VCO FOR MOM AND BABY

21 MOM & BABY-FRIENDLY USES FOR COCONUT OIL

1) Coconut oil contains lauric acid, a powerful anti-microbial fatty acid that protects the immune system of the fetus and newborn. Expectant mothers can ingest a couple spoonfuls a day to boost their immune function.

2) Add several tablespoons to bathwater for added moisturizing to your skin. A few drops of lavender essential oil will also make the bathwater soothing and relaxing.

3) Rub the oil onto your skin to prevent stretchmarks and itchy skin associated with a growing baby belly.

4) Take a spoonful to help with heartburn, acid reflux or indigestion.

5) Mix with a drop of lavender oil to soothe pregnancy-induced hemorrhoids.

6) Virgin coconut oil balances blood sugar and controls diabetes and helps keep morning sickness at bay.

7) Mix it into your favorite pregnancy herbal tea, such as red raspberry leaf tea.

8) When applied to the perineum in the weeks leading up to labor, it can help reduce tearing and the need for an episiotomy during the birth.

9) During those first few newborn diaper changes, coconut oil will help remove the sticky meconium from baby’s bottom.

10) Coconut oil is the perfect carrier oil to remove baby’s stubborn cradle cap.

11) Nursing mothers can use it on their nipples, which can become cracked and painful during breastfeeding.

12) Consuming coconut oil can increase your milk flow.

13) Rub the oil on your baby’s diaper rash–it’s especially good for a yeast infection rash.

14) Add the oil to your homemade infant formula.

15) When baby is sick, make your own homemade vapor rub.

16) Need a pick me up after the hard work of taking care of baby? Eat a spoonful for a boost of natural energy.

17) Coconut oil taken both internally and topically can help treat the yeast that causes both thrush and candida. A little oil dabbed inside the baby’s mouth, as well as mom eating it and applying it to her nipples before breastfeeding is very effective.

18) Take coconut oil to reduce or eliminate headaches and migraines.

19) If you or your baby have eczema, rub coconut oil on your skin to soothe it.

20) Take a spoonful of coconut oil 20 minutes before a meal to help curb your hunger.

21) Coconut oil makes a great hair conditioner that can tame that weird dry/falling out stage your hair goes through after pregnancy.

Source : blogs.babycenter.com