gassy baby

[mum2besoon]

does anyone know any formula brand for gassy babies?

my baby is on aptamil at the moment and he finds it hard to bring up the gas and when he eventually does he is disturbed etc. Its so annoying as its also interrupts his sleep and wakes him up hence left with a cranky baby (bless him)

I am trying infacol at the moment before every feed. I think has made a small difference but not enough.

I heard that Hipp organic formula could do the trick, has anyone ever tried that?

any tips are welcome..

thanks

[bjm]

Gripe water can help. It's fine for babies over one month old.

[ClareC]

We found gripe water worked best for us. Also used infacol but wasn't convinced it worked like the gripe water did.

[Yak]

Dentinox had better results than infacol for us...

[oimissus]

Have you thought about cranial osteopathy, we tried this after 3 months of using infacol and it worked a dream.

[mum2besoon]

I had ordered online dentinox which arrived today so will start on that to see if it makes any difference. If not gripe water will be next on the list.

And yes I have the first osteopath appoinment tomorrow.

Just willin to try anything in hope it will help him!

What I don't get is that online I found quite a few formulas which are meant to be sensitive for gassy babies (like enfamil genlease & similac sensitive etc) but I think you can only get them from the US..

[mich]

We currently.giving lo gripe water and have found that this is much more effective than the infacol. we did however have great difficulty getting hold.of the gripe water. seems to be out of stock in all supermarkets and boots etc. a chemist and was told someone came in an hour before me and bought up the last 6 bottles, so not sure if this is going to be discontinued. finally managed to get a bottle from Sheel pharmacy on ununhead lane, so your best bet is to try a local chemist.

[mich]

Excuse the grammer in previous post my phone is playing up.

[stellakis]

Also good is a homeopathic remedy called lycopodium, try place on lordship lane for advice but I bought mine at boots.

Good luck with sorting it.

[chantelle]

my four-week old is on hipp organic. she burps easily but wind/gas on the other end is pretty severe! i haven't tried infacol or gripe water yet. neither worked with my son, who was breastfed only but had terrible reflux.

[mum2besoon]

Thanks Stellakis I will check the homeopathic remedy out.

(Chantell) So your little one is on Hipp but still gassy huh. A friend of mine recommended this brand as her son seems to be less gassy than when he was on aptamil.

My son is 6 weeks old and so hoping this gas story is going to end sometime soon...

Today I took him for the osteopath appointment. I dont want to sound negative but I m honestly not sure how they did and how it would help him. However still willing so I will take him again next week...fingers crossed.

[oimissus]

the osteopath thing is odd, I didn't get how just a bit of gentle prodding could make any difference, but it only took one appointment for the wind problem to vanish!

[mum2besoon]

really? now i m impressed.... im definitely going next week :o)

ok something else that is really odd..

when I took baby boy yesterday to the osteopath they also offered me a session after I told them about my heavy blood flow for the past 2-3 days. I thought it was my period early and ultra ultra ultra heavy.

Now Ok this could be a big coincidence but since last night it seems to have eased off, as in not changing a heavy duty pads every 1-2 hours..

so hmmmmmm who knows!

sorry to go on about blood etc but i am a little amazed if the osteopath had anything to do with it.

[Lakey]

Check out Biogaia Probiotic drops. Finally solved our issue after weeks of trying everything. Caused (in my non-expert opinion) by me having antibiotics in labour due to strep b. Good luck, it's horrible I know!

[Strawbs]

Gripe water is a godsend.. There was a manufacturing problem with it I was told hence impossible to get hold of but saw it back on the shelves at lloyds yesterday.. I'd grab some while you can. When I give it to my son he starts farting up a storm almost immediately! X