Why won my overtired 8 week old baby take day naps?
Your baby is getting a lot of sleep at night so when you add the amount during the day, you may find, and ask a child health nurse here, that they may be in fact getting enough sleep. There is an option, that I was told and it works for calming babies ready for sleep, but also if they are colicky. It is simply to either make a bottle of chamomile tea, with no sugar, and let it cool to the right temperature and let them have a couple of sips. Otherwise, which is the one my two preferred, was putting one or two chamomile tea bags into their bath. Essential oils are too strong to help settle babies, but the tea is not as strong especially when you consider how dilluted it becomes in bath water. The calming properties in the chamomile help to settle in gas they may have in their systems, and also works to calm them.
