calms cranky babies
a few months ago sister #2 suggested i start using Johnson’s® Bedtime Bath® instead of my normal, more expensive shower gel. she said it smelled wonderfully, and she’s right.
i am also happy to report that you can believe the hype, this stuff does relax you. it makes you feel better and calmer. my generic, target brand says right on the bottle that it “calms cranky babies.” and baby, it sure as hell calmed me tonight. i spent the day in a PMS-like snit, over nothing at all. finally around 10, i couldn’t take it anymore. so i jumped in a hot, hot shower (only after changing the lightbulb in the bathroom that decided it would be a good idea to burn out at the height of my crankiness) and soothed myself right down.
yes, this babe is clean and uncranky, for the time being.
After the suicide of my cousin in October our daughter started having school phobia and anxiety attacks. Another mom heard the screaming and crying, and said her daughter went through it in 3rd grade too. One of her remedies was the lavender and chamomile baby lotion, which the little girl would take into the school restroom and rub on her arms and inhale and calm down a little.
16 Dec 03 at 11:10 am #Also, she suggested a health food store remedy, Theanine (Sun Theanine) capsules which help calm and take the freakouts away. I’ve tried the capsules myself and they help during PMS too or just on one of those knot in the stomach type days. You know I’m not a doctor, but it might help as well. It was wonderful to have someone else give us some helpful hints.
I think that’s why those Indian women used to go off to the cloistered teepee so they could share remedies and relax from the day to day.