I have "medicated" my daughter naturally her whole life, so she is used to taking horrible tasting stuff but with chamomile, I make a strong brew and then put a shot glass full of it for her to take. She takes this a half hour before bedtime and it helps her fall asleep (useful for restless/wound up days and even sickness). I don't use sugar in it, I treat is as "medicine" so I make it as small as possible and she shoots it back with a "chaser" afterwards (usually watery juice).

Not sure how long things take to reach the milk. I would imagine it depends on how long it takes to digest and reach the bloodstream and therefore milk (therefore liquids would probably be faster). It may also depend on the substance. Apparently alcohol for instance has shown peak levels in breast milk about 30 to 90 minutes after one drink. So I just figure if I take something at the time of a feed, by the time of the next feed it will be in the milk, assuming the feed is an hour to four away, preferably about two hours from the looks of things. So at a guess, to have a baby settle at 8pm for several hours, then I'd drink the tea at about 6 or at the previous feed, no longer than 4 hours before. I like Ci to be at his most settled after midnight, so I drink the tea at 9/10pm. But it's all an experiment at this stage for me. Tell me if you have the same success and how you did it, too.

Wondering, anyone pumping and storing yet? I'm waiting until the 6/8 week mark, but looking at pumps. With DD, I hired the ABA electric whizz bang pump - it was fast and you beaut. I may do that again but I'm also wondering how good the ones in the stores are. A medela one is endorsed by the ABA I noticed. Anyone have any recommendations?