My mother and I grow catnip in our garden, and she remembered from her youth that catnip tea was brewed to help fussy babies. She verified it with her 92 year-old friend, and then she began brewing the leaves to make a tea for my young daughter to drink. At first, I was dismayed, but after I witnessed the immense easing of her tummy, I realized that this was indeed helpful. We used it a lot during that colicky period.

Another thing we found particularly helpful, as well, was the juice from a roasted onion. Bake a large onion and squeeze the juice from it. Just a little spooned to the baby has a soothing effect, too.

Both of these remedies seemed strange to me, and I was quite uncomfortable with the idea at first...but I was amazed at result.

Best wishes to you and little Johanna, and the rest of your family.

I do wonder if along with herbs you've tried altering your diet (I know you already don't do wheat and do mostly raw or cultured dairy, etc.) but wonder if something else could be the underlying cause? The only reason I ask is because my youngest (now 12 mo.) had some yucky digestion/tummy issues from birth and after an elimination diet I determined that it was dairy. I cut out all dairy and within days she was a COMPLETELY different baby. I was slowly able to add back raw cheese and some yogurt and she tolerated it well. At 12 months she has outgrown those dairy issues and does completely fine on full fat milk (we do not have raw milk availabile) and all other cow milk products we would normally eat.