other sites, and EC, I have found the answer. My 3 year-old has had a sinus infection that has ran for about 10 weeks. After seeing Dr.'s and the third bout of antibiotics (Amoxicillin 2 x and Amoxicillin with Clavicunate (sp?), we realized a change in the child's behavior, irritability and sleeping habits. It was unbearable, our child was out of character telling everyone to shut-up and being mean, the child is normal tempered and loves to laugh this was not normal. I decided to give the child 1/4 teaspoon of ACV with oatmeal (maple and brown sugar) to help get rid of the cough and clear the sinuses. Today is the first day, so I will see what happens. BTW, my child's behavior has improved for the past 4 days both at home and daycare. We will keep you posted. Thanks EC. " http://www.earthclinic.com/Redirect.php?pageLink=/CURES/children_and_infants.html&name=UTI_36083 /CURES/children_and_infants2.rss10 Sun, 13 Dec 2009 11:15:38 EST [QUESTION] Jae from Baltimore, Md writes: "urinary tract infection in toddler I am in need of advice asap. My 1.5 yr old daughter has had a runny nose for a couple of days two days ago i noticed her urine smells awful when i change her. Today she woke up with fever and is very uncomfortable,it appears as though it hurts when she urinates. i have had a uti so i know that is a symptom, i have been giving her echinachae and kefir. any other suggestions i dont want her in pain but i know the drs will just put her on antibiotic. pls help. " http://www.earthclinic.com/Redirect.php?pageLink=/CURES/children_and_infants.html&name=ACV_34533 /CURES/children_and_infants2.rss11 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:41:45 EST [QUESTION] Aggieized from Clovis, Nm writes: "I was wondering if anyone has tried this remedy on infants. My 8mo old is falling off the growth charts and we're looking into causes for his low growth. One thing is that he's had reflux from birth, and at about 3 mo he started taking Zantac. I'm not convinced it's done anything for him, and recently heard of this cure for reflux. Our pediatrician was curious too when I told her about this, but just said she didn't know anything about this cure, and said she's never heard of vinegar being harmful to babies. Has anyone out there tried this with their babies or children? Any luck? Even though my son is falling off the growth curve, his developmental abilities are right on track, and even ahead of his age in some areas. Thanks for your help. Julia" http://www.earthclinic.com/Redirect.php?pageLink=/CURES/children_and_infants.html&name=UNDERWEIGHTCHILDREN_33572 /CURES/children_and_infants2.rss12 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:03 EDT Earth Clinic from writes: "All the feedback regarding underweight children has been moved to the following page: http://www.earthclinic.com/CURES/underweight_children.html " http://www.earthclinic.com/Redirect.php?pageLink=/CURES/children_and_infants.html&name=BS_34241 /CURES/children_and_infants2.rss13 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:14:26 EDT [YEA] Audrey from Surrey, Bc writes: "Warts My son is two and got HPV on his tongue. The doctor said that he could have the wart removed by surgery but I was not keen on that. My son has eczema and instead of bathing in in a bubble bath we bath him in baking soday to calm his itchy skin. He liked to pour the powder into the water and one day he poured a small amount on the ledge of the tub. He put his finger in it and said yum! It became a daily routine for now 3 weeks and his wart on his tongue in totally gone. Now that H1N1 is rappant, our entire family is now drinking baking soda. We are believers! " http://www.earthclinic.com/Redirect.php?pageLink=/CURES/children_and_infants.html&name=PRT_33826 /CURES/children_and_infants2.rss14 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:49:32 EDT [WARNING!] D. from NY, NY, USA writes: "Dear Ted, How are you? I hope very well. I am writing just to let you know a bad thing that happened to my son. He will be 2 on November 7th. I was so fool to give him a pacifier since birth. I was trusting what everybody else was doing and industries and doctors. How foolish of me! I don't trust them in anything! How could I trust them on this one! So I gave him the pacifier up to 4 days ago when I checked on the internet to see up to what age it is considered safe for the children's teeth to use the pacifier. Many websites were saying it is safe until 2 years of age, some say between 2 and 3 or 4. The site of Colgate, very honest people, says that it is safe until 6 years of age (safe for them and for the dentists not for the children). Then I found a few sites warning about the use of that dibolical object beyond 1 year of age. A site of an independent Japanese dentist said that if you keep using it up to 1 1/2 year chances of getting dental maloclusions is 30 %; if you keep it up to 2 years it is 60% , up to 3 years it is 100%. His was the only honest site I think. So I rushed to check my son's bite and it is completely spoiled. I hadn't noticed before but there is a huge gap between the upper and inferor teeth. When he closes his bite completely he can still stick most of the tongue out of the teeth! His mouth looks exactly as the picture of the pacifier damages shown in the Japanse site. I am horrified. And I have let this happen. Now it is too late. He will have a lot of trouble eating (which can potentially make the problem even worse as the face muscles try to adapt) and when his permanent teeth will come out he will have to wear braces for years. Thank you Avent, Gerber and so on. I couldn't find a warning abut this on Earthclinic and I think it would be a good idea to post my message to help mothers take wise decision. By the way I didn't give a pacifier to my older daughter and she has a perfect bite. Got to run! Thank you! D. " http://www.earthclinic.com/Redirect.php?pageLink=/CURES/children_and_infants.html&name=CF_33684 /CURES/children_and_infants2.rss15 Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:23:13 EDT [QUESTION] Atlantis from Spokane, Wa, USA writes: "My son is 13 months old. His mother was diagnosed 4 weeks ago with a sinus infection. She then developed a pretty nasty cough. 3 weeks later, still the same. Then I get sick. I have the same cough, headaches and sinus pain and fever. Mom gets all these symptoms as well, plus sore throat and red spots on the throat, swollen glands. The doctor tells us he thinks we have the flu. The next day our son gets a cough and then a fever. We are first time parents and I have never been too hip to American medicine. I just found this site today and I am super excited!! I am excited to do the H2O2 remedies and Apple cider vinegar...and prob a bunch of others. Bottom line is my son has been sleeping and running a high fever.... Doctors pretty much tell us we have to wait it out... I think mom is going to have an anxiety attack worrying about our little boy. There is a lot of good information on here for flu symptoms but nothing is specific for babies......... I am in need of some specific things to do for a 13 month old. Thank you so very much!!!!" http://www.earthclinic.com/Redirect.php?pageLink=/CURES/children_and_infants.html&name=MR_33542 /CURES/children_and_infants2.rss16 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:06:00 EDT [YEA] Choob from Johannesburg, South Africa writes: "Toddlers Body Rash Cured I'd just like to extend a overdue but heartfelt thanks to Ted and all the other folks who have listed their cures and remedies. After spending many sleepless nights looking for a cure for my Vegan toddlers' aggressive growing rash - i stumbled accross very helpful info at Earth Clinic from Ted's Bicarb and ACV drink (which i still take cause i like it and it seemed to work for my candida), the tumeric paste, VCO, acidophilus to omega deficiency. The rash disappeared within a week from her entire body and hasn't returned. Truth is i now use this website as my first reference, and have passed on the word to the parents with other toddlers. Thanks Ted for taking your time and sharing your remedies - your extra long emails are EXTREMELY USEFUL AND HELPFUL. " http://www.earthclinic.com/Redirect.php?pageLink=/CURES/children_and_infants.html&name=EGGWHITES_33150 /CURES/children_and_infants2.rss17 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 09:23:43 EDT [YEA] Kathryn from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia writes: "A few months ago my littlest (then under 1) burnt his hand on the oven glass door. The recommendation of applying egg white from this site worked wonders. The pain subsided immediately after application. Anyway, about a month ago, and again, just a couple of days ago, my littlest (now 18 months) suffered a very red, raised skin rash in the nappy region. It was clear it was painful, as he cried and whinced whilst holding him on my hip. I remembered the relief the egg white had on the pain of his hand burn, so I thought, "why not?" I assumed he was experiencing a painful, burning sensation; something in his urine. I painted egg white on his bum with a small brush, and the pain relief was instant. Within 24 hours, the redness had subsided significantly. Lovely!!" http://www.earthclinic.com/Redirect.php?pageLink=/CURES/children_and_infants.html&name=CONSTIPATION_33050 /CURES/children_and_infants2.rss18 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:36:20 EDT Rachel from Anna, Tx, USA writes: "Help with baby constipation Please help- I have a nine month old girl at home with a chronic constipation problem for the last 6 months. If I let her go on her own she may have a BM once or twice a week and they are very painful for her to pass and very large. The doctors are not much help and I've done everything they have suggested with little change and even that only temporary. I have tried the following: baby laxative consisting of magnesium citrate, changing formulas (from Enfamil lipil to Enfamil gentle ease-helped for about 3 weeks, earths best organic, and a couple of others), raw milk from Jersey cows, omega 3 supplement, probiotic, fresh fruit including peaches, pears, apples, apple juice, pears juice at least 4-5 oz a day which worked for 2 days then stopped working I stopped giving it to her because I feel that is too much juice, fresh blended spinach, Epsom salt baths, massage with almond oil and lavender essential oil, q-tip with Vaseline, thermometer with Vaseline both inserted to stimulate a movement, steamed broccoli, raw garlic, dark corn syrup, concord grape juice diluted, aloe vera juice and now against what I believe to be nutritious soy formula. I give her liquid suppositories to make her go but she is now holding her BM in because it is so painful for her. I am trying enemas to help but she tenses up before I can insert them and I don't want to hurt her. Please if anyone knows of something I have missed please tell me. I don't know what else to do for her. She's had an X-Ray which came back normal- nothing keeping her from having a BM. Also she only began having this problem when I began supplementing her with formula when I wasn't producing enough milk. While she was on breast milk she had no issues. But when I went back to work I slowly lost my supply and since then she has had this problem. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. " http://www.earthclinic.com/Redirect.php?pageLink=/CURES/children_and_infants.html&name=WB_32551 /CURES/children_and_infants2.rss19 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT Earth Clinic from writes: "Interesting article in today's Wall Street Journal by Justin Lahart entitled, New Light on the Plight of Winter Babies - Researchers Stumble Upon Alternative Explanation for the Lifelong Challenges Faced by Children Born in Colder Months." http://www.earthclinic.com/Redirect.php?pageLink=/CURES/children_and_infants.html&name=GERD_32010 /CURES/children_and_infants2.rss20 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:41:12 EDT M from Mukilteo, Wa writes: "I am looking for a place to read about what people have done for children (not infants) with GERD. And what foods should be avoided and what to eat. Thanking you in advance for any infomation you may send." http://www.earthclinic.com/Redirect.php?pageLink=/CURES/children_and_infants.html&name=GLASS_31968 /CURES/children_and_infants2.rss21 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:54:42 EDT [YEA] Lori from Dallas, Tx writes: "Using glass bottles to cure infants' acid reflux. Through personal experience that was followed up with educating other new moms and having them try the same remedy, we think that acid reflux in many infants is being caused by plastic baby bottles. There has been controversy regarding BPA of course. But even with BPA-free bottles, chemicals are still leaching into the milk, even when the bottle is new and even when the bottle has not been heated (one of the bullet points of what not to do with plastic). Instead of repeating the details here, here is the link for the entire story regarding my granddaughter's horrible spitting up problem: http://bottleswottles.com/babyacidreflux.html and the link to a followup: http://bottleswottles.com/Story-AJ.html. Since that time, we have been trying to accomplish a couple of things. Primarily, we would like to determine if indeed this could be true. That acid reflux in many infants could be cured by using glass instead of plastic. To do that, we need to get the word out and get testimonials back to show that we aren't unique... that this is indeed a problem. Might you have any data on this already? If not, do you have recommendations on how we might go about accomplishing this goal? Now, you can see from the link above that my daughter, as a result of her quest, started a business. If people use glass bottles, they will need to protect them and that is what Bottle Swottles are. But that is not my point here. I know your site will not promote or sell any products. That's not what I'm trying to accomplish. I'm trying to figure out how to determine if we are on the right track. We think we are. We've seen it several times. Although we hear from moms that it works, we often don't get a written story from them about it. And that's what we think we need -- many testimonials before anyone will take an interest in this idea. Even my granddaughter's own pediatrician (who we normally are in agreement with) thinks we are unique, that this solution is not common. Therefore, she continues to prescribe acid reflux medicine to her patients instead of providing them with this simple alternative. If we had 30 stories from mom who remedied their baby's acid reflux just by discontinuing plastic bottles, doctors, the media, Oprah would be more likely to take an interest. This could be an amazingly simple and cheap and healthy solution. All we need to do is get the word out. But we're just a couple of moms and have no way to do that. We need help. Please contact me if you have any suggestions or recommendations or data or research or links to other sites that could help us further this cause. Thank you very much!!! Lori" http://www.earthclinic.com/Redirect.php?pageLink=/CURES/children_and_infants.html&name=VF_31796 /CURES/children_and_infants2.rss22 Sun, 06 Sep 2009 16:50:38 EDT Susan from Maricopa, Az , USA writes: "I'm sorry if I'm doing this incorrectly. But I'm looking for some advice. I have a 3 year old daughter with multiple health issues. She is 100% G-tube fed and has GERD, neuropathic motility disorder, metabolic disorder which is believed to be mitochondrial disease. She was just recently in the hospital yet again because of vomiting, weeks of vomiting. She is on multiple meds for reflux and motility, yet she was pretty packed up on view of a KUB, though she was having BM's daily. She hasn't thrown up now in three days but the last two days she has been complaining and crying and then drinking water. she says it's her throat and I believe it's her reflux and acid coming back up. Now again, she doesn't eat by mouth and her diet consists of an elemental formula with Rice Cerealto thicken. She does receive a lot of meds. Everything is given through her tube. I was searching for something else that we could try to give her for what I am guessing is the acid travelling back up to her throat and why she cries, drinks some water (which is thickened too - and she can't drink anything else or she will vomit) and I see information on ACV.. Any help on how to give her that? Would I do straight ACV, how much would I put down her tube? How often would one suggest? Anyone foresee it being a problem? I have her on a pribiotic every day already and then she is on two different reflux meds as well as mito "cocktails" and motility meds. I'm afraid she is getting backed up again? And why we are having more reflux issues? They have reduced her bolus feeds to a lower volume and more times during the day, but I'm seeing the beginnings of where we were a few weeks ago... she also has many bouts of hiccup episodes. Anyway, I just thought I would ask, I didn't see anything in the other questions like our situation, I may have missed however so again I apologize. Thank you. Susan " http://www.earthclinic.com/Redirect.php?pageLink=/CURES/children_and_infants.html&name=VF_31454 /CURES/children_and_infants2.rss23 Sat, 29 Aug 2009 08:35:30 EDT M from Muk, Wa, us writes: "Children's Remedies. I am looking for information for a 6 year old spitting up food. Where would I look? Thank you" http://www.earthclinic.com/Redirect.php?pageLink=/CURES/children_and_infants.html&name=WR_31267 /CURES/children_and_infants2.rss24 Mon, 24 Aug 2009 04:35:23 EDT Alyson from Plano, Tx, Usa writes: "I have a question: My now 5 year old daughter has had a whitehead-like rash on her arms and legs only is she was very small, with a few patches on her cheeksthat developed over the last year. It has never been itchy or inflammed, although it can get dry if Im not using a natural lotion on her. I took her to a pediatric dermatologist a few years ago and she was diagnosed with pediatric dermatitis. The doctor said it would probably go away when she reached puberty. But she has now started kindergarten and is starting to get a little self-conscious about it. Any suggestions on what I could do?" http://www.earthclinic.com/Redirect.php?pageLink=/CURES/children_and_infants.html&name=SM_30110 /CURES/children_and_infants2.rss25 Mon, 27 Jul 2009 04:23:10 EDT [QUESTION] Ally from Pretoria, Gauteng South Africa writes: "Todler with Spastic Muscles: My son is 16 months, he can barely sit for more than 2 minutes and cannot walk yet, his muscles are very tense, we are working on Physio to ease the tension but does not seem to be working, is there a remedy i can use as a muscle relexant, i know of medication that can be used but it is not natural? any ideas?"