Fennel Essential Oil #Review

Fennel essential oil is a galactogogue. This oil can play an important role for lactating mothers. It can increase the amount of milk in them by boosting production of a hormone called estrogen. This benefits the baby as well as the mother. This milk also inherits some of the carminative and digestive properties of fennel oil and protects the baby from flatulence, indigestion and gas, which are very common in infants.

Information from the company

• 100% Pure, Organic Therapeutic Grade Fennel 10ml Essential Oil 
• Botanical Name: Foeniculum vulgare var. dulce 
• Comes in 10ml amber glass essential oil bottle. European Dropper Cap included 
• Fennel Essential Oil has a sweet earthy aroma similar to aniseed with hints of pepper. 

More information can be found here.

For these reasons, I created a boobie butter. I combined the fennel oil with a combination of coconut oil and shea butter. I mixed 2 TBSP Shea butter and 2 TBSP coconut oil with 10 drops of Fennel Essential Oil. I started by whipping the shea butter and coconut oil together with my hand mixer. Then I gradually added the fennel oil to the base while continuing to whip it.

It has increased her milk supply as well as aided in preventing sore nipples.

It can be purchased here

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Off the spoon for Baby A

So Baby A is an exclusively breastfed baby. She has recently been showing signs of being ready for baby food so we gave it a try. We started with oatmeal mixed with breastmilk. We tried with water first. She did not approve of that at all. She ate it up when we mixed it with the breastmilk. 

As you can see, this was an impromptu feeding and all we had were plastic spoons. We went and bought infant spoons the very next day. She eats oatmeal at least once a day now. We have also started adding some banana or applesauce to it. She absolutely loves that. Applesauce is her favorite. 

She is a happy chunky faced baby. It was apparently good to the last bit. She ate it off her fingers. 

The cues we noticed as far as her being ready for baby food were as follows:

-tracking other people's food

-making chewing motions with her mouth

-trying to feed herself your food

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