DD has reflux, and tends to latch, unlatch & relatch herself when she's BFing, I think the combination of the two means she's getting a TON of air when she eats, I burp her as gently as I can, because if I burp her too rough she throws up all over me ( We don't have her on meds, the Rantadine made her miserable). We give her gripe water pretty much as often as the label says we can, but she still seems miserable, the label says every 4 hours as needed, come hour 3 she's fussy, and farting - she cries every time she farts, and her belly gets really hard, whenever she gets that way I try bicycling her legs & holding her facing out and pulling up on her legs - which seems to help a little as long as she's not red-faced screaming
Like I've said, we've tried Gripe Water, Mylicon, I've eliminated corn, soy, milk, & fruit sugars from my diet (We took her to a chiropractor that tested her for food intolerances, that's what he said she was having trouble with), i also stopped eating many gassy veggies, and I also take an enzyme after each meal to help break all the food down further.
My Pedi suggested Biogaia - a probiotic drop for her, I need to order it online and haven't yet, Does anyone have any experience with it? or does anyone have any other suggestions as to what else we can try?
Re: Gas remedy recommendation?
Good to know! I've had it in my walgreens.com cart for a few days now. was waiting for payday, How long does the bottle last? It's 5 drops per day right?
We have been using the bio gaia drops for over a week now. LO is still gassy and I have no idea if it's actually working. Doesn't seem to be doing much of anything, to be honest. However, I have heard it takes awhile to kick in so we will continue giving it to him until we run out... if it works then we will order more if not we will stop using it then. Since it's only 5 drops per day it does last awhile (thank god since the price is so high for such a small bottle of oil!).
As far as storage goes... it doesn't have to be refrigerated depending on how warm you keep your house. It says 25 degrees C/ 77 degrees F.... our house is kept at roughly 70 degrees so we keep it out on the counter next to his bottles. Its an easy reminder to put it in his morning bottle.
This is working for us, and milicon drops.