Pains associated with colic, hiccups and teething are treated with an all natural herbal supplements Baby’s Bliss Gripe Water. Roshan Kaderali, a registered nurse, midwife and lactation specialists founded Baby’s Bliss gripe water in 1999. It is manufactured by Bliss by Mom headquarters in San Rafael, California, USA.

Soon after founding the gripe water Kaderali started recommending it for newborn colic and fussy children to their parents during her nursing practice. After its discovery this famous gas and colic remedy was banned by FDA in United States. Then she started working with FDA approved laboratory, where she formulated Baby’s Bliss Gripe Water after following FDA guidelines.

The active ingredients in Baby’s Bliss Gripe Water are:

• Fennel
• Ginger
• Sodium bicarbonate

Fennel helps to relax the smooth muscles of the gastrointestinal tract and expels the gas. It stimulates the production of gastric juices in the stomach thus relieving indigestion and intestinal gas. So it is very helpful in infantile colic. Fennel also acts as a spasmolytic agent. Basically it affects the nervous system and relieves the muscular spasm like any other allopathic medicine, hyoscine butylbromide. Another component of Baby Bliss Gripe water is ginger which is an ancient Asian spicy herb. One of the world’s oldest civilizations, china has been using ginger for more than 2000 years to relieve the symptoms of enterocolitis, belching, nausea, pharyngitis, dyspepsia, hot flushes, morning sickness, motion sickness and travelling sickness. Moreover sodium bicarbonate reduces the acidity of stomach by neutralizing gastric acid.

Baby’s Bliss does not contain alcohol so it is very much recommended gripe water these days.

Few concerns regarding Baby Bliss gripe water are:

In 2007 it was found that the bottles of Baby’s Bliss Gripe Water contained parasites causing intestinal infections. Moreover as it contains sodium bicarbonate so it must be used after pediatrician consultation in infants less than 1 month of age, because sodium bicarbonate decreases the absorption of folic acid and iron which are essential components responsible for growth of baby. Fennel extract also has few unwanted effects on child health.

Overall Baby ‘ Bliss gripe water is a better option than many other types of Gripe water as it does not contain much of the chemicals but only sodium bicarbonate which if used with proper advice can avoid side effects. So have Baby’s Bliss and enjoy long sleep at nights.