http://www.safbaby.com/does-your-first-aid-kit-carry-these-natural-remedies-for-your-kids Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:55:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://www.safbaby.com/does-your-first-aid-kit-carry-these-natural-remedies-for-your-kids/comment-page-1#comment-6317 safbaby2 Fri, 25 Nov 2011 19:12:00 +0000 http://www.safbaby.com/?p=1457#comment-6317 Thanks for your comment! Please note that back in 2009 we covered this topic in a full article with cases described and tons of respectable references added also: http://www.safbaby.com/can-lavender-oil-and-tea-tree-oil-really-alter-a-baby-boys-hormones We hope this helps. Kindly, SAFbaby Thanks for your comment! Please note that back in 2009 we covered this topic in a full article with cases described and tons of respectable references added also: http://www.safbaby.com/can-lavender-oil-and-tea-tree-oil-really-alter-a-baby-boys-hormones
We hope this helps. Kindly, SAFbaby

]]> http://www.safbaby.com/does-your-first-aid-kit-carry-these-natural-remedies-for-your-kids/comment-page-1#comment-6298 Cara Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:18:58 +0000 http://www.safbaby.com/?p=1457#comment-6298 Hello - i think the list is great and love to use natural means of healing - but one thing i wanted to mention is that lavender and tea tree oil are both phyto-estrogens. They are wonderful to use, but are a bit over promoted. For example - they are main scents used in organic cleaning products, recommended to relax babies, used for scents, aromatherapy, tea, bath, soap, shampoo, skin lotion, hair gel, dish soap, floor cleaner, laundry detergent etc. Just look at the "natural" section of the grocery or health food store. Since they have estrogenic properties, perhaps should used in moderation especially for little boys. Certainly they are healthy to use in moderation but it seems that with all these products jumping on the lavender / tea tree bandwagon there is potential for overuse. Combine all these products with soy based formula or diet and you may be getting real unbalanced. Especially as babies (both boys and girls) are born with some estrogenic hormones already from the mother that sometimes cause swelling of breast tissue and sometimes even drops of milk. This clears up shortly after birth. However it can also happen from overuse of phytoestrogens. In rare cases, overuse of phytoestrogens have been known to cause gynecomastia (enlarged breast tissue) in both boys and girls. The remedy is to just stop using them for a while - solves the problem. I am sorry I don't have links ready - but can be researched in the New England Journal of Medicine and there was also a federally funded study at the University of Colorado. Hello – i think the list is great and love to use natural means of healing – but one thing i wanted to mention is that lavender and tea tree oil are both phyto-estrogens. They are wonderful to use, but are a bit over promoted. For example – they are main scents used in organic cleaning products, recommended to relax babies, used for scents, aromatherapy, tea, bath, soap, shampoo, skin lotion, hair gel, dish soap, floor cleaner, laundry detergent etc. Just look at the “natural” section of the grocery or health food store.
Since they have estrogenic properties, perhaps should used in moderation especially for little boys. Certainly they are healthy to use in moderation but it seems that with all these products jumping on the lavender / tea tree bandwagon there is potential for overuse. Combine all these products with soy based formula or diet and you may be getting real unbalanced. Especially as babies (both boys and girls) are born with some estrogenic hormones already from the mother that sometimes cause swelling of breast tissue and sometimes even drops of milk. This clears up shortly after birth. However it can also happen from overuse of phytoestrogens.
In rare cases, overuse of phytoestrogens have been known to cause gynecomastia (enlarged breast tissue) in both boys and girls. The remedy is to just stop using them for a while – solves the problem. I am sorry I don’t have links ready – but can be researched in the New England Journal of Medicine and there was also a federally funded study at the University of Colorado.

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