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What are some non-tradtional baby customs from non American relatives do you pratice?
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Anonymous
| I'll start. My German Oma always gave is chamomile tea (no sugar added) for tummy aches and I did this with my children as well. My friends all gasp at this. |
Anonymous
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we feed babies honey from birth in some places in South America.
people are screaming at me in another thread because up here it can kill the baby... LOL |
zumbamama
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sniffing orange peels for car/sea sickness
tea with honey, ginger, lemon for coughs/colds (honey after 12 months). Also chicken broth. Chinese/Korean cups for muscle pain/headaches (although we are neither Chinese or Korean) also peppermint for headaches warm milk, lavender oil massage for restlessness diluted Guava nectar in the bottle for diaper rash |
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also ear candles for ear infections. DCs never had one again after the ear candles.
I also never gave DCs OTC cough/cold medication and my friends thought I was nuts until it finally came out in the news that many of them were ineffective. They don't think I'm so nuts anymore. |
Anonymous
| Anise Seeds boiled in water (cooled) and given to the infants for colic or gas or just to get them to sleep better - middle eastern culture, |
Anonymous
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Does it have to be about a baby? If not ... I have given my preschooler sips of my wine and my coffee if he asks. (shockingly, he dislikes the taste of both red wine and strong black coffee).
My Italian immigrant grandparents did this with us if we asked, though I can't say it's technically a custom. flamers: nobody in the family has a drinking problem, however several of us are addicted to caffeine/coffee. |
Anonymous
Homeopathic teething pain relievers use caffeine as the main ingredient. In small doses it can be therapeutic. |
Anonymous
OP here. We do this too in Germany! I was always offered warm beer but refused. My toddler always tries to stick his fingers in my wine and then lick the juice off. Although he actually would drink it if I let him. He likes it 
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Anonymous
| Is it Italy or Spain that they offer "sangria" (or watered wine) to children? |
Anonymous
| I offer coffee, red wine, white wine, beer, whisky, cognac, champagne, strong coffee to my kids. Sounds it good???? I learned this here in the U.S.A.!!! My kids are very happy and sooo healthy. No more asking other moms how come they drink alcohol and coffee while they're pregnant. Great!!!! |
Anonymous
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I give the kids barley tea for tummy aches.
When my children were babies, my Korean in-laws said it was because they were cold. They then turned up the heat so freaking high that DD threw up all over their white carpet. They ditched that old wives tail. |
Anonymous
Really! They do that all over Europe too. Young children drink beer and wine there! |
Anonymous
| BIG SMILES AND LOTS OF LOVE. We don't care what others do, if they drink wine, beer...whatever. |