colicy baby- changing milk

saramummytobe · Dec 12th, 2012, 04:57 AM

HI

my little girl is 2 and a half weeks old she has really bad colic ive tried infacol and colief does work but find it hard to use bcoz of having to leave it 30mins before giving it as she screams for her food and cant wait that long to be fed. Im currently on sma first milk is there anything else i cud switch too which cud help her? My midwife has discharged me and i havent been seen by health visitor yet

skunkpixie · Dec 12th, 2012, 07:48 AM

Infacol works by breaking down some of the lactose in the milk to make it more easily digestable. There are Comfort milks such as Aptamil Comfort or Cow and Gate Comfort which contains less lactose than other milks and proteins that are already partially broken down, so they are easier to digest and help with wind, colic and constipation. See link xxx

http://www.cowandgate.co.uk/our_prod...s/comfort_milk

skunkpixie · Dec 12th, 2012, 07:49 AM

Sorry when I said "infacol" I ment Coleif lol!!!

Jem88 · Dec 12th, 2012, 08:53 AM

Have you tried one of the comfort milks?

Our first baby Sophie fed fine on Cow & Gate first stage milk until she was 2 weeks and then started being fussy, crying and kicking her arms & legs out like she was in pain when feeding but then tried her on Cow & Gate comfort and she was back to feeding fine after 2-3 days. We also used Infacol & gripe water as we still struggled to get her wind up without them.

Our 2nd baby Layla started doing the same after feeding so we changed her to Aptimil comfort (we going to get cow & gate comfort but the local shop didn't have it). And after being on it 3 days she's not as fussy, isn't crying, straining and grunting like she's got a pain and isn't as windy. x

Sabbie · Dec 12th, 2012, 17:49 PM

Word of warning with the comfort milks watch ur teats. I use avent bottles snd size 1+2 had too smaller hole for the milk to go thru but found mam size 1 teats spot on. Also ive heard dr brown bottles are fantastic. Never got a chance to try them as my bubs went from colic to reflux

. Good luck with changing milks its not easy but persevere its worth it....i think lol. X

abay768 · Dec 12th, 2012, 18:45 PM

Thanks for sharing

dizz · Dec 13th, 2012, 05:19 AM

Friend had some success swapping from SMA to Aptamil (both the normal formulas) recently, coupled with colief.

MarcsMrs · Dec 13th, 2012, 06:02 AM

We moved our LO to C&G Comfort at 2 weeks & it made such a massive difference! Worth a try!

stephanyox · Dec 13th, 2012, 06:26 AM

I use infacol, sometimes colic drops and gripe water, i was told by the health visitor that infocal only works when used at pretty much every feed, so may be quite expensive over time. I tried gripe water by using a bottle that i only use for that purpose with a no.1 teat (LO's on no.2's with his milk) because its thinner than milk and he wont choke on it! I just put the required amount in the bottle and give it to him mid way or after a feed. Seems to do the trick most of the time! As stated above though you could try the comfort milks, but talk to your doc first.

Nessicle83 · Dec 18th, 2012, 15:01 PM

Colic doesn't exist it's a myth invented by docs to give distressed parents an answer to why their baby is crying all the time.

Silent reflux is usually the cause which is the over production of acid in the tummy rising up and down the throat causing burning pain.

Classic signs are fussing at feeds, feeding often but not taking much pulling away from teat then trying again, frequent hiccups, excessive gas xx

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saramummytobe Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Solihull Posts: 238	colicy baby- changing milk HI my little girl is 2 and a half weeks old she has really bad colic ive tried infacol and colief does work but find it hard to use bcoz of having to leave it 30mins before giving it as she screams for her food and cant wait that long to be fed. Im currently on sma first milk is there anything else i cud switch too which cud help her? My midwife has discharged me and i havent been seen by health visitor yet

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skunkpixie Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 2,043	Infacol works by breaking down some of the lactose in the milk to make it more easily digestable. There are Comfort milks such as Aptamil Comfort or Cow and Gate Comfort which contains less lactose than other milks and proteins that are already partially broken down, so they are easier to digest and help with wind, colic and constipation. See link xxx http://www.cowandgate.co.uk/our_prod...s/comfort_milk

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skunkpixie Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 2,043	Sorry when I said "infacol" I ment Coleif lol!!!

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Jem88 Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Cumbria, UK Posts: 3,363	Have you tried one of the comfort milks? Our first baby Sophie fed fine on Cow & Gate first stage milk until she was 2 weeks and then started being fussy, crying and kicking her arms & legs out like she was in pain when feeding but then tried her on Cow & Gate comfort and she was back to feeding fine after 2-3 days. We also used Infacol & gripe water as we still struggled to get her wind up without them. Our 2nd baby Layla started doing the same after feeding so we changed her to Aptimil comfort (we going to get cow & gate comfort but the local shop didn't have it). And after being on it 3 days she's not as fussy, isn't crying, straining and grunting like she's got a pain and isn't as windy. x

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Sabbie Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Lincolnshire Posts: 70	Word of warning with the comfort milks watch ur teats. I use avent bottles snd size 1+2 had too smaller hole for the milk to go thru but found mam size 1 teats spot on. Also ive heard dr brown bottles are fantastic. Never got a chance to try them as my bubs went from colic to reflux . Good luck with changing milks its not easy but persevere its worth it....i think lol. X

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dizz Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 2,408	Friend had some success swapping from SMA to Aptamil (both the normal formulas) recently, coupled with colief.

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MarcsMrs Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Ireland Posts: 1,653	We moved our LO to C&G Comfort at 2 weeks & it made such a massive difference! Worth a try!

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stephanyox Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Bristol, england. Posts: 147	I use infacol, sometimes colic drops and gripe water, i was told by the health visitor that infocal only works when used at pretty much every feed, so may be quite expensive over time. I tried gripe water by using a bottle that i only use for that purpose with a no.1 teat (LO's on no.2's with his milk) because its thinner than milk and he wont choke on it! I just put the required amount in the bottle and give it to him mid way or after a feed. Seems to do the trick most of the time! As stated above though you could try the comfort milks, but talk to your doc first.

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Dec 18th, 2012, 15:01 PM	#10
Nessicle83 Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 6	Colic doesn't exist it's a myth invented by docs to give distressed parents an answer to why their baby is crying all the time. Silent reflux is usually the cause which is the over production of acid in the tummy rising up and down the throat causing burning pain. Classic signs are fussing at feeds, feeding often but not taking much pulling away from teat then trying again, frequent hiccups, excessive gas xx

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