A bit less than a week ago, Hannah started developing this red rash on the outside of her left elbow. It wasn’t hot to touch, inflamed, or pussy. It didn’t even seem to affect her much. It was just a rash.
Going back in our heads as to “what has changed” in the past week or so, Daddy and I thought it could have been the addition of the chamomile tea.
The tea has been a godsend in terms of letting her sleep through the night! She had gone from averaging about 5 hours or so of sleep a night to 8 or 9!
So of course, because it had been working so well, it probably was the tea giving her the rash, because let’s face it — nothing is ever simple with Hannah.
These past three nights we decide against giving her tea to see if the rash would go away. Sure enough, it definitely has started to dissipate…along with Hannah’s good night sleep. Each night, without the tea, she only slept 4 or 5 hours.
Heartbreaking.
So we are trying something tonight. Instead of giving her the 5 or 6 ounces of tea at night, we are going to limit it to just 3 ounces at around 2 am and see if that will allow her to sleep a bit longer without the rash coming back.
If the rash comes back, it is on to plan B… whatever that may be.
Gosh, I hope we can keep her on the tea and that the rash was just a fluke. It has worked so well for her sleep! Keeping my fingers crossed this works.
How do you feel about giving her a low dose of melatonin? That could also really help as well!!
Try another brand of tea. If there is a Sprouts or Henry’s near you check their natural tea selection. They have many brands of chamomile. Maybe something in the Sleepytime doesn’t agree with her.
Hmm. I was going to suggest Melatonin as well.
I have been reading about Hannah for a while. I had to ask, what about Kava tea? This one that I take does not have chamomile in this tea: http://shop.yogiproducts.com/Kava-Stress-Relief/p/YOG-076950450301&c=Yogi@HerbalTea Perhaps it could help?