2.5 ml of baby's bliss knocked little one out. There is no alcohol so what's up? turns out ginger in large doses is a sedative. No wonder all those testimonials talk about babies sleeping through the night.
Nonetheless ginger does seem to exhibit cholinergic activity in the GI track via muscarinic receptors. Perhaps it enhances stomach emtying or regulates contractions thus preventing reflux. Thus the ginger alone could explain the happy baby tummies. This is also supported by the happy tummy the day I ate ginger bread pancakes. Second hand ginger?
yesterday I tried a 0.25 ml dose after he got fussy. I try and wait till he is is a good amount of pain, clenching his fists and gnashing his teeth, also nursing, pulling away then nursing again. It seems like a bad idea to give the kid meds if he doesn't need them. The small dose seemed to help a little-maybe?-but didn't knock him out. But then maybe it wasn't a bad day to begin with.
Today should be a great test day. I ate thai food and iced tea for lunch. I am some sort of masochist. At 4 he got fussy and was cleching, biting, and scratching by 5:10 along with squels of pain now and then. Constant holding as he screams when put down. Tried 0.5 ml.
It's 6 pm-we are sleeping!
