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My spouse and I noticed something a little different when we gave our baby girl so-called "all natural" teething tablets. This seemingly reputable over-the-counter option "looked" like a safe and viable solution to help with issues related to teething. The packaging insisted it was safe and natural, and we took that at face value. We called the doctor and asked about it, and they said it was "probably fine". But like I said, after giving it to our child we noticed something a little different that concerned us.

What was different? Well, our baby was sleeping. I don't mean just sleeping normally, but sleeping REALLY well, almost immediately after taking the tablets. The packaging for the tablets said that the child would fall asleep because they were no longer irritated by their teeth. (Yeah right!)

After some investigation, we found that the teething tablets had "natural" sedatives that were the reason the child falls asleep after taking them. We also found out that one of the ingredients was a plant substance that has caused VERY serious side effects in children and infants (including DEATH).

Needless to say, we were shocked... and never gave the tablets to our child again (we threw them away).

The moral of the story? Just because something says "natural" doesn't mean it's safe?and don't assume that it's safe just because you can get it at your local grocery or drug store.

As I heard a TV comedian put it once...

"Heroin is NATURAL... A pack of wolves... is NATURAL..."

Just because it says "natural", doesn't mean it's safe for your baby.

A question that may come to mind is "exactly how can you tell what IS safe?" Our best advice is to read the ingredients on ANYTHING that you feed your baby or give them as a "remedy" for something, and don't give your baby ANYTHING without doing so under the guidance of your doctor. Don't just take the doctor's word for it though, either. Doctors do make mistakes. Look up ingredients online if you don't know what they are. A good way to search for ingredients is go to any popular search engine and type in the substance name along with the phrase "side effects". You could also add the word "baby". (So before you give your baby a sleep aid, you could search for something like "baby sleep aid side effects".)

Since our experience with the teething tablets my spouse and I have taken to "the less outside help, the better." For anything from teething, to sleeping, to tummy aches we have searched for approaches that are the least likely to have any harmful side effects... which usually means trying things that don't involve medicine, or that involve minor changes in diet or routine as opposed to herbal supplements and the like.

Whatever you do, be very careful about what you give your baby, and don't jump on the "natural cure" bandwagon until you've done enough research to know that something is safe. Don't experiment with your baby's life; the risks just aren't worth it. If you really need help, some simple research on your part may turn up solutions that you never knew existed.

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Always start with behavior modification. How do you normally go to sleep? Do you have a fixed time that you wake up each morning, and do you get enough sleep? Do you habitually oversleep on weekends, then struggle to realign your schedule on Monday morning? All these are going to mess up your sleep schedule.

To address your behavior issues regarding sleep, start by determining the schedule you need to be on in order to get a minimum of 8 hours of sleep each night. Do not worry that this would not leave you enough time in the day; if you are getting enough sleep, you become much more productive, and you will find that your daily work gets done faster and better.

Your second step should be removing every distraction from your bedroom, transforming it into a sleeping nook instead of an entertainment room. Now apply that sleeping schedule to yourself, and follow it every single day, even on weekends, even when you can't get to sleep at night.

Your next natural cures for insomnia is nutrition. Start each day with a good breakfast low in fats and processed sugars but high in carbs and protein, egg and lean ham on toast with a glass of milk, for instance, is great. Watch what you eat throughout the day.

Ease up on the sugars and caffeine, and if you eat fast food every day, try salads or non fried foods. This will have two effects, first, it will get rid of substances that mess up your insulin and sugar levels, helping your body equalize its normal rhythms. Second, you are likely to lose weight, and obesity is a significant factor in many health problems, including insomnia.

After you have done what you can with your sleeping habits and eating habits, you can start looking at what you probably think of as natural cures for insomnia, herbs and very mild natural drugs. Remember, any time you take any herb or supplement, tell your doctor. Even seemingly innocuous herbs can interact with certain drugs, causing you to get sick or even die.

For instance, ordinary grapefruit can throw many drugs including beta blockers totally out of whack, causing the patient to get a too high or low dose, as well as leading to liver damage and sometimes death.

Natural cures for insomnia may include simple teas, chamomile, decaffeinated green tea, and catnip (yes, really) can have excellent effect on you when drunk just before bedtime. Valerian has been taken for years to help people get to sleep. Calcium, generally in the form of skim milk, is effective, as it soothes the nerves; warm it up a little, and add chocolate if you want to treat yourself.

All natural cures for insomnia should include behavior modification and attention to your diet because almost all insomnia is self induced. Get yourself back into rhythm, and you would not even need an alarm clock any more as your body takes over your sleep patterns for you.

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