When my daughter was born 30 years ago, my Romanian grandmother taught me a few traditional things about taking care of her. One of the most vivid in my memory is my grandmother’s tips for how to bathe her.
My grandmother brought up four children while living in an isolated home in a forest, so she knew how to use everything in Mother Nature to keep her children healthy.
Indeed, the forest offered a bounty of resources for the human body, and one of the best things for a baby’s sensitive skin she said were herbal infusions.
In particular, oregano, which grew wild and abundantly on the forest edges, was one of the best herbs.
Wild oregano in bloom. np-e07/iStock
