My son is about 8 weeks old. I am not sure if he is colic or maybe needs another change to his formula. He screams all day long unless he has a bottle in his mouth or he's sleeping. He doesn't nap much at all during the ay but he does sleep 6 to 8 hours at night. He is gassy & I switched him from milk based to soy formula but now I am thinking we should try the alimentum. He is constantly pushing like he has to poop but only has a BM once a day or every two days. I fear he is in pain or uncomfortable & all I want is to find something that helps him! I am starting to feel like I am losing my mind not to mention super depressed just at the thought of going through this again alllllllll day everyday for god knows how long :-(
Has Similac Alimentum helped any moms out there with this sort of problem? Please someone give me some hope.
Re: Colic or Fussy baby: Has Similac Alimentum helped anyone?
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ds is on alimentum and zantac. he went from screaming any time he is awake to screaming 2-3 hours/day instead.
hope you find something that works soon! i know it can be very challenging.
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L is on enfamil nutramigen which is like alimentum. She had colic, bad gas and reflux. Fun times. We tried soy with her but she screamed louder than on regular similac advanced. So she pretty much also has a milk and soy intolerance. I would call your pedi. You need to give formulas a decent shot before switching.
Try gas drops in every bottle, colic massage (video on YouTube), colic calm gripe water and keeping baby held upright at least 20 min after eating. We also switched from playtex drop ins to dr browns wide mouth. That helped her burp better. Also make sure you burp at least half way through the bottle or every 2oz.
My DS 2 sounded exactly like your child for the first 3 months. He was on Zantac for those months and I was going to switch his formula, but my pedi advised against it. She said it wasn't his milk but it was just a little reflux and DS just didn't know what that feeling was all about.
I would talk to your pedi before switching formulas.
We switched his formula about 4 weeks ago because the pedi suggested we do so. But there hasn't been much of a change other than he's atleast sleeping through the night.
We have playtex bottles with drop ins, gripe water, gas drops in every bottle, leg stretches, ect. We are trying everything!
For those of you that have LO's on Zantac, how long did it take for the pedi to prescribe that?