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Gripe water is available in Canada, in both alcohol and non alcohol
containing forms.  I always felt that if we are going to give the baby
alcohol, we might as well give it to the mother first.  More bang for your
buck.  I have mentioned it before, but as one of my teachers said.  With a
colicky, nursing infant, the mother should drink until the baby is calm or
she doesn't care that he's crying.

Phenergan is an antihistamine/tranquilizer.  I would not think this a better
drug to give a baby than alcohol.  (But then, I don't consider alcohol a bad
drug.  Like test weighing, it can be abused, and we don't really *need*
alcohol, just as we don't really *need* test weighings, but it can be nice).

Jack Newman, MD, FRCPC

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