Comments on: Almost, but not quite http://www.martinirevolution.com/2007/09/almost-but-not-quite/ "Does your wife know you blog?" Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:37:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: mizarkey http://www.martinirevolution.com/2007/09/almost-but-not-quite/#comment-1101 mizarkey Tue, 25 Sep 2007 18:09:13 +0000 http://www.martinirevolution.com/2007/09/almost-but-not-quite/#comment-1101 I had never heard of the term "gripe water" until you posted it - then the NEXT DAY, the New Yorker mag had an article on colicky cry babies and mentioned its usage. haha ~~ The first officially known Gripe Water was reportedly formulated in England in 1851. It became popular among English nannies to use the product liberally. The original Woodward's Gripe Water contained 3.6% alcohol, dill oil, sodium bicarbonate, sugar and water. A typical single dose is 2.5 to 10 ml, depending on the age of the baby, and it is repeated several times daily. In 1993, the Food and Drug Administration ordered an automatic detention of all shipments of gripe water into the U.S. on the basis of it being an unapproved drug. It has been marketed online as a supplement. The product, from the United Kingdom, India and other countries, can be found in many ethnic grocery stores throughout US. I had never heard of the term “gripe water” until you posted it - then the NEXT DAY, the New Yorker mag had an article on colicky cry babies and mentioned its usage. haha

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The first officially known Gripe Water was reportedly formulated in England in 1851. It became popular among English nannies to use the product liberally.

The original Woodward’s Gripe Water contained 3.6% alcohol, dill oil, sodium bicarbonate, sugar and water. A typical single dose is 2.5 to 10 ml, depending on the age of the baby, and it is repeated several times daily.

In 1993, the Food and Drug Administration ordered an automatic detention of all shipments of gripe water into the U.S. on the basis of it being an unapproved drug. It has been marketed online as a supplement. The product, from the United Kingdom, India and other countries, can be found in many ethnic grocery stores throughout US.

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