The 411 On Natural Baby Colic Remedies

Written by Jacqueline Courtiol, M.A. Ed.


Any parent whose baby has suffered from colic can tell you that colic is one ofrepparttar most excruciating experiences ever imaginable. Nothing is worse than seeing one’s baby in pain and not being able to help take it away. Finding relief for colic quickly becomes a top priority. There are many different colic remedies that may come torepparttar 138583 rescue for your particular baby. Each baby is unique and may only respond to some or a combination of colic remedies. Unfortunately, parents may have to userepparttar 138584 old trial and error method to determine which providerepparttar 138585 greatest amount of relief for their little colic sufferer. One thing is certain,repparttar 138586 days of waiting it out are long gone for those determined to find an answer. There is no need to suffer needlessly along with baby. If you have tried all proper feeding and burping techniques and baby is still crying, tryrepparttar 138587 following list ofrepparttar 138588 most effective remedies available:

#1 Music / Sound - Traditional lullabies, classical music composed for infants and heartbeat/womb CDs are very popular external remedies that relax many babies suffering from colic. You can find some particularly good ones atrepparttar 138589 Slumber Sounds web site. Some parents have had great success by placing baby in car seat on top of running dishwasher, washing machine, dryer or near running vacuum cleaner. A gentle shhhhhhhing sound inrepparttar 138590 ear can work magic, as can soft whispers and humming or singing.

#2 Diet - Bottle fed babies with colic may show improvement if switched to a different formula, such as soy. The mothers of breastfed babies may have to pay close attention to their own diet to make sure that babies are not having negative reactions to certain foods. Try eliminatingrepparttar 138591 following common culprits one at a time for a week to see if there are any signs of improvement for baby: dairy, caffeine, chocolate and gas-producing foods such as broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, onions, peppers, melons, tomatoes, citrus fruits, beans and peanuts.

#3 Gripe Water - Be sure to checkrepparttar 138592 ingredients before buying a gripe water. Many claim to be natural but include artificial ingredients and preservatives. Colicky infants’ digestive systems certainly do not need any of these potential irritants. Some gripe waters are not very helpful. There is a new, very effective and safe gripe water onrepparttar 138593 market, which you can purchase online at http://www.coliccalm.com

What in the World Is Moissanite? The Worlds Newest Jewelry Stone.

Written by Peter Crump


Moissanite is a naturally occurring crystal which occurs in such small amounts and sizes as to be uncommercial.

It was discovered in 1893 by Henri Moissan in a meteorite which had fallen to earth some 50000 years ago and landed inrepparttar Arizona desert. Dr Moissan started studying small fragments from this meteorite and made an astonishing discovery. Imbedded in it were tiny amounts of what looked like a new unknown jewel.

Although it occurs naturally on earth it is only in tiny quantities and commercially unviable.

Scientists could see its potential as a brilliant new jewelry stone and so set out to manufacture it in a lab. It's application as a jewel was immediately clear and so a new naturally occurring but also man made jewel was born. The process of making it is very new. It has only been commercially available in jewelry since 1998, so is only a few years old onrepparttar 138582 jewelry market.

It is exceedingly hard to make andrepparttar 138583 process to do so is kept very secret. It can only currently be made in reasonably small quantities.

There are a number of properties of jewels which are common amongst them and are therefore used for comparison purposes. These properties are beauty, colour, brilliance, fire and luster, durability and rarity.

The brilliance of a jewel is created byrepparttar 138584 cut. A diamond in it's natural state for instance is pretty unimpressive. Give it a proper design and userepparttar 138585 diamonds natural refraction of light and it is beautiful. It isrepparttar 138586 cut that does this, however it isrepparttar 138587 qualities ofrepparttar 138588 jewel which producerepparttar 138589 brilliance once it has been cut. Brilliance can be measured byrepparttar 138590 amount of light which enters a jewel compared withrepparttar 138591 amount which comes back when put under a light source.

Fire refers torepparttar 138592 ability ofrepparttar 138593 stone to refract light back out in colours. The light rays break up into their original spectrum colours and that is what givesrepparttar 138594 jewel its special character.

Luster isrepparttar 138595 amount of light reflected back fromrepparttar 138596 surface ofrepparttar 138597 jewel.

Durability isrepparttar 138598 toughness,repparttar 138599 resistance to scratching, chipping, or splitting. This is detemined by its hardness, and it is alsorepparttar 138600 hardness which determinesrepparttar 138601 brilliance.

Rarity is reasonably obvious. It isrepparttar 138602 availability ofrepparttar 138603 jewel.

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