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Mint tea in the bottle worked.
Feb 28, 2009 | 11:08 AM PST
Tags: mint tea , mint uses , Colic treatment baby , colic

I used tea as a base instead of water for my 2-month-old's formula.  She loved the taste of it, and it worked to keep her colic down!  She's sleeping right now, and I haven't had an issue with her since I started with using the tea.  The colic went away after the second bottle, and it's been working for a week.

Clear Mint Tea?
Feb 21, 2009 | 7:05 AM PST
Tags: colic , Colic treatment baby , mint tea , herbal remedies

My doctor told me that I could make mint or chamomile tea and use that instead of water to make her bottles to help with her colic.  I ran out of tea leaves, so I cut some fresh mint from my plants.  I read on this site that it's four fresh leaves per six ounces, so I went ahead and boiled up three quarts and a whole bunch of mint leaves. 

The water is clear, but tastes like mint.  I'm sure if I used the leaves again, the water would be colored like normal mint tea, but I didn't even think about the tea changing color because the chlorophyll was coming out of the leaves and into the water.  That's why it's clear, the fresh-cut leaves are more likely to hold onto their chlorophyll than dried leaves.  The baby is hungry now, so I'd better try out this concoction.

Mint
Feb 14, 2009 | 9:11 AM PST
Tag: mint uses
My 2-year-old daughter decided that she loves the mint now that it's rejeuvenated.  She insists on having a few leaves in her ice cream, and a few leaves after each meal.  I figure it's really good for her, so why not?  I tried it in my ice cream, too and it tastes great.  I put a leaf with my last bite and it really cleans the pallet.

Spring Fever
Feb 11, 2009 | 6:22 PM PST

It has been a high of 60 all week, and I want to plant some veggies and herbs.  I can't wait, but I'll have to wait untill about April to plant even the heartiest ones.  I'm just really tired of paying these really high food prices. 

Herbs got their flavor back!
Feb 5, 2009 | 11:03 AM PST
Tags: mint tea , herbs
A couple weeks ago, I posted than my mint and oregano that I brought indoors had lost their flavor.  One of the moderators suggested that I chop them off to rejeuvenate them.  I tried it, and it worked!  Perfect timing because I'm running out of mint tea to keep down the baby's colic.