Infant and Children's Remedies Questions
*Ted, an independent contributor, offers information and opinions on Earth Clinic, not as a substitute for professional medical prevention, diagnosis, or treatment. Please consult with your physician, pharmacist, or health care provider before taking any home remedies or supplements or following any treatment suggested by Ted or by anyone on this site. Only your health care provider, personal physician, or pharmacist can provide you with advice on what is safe and effective for your unique needs or diagnose your particular medical history.
WILL COCONUT MILK/ COCONUT OIL BLEND WORK TO WEAN MY BABY TO BECAUSE OF DAIRY ALLERGY?
02/09/2012: Tamara from Calgary, Alberta, Canada writes: "My baby has a dairy allergy. He is almost 10 months old, so in a couple of months, I am supposed to start introducing homogenized milk into his diet as he breastfeeds less.
So, I need to find an alternative to dairy milk that will provide him the fat, calories and nutrients he needs.
I'm thinking coconut milk and coconut oil, but I'd like a more specific 'recipe' I can make.
Thoughts?
Thank you!"
02/10/2012: Cat from Papamoa, New Zealand replies: "I read recently where a mother fully breastfeeding her baby was consuming dairy as per usual but this was causing big problems for her infant. She stopped ALL dairy for the duration of the breastfeeding and the baby overcame any problems he/she had immediately. I would think that perhaps it's as easy as you avoiding the dairy for the last few months and see if this has any change in your baby. Good luck."
02/10/2012: Tamara from Calgary, Alberta, Canada replies: "Just to clarify - I have been off all dairy and milk derivatives since I discovered his allergy. He is likely to outgrow the allergy sometime between now and 6 years old, but may maintain some sensitivity to the milk protein or lactose.I am trying to find alternatives to milk (cow, goat etc) that will provide him with the fat, calories and nutrients he needs.
We will try milk at some point, but since both my husband and I are sensitive to it and generally, milk may not be the best for people, I need to find other options or a recipe to make."
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CAN A CHILD USE GLUCOSAMINE FOR JUVENILE ARTHRITIS?
02/08/2012: Jerry from Miramar, Fla writes: "Hi Ted and All,
Is there a cure for Juvenile Arthritis, or can a child 7 or 8 take glucosamine?"
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MY SON SEEMS TO HAVE VERY SLOW SPEECH DEVELOPMENT- ANY INSIGHT FOR THAT?
02/02/2012: Shirah Malka from Vancouver, B.c. Canada writes: "Hi, My son is 2.5 thank GD but has not really began to speak except a few words like mama, maybe 5 in all.
There doesn't seem to be any socially inapropriate behavior except that he likes to shriek-partly in communication and partly for attention.
I am taking him to a therapist soon, but was wondering if you have some insight for me or how I could better work with the therapist.
Many thanks in advance,
Shirah"
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CHILD FEEDING DIFFICULTIES
05/04/2011: P. writes: "Hi Ted,
I have recently discovered earth clinic and have read with interest a great many of your remedies. I wonder if you can help me with my youngest son. He is my third son and as babies they have all had their problems with breastmilk and food sensitivities, but the first two were pretty easy to deal with. The third has been a lot harder and it took me a while to figure it out, but at 3 weeks of age he was very 'colicky' and I knew it was whatever I was eating. I tried eliminating all the usual suspects but after reducing all food intake to white rice and pears he completely came right and was happy and content. I discovered a food group that some are sensitive to, salicylates (all your flavor and color in food). It seemed to fit so I tried sticking to the diet - also no dairy, gluten, and eggs. He was fine. Horrendous diet but happy baby. At around 3 months he developed severe reflux. I didn't realize until 5 months at a routine doctors visit and and in the months that followed he ended up on PPIs and it was the only way I could cope due to all the crying and sleepless nights. At around 6 months he started eating only pears as he couldn't tolerate any other food. At 9 months we took him to a specialist where he explained that he had a very sensitive stomach and would grow out of it by 16 months. I was very thin by this point because of the diet, so much breastfeeding, and him only eating pears. But he started having a supplement containing tolerable oils to help his (surprisingly normal) weight. By 10 months he could tolerate carrots. Now he is 20 months, I've only just got him off the PPIs, I can eat pretty normally now (still breastfeeding), but he is clearly sensitive to salicylates, dairy, haven't tried gluten as none of the family have it, eggs. The only meat he can have is lamb and fish. The list of things he can eat is very short. Sorry to go on but wanted to give you a proper history. Is there anything that springs to mind that might help his digestion or whatever it is that makes him intolerant to so many things? He gets probiotics, cod liver oil, and zinc. I don't mind if you put this on EC. I really appreciated any help or advice you can give, many thanks."
05/05/2011: Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "I think it's the acidity in all the foods and some pathogens in the intestines. The third thing is DHA found in salmon fish oil may help in with excessive immunity. The other thing is you can do is humic acid mixed with 1% aloe vera oil and 88% coconut oil.
The acidity can be contained by baking soda after meals 1/8 teaspoon is the simplest of all. The pathogens can be get rid off slowly with the humic acid. The mixture is 0.1% humic acid with coconut oil and 1% aloe vera oil. Mixed in his food say 1/4 teaspoon.A more complicated formula is baking soda and potassium bicarbonate 50/50% mix.
I had one child who was also allergic to everything except just one or two items. He was cured by alkalization. Then there was another child who was allergic to nearly everything too. but this one I cured with just sea salt. It is taken like 1/8 teaspoon with water for a course of a week. I think he had trace mineral deficiencies.
One thing that you can also do it give him glutathione with detoxes a lot of things. But I used the non effervescent kind and the ones that is swallowed. in the form of N acetyl cysteine. The effervescent kind add two things that made it worse, sugar and aspartame, but this also includes sucralose. I also give them with glutamine and glycine, But this remedy is kept last if other remedies don't work.
Ted"
P. replies, "Hi Ted, thank you for that. Getting hold of the humic acid may prove difficult here in New Zealand, it seems to be used on soil and in animals but that may be the wrong kind to get? Also I've never heard of aloe vera OIL but will try to find. I'm curious about the salt because he absolutely loves sea salt and I've always wondered if he needs it, so I give him sea salt on all his meals at night. To put it in the water do you mean 1/8 tsp in one glassful and let him drink as much as he wants? I'm hoping for a breakthrough as he gets incredibly grizzly. Many thanks"
Ted replies, "Humic acid can be sterilized by adding vodka, but the humic in itself is sterilized because no bacteria can exist on it. If you are not certain, add a small amount of vodka and let if evaporate for a day. Take sea salt if he needs it because I found children do need it."
P. replies, "Hi Ted,Does that mean I can buy the fertiliser type used on farms? I can't find aloe vera oil either. I'm wondering about H2O2 therapy as it might stimulate his whole system into working properly. I have 35% food grade but not sure if I should give it to him (diluted obviously) and what the dosage/regime would be. He is nearly 2. I'm keeping up with the salt and baking soda.
I have a further question regarding my 6 year old son. He is very thin and I can never quite figure out what is lacking with him, but I feel despite his healthy diet (and off gluten and dairy) he could be a lot more...something. He has prominent white spots on the back of his tongue (not thrush) and I've been all over the internet and can't find anything on that. He gets upset and tearful easily, quite a stressful and sensitive child. Your help and advice is truly appreciated."
Ted replies, "It's it clean the fertizer type use if farms will have to do. The aloe vera oil if can't be found try extract powder. Yes, H2O2 stimulates and detoxes. It's diluted to 0.5% and can be used as drinking water.
You should try B3 niacinamide and amino acid supplement to deal with the basic issues. If he has weight loss, then B50 will do once a day, which has B1, B2, B3, B5, B7, B9 and B12 at least.
Ted"
05/25/2011: P. replies: "Ted, please excuse my ignorance, but I've looked all over EC and cannot find how to dilute 35% down to 0.5% - say into one litre of water. You said 30 drops of 3% would be right, so does that mean it would be 2-3 drops of 35%?Thanks for your advice, will be pumping my 6 yr old full of b vits and aminos!"
06/03/2011: Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "To mix 35% down to 0.5% you use 14.49 cc of water to get 1 liter of H2O2 0.5%. Here is how the formula,(C1 x Amt1)/C2 + Amt1 = Amt2
Where C1 is original concentration of solution in decimal point
C2 is final concentration of solution in decimal point
Amt1 is amount of beginning solutions
Amt2 amount to add to get the finalplug in the numbers:
Since Amt2 is known to be 1.00 liters, C1 is known to be 0.35, and C2 is known to be 0.005,(0.35xAmt1)/0.005 - Amt1 = 1.00 liters
Amt1(0.35/0.005 -1) = 1.00 liter
Amt1(69) = 1.00 liter
Amt1 = 1/69 liter
Amt1 = 0.014492 liter x 1000 ml per liter
Amt1 = 14.49 millitersor 14.492 ml to get 1 liter of 0.5% concentration.
Ted"
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21 MONTH OLD DAUGHTER HAS A HARD TIME SITTING STILL
12/18/2009: Jae from Baltimore, Md writes: "Hi Ted, I need some help. I have a 21 month old daughter. She is #3 and the baby. She is also extremely active, she doesn't like to play with toys but is into everything and has a hard time sitting still. I have tried natural calming drops and they do nothing, i tried a little benadryl one day and nothing. She goes to bed at 7 and Thank God for that because I literally chase her around all day long.She doesn't eat sweets, i try to feed her mostly organic she has veggies, kefir, yogurt. I am wondering if i need to eliminate gluten. Please help me. Thanks in advance."
01/13/2010: Manjeet from Singapore, Serangoon North replies: "Hi Jae,
I empathise with you on your tiring time that you must be having with your children especially with your hyper active child. I have a child now, 19, who used to be such. She could never stay her attention on anything for more than some minutes. She would always want to do something different. When travelling long distances, she would always start complaining that the journey was not ending.I am just a parent like you who has gone through the same and would suggest that you allow your daughter to get active with different activities and have friends who can join her to make it interesting for her.
My daughter, though not as hyper active as she used to be is still pretty active and she is a national spinter for 100m event.
I wish you all the best. Keep your chin up.
Myke"
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DOSAGES FOR CHILD WITH ALLERGIES
08/28/2008: Rita from Atlanta, Georgia writes: "Ted from Bangkok, I have a child with allergies and chronic congestion, infreqeunt sneezing, and nasal itching--but she is age 12. A mother asked about child sized dosages. Is it safe to gauge about half or one-third dose of the 2 tsp. ACV with lemon juice, baking soda and water for my child? She also suffers from itchy skin and it sounds like this elixir will help all of her symptoms. Thanks and blessings to you!"
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LEMON BICARBONATE FORMULA FOR 6 YEAR OLD WITH FUNGAL ISSUES
08/26/2008: Angie from Arkendale, UK writes: "Hi, I just wanted to let you know how delighted I am to find your site! This is a treasure trove of info I don't believe exists elsewhere on the web. Your lemon bicarbonate formula has done wonders for my overall health, and I'd like to try it on my 6-year old who seems to have issues with fungal infections for the last 3 years. I'm guessing that I should be aiming for a dose about a third of the one recommended for adults. What do you suggest?
Many thanks!!!!
Angie."
09/11/2008: Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "Dear Angie:
The lemon and baking soda I originally used to help learning disorders in children (ADHD), restless legs syndrome and even a child who like to drink a lemon juice with baking soda that fizzes. Children seems to like it and I don't seem to have problem when they are used. It seems to help clear up their skin and raise their energy levels, perhaps from increased oxygen from the alkalizing effect which decreases blood carbon dioxide and increase oxygen in the blood.Ted"
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