infacol alternative-??? wind advice please

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• joshysmum

  Jul 2, 2007 7:02AM

  Try winding half way thru then again at the end, my little girl is 4 weeks and shes terrible for colic and wind. I tried infacol and it helped a bit but not enough, i recntly tried dentinox and i put it in her milk. Shes been lots better and is even starting to sleep thru!! It advises you to put it in milk or give after a feed, but to be honest she wouldnt take it after a feed cos she was full, so in her milk seemed the best option. Good luck!

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• hayleys1

  Jul 2, 2007 7:14AM

  god this sounds familiar abz!! my son would wake and feed but it would take me another hour to wind him even tho bf. it took me 3 hours once and he had his next feed!!! it is a little better now he 9 weeks old an been on infacol for weeks. i find that gripe water halfway through feed helps alot in night he farts away like mad!! he had it from 3 weeks old. i also wake his dad to help and also lie him down for a few mins or change nappy helps bring wind to surface and when i sit him up he usually burps straight away. i really feel for u hun, have you tried dr browns bottles? they reduce air intake whilst feeding too i have these bottles, anything to help!!!! hope this helps xxx

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• abz-37405

  Jul 2, 2007 7:15AM

  brilliant thanks I will try Dentinox then! I have tried winding him at the end and throughout but he gets so cranky that he forces his hands into his mouth and you can hear him guzzling down air. Actually quite funny as he shakes his head from side to side like he is trying to tear the teat of the bottle in his eagerness to get it back in his gob. Sure that would not be quite as amusing if I were breast feeding!! Ouch!!
  The only other one I have heard of is Colief.
  

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• abz-37405

  Jul 2, 2007 7:18AM

  cheers Hayley! I have Dr Brown bottles too and have tried the napyy change and lying him down for a mo but it still takes such a bloody long time. maybe I am just being impatient. I think it is jjust frustrating as I cannot imagine being able to go out anywhere for fear of him having a particularly bad bout and screaming for an hour after a feed. Just have to keep telling myself that its not forever.... i hope!!

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• joshysmum

  Jul 2, 2007 7:19AM

  colief is ment to be good but id try somthing else first as its ??10 a go lol and if the cheaper ones work then youll save money, Doctors are supposed to prescribe colief but only if youve tried everything else. so if the dentinox doesnt work go see your GP.

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• abz-37405

  Jul 2, 2007 7:26AM

  will get some tonight then and see how he goes, but if ther is no improvmement then will call docs then. Thanks for that! Docs should prescribe t tho as i bet its a lot bloody cheaper than what he will have to prescribe me if the sleepess nights contiue! LOL
  xxx

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• hayleys1

  Jul 2, 2007 7:27AM

  honest try gripe water i hear it rumbling immediately and really helps to bring up trapped wind i only use it at night as he really struggles to bring his wind up xx

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• tyaz

  Jul 2, 2007 7:33AM

  My baby suffered badly with wind and i found changing bottles helped, he got terrible wind with avent ones but was great with the blue mam ones now hes 4 months he's fine with any, also rocking him back and forth seemed to help get it up. my health visitor recommended grapefruit juice but i dont think it helped him much.

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• abz-37405

  Jul 2, 2007 7:36AM

  Where do you get gripe water from? Is it Tesco or Asda or would I have to get it from the chemist? Can you use it alongside the infacol or dentinox or just on its own?

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• hayleys1

  Jul 2, 2007 7:45AM

  yes you can use it alongside any of those colic drops i used it with infacol. you can get it from anyhwhere chemist, co-op tesco etc woodwards gripe water i have but get a syringe as some babies struggle with spoon and although mine does have it it goes everywhere!!! xx

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• wenders

  Jul 2, 2007 8:27AM

  hi abz I found gripe water worked miles better than infacol with my 1st son, my 2nd son is 3 weeks old. I'm counting the days til he turns 4 weeks so I can give him gripe water too for his wind!
  
  for him it's more wind in his lower tummy/bowels thathe can't get rid of and infacol doesnt reach that far and only brings wind up from his stomach. I used boots own apple flavoured gripe water for daniel, we tried the orginal woodwards gripe water but it tastes like sh*t!!! seriously it is the most foul tasting thing, so for us apple flavour went down a treat and off he went trumping away after his feed no problem! lol )
  
  hope you find something that works xxx

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• wenders

  Jul 2, 2007 8:27AM

  hi abz I found gripe water worked miles better than infacol with my 1st son, my 2nd son is 3 weeks old. I'm counting the days til he turns 4 weeks so I can give him gripe water too for his wind!
  
  for him it's more wind in his lower tummy/bowels thathe can't get rid of and infacol doesnt reach that far and only brings wind up from his stomach. I used boots own apple flavoured gripe water for daniel, we tried the orginal woodwards gripe water but it tastes like sh*t!!! seriously it is the most foul tasting thing, so for us apple flavour went down a treat and off he went trumping away after his feed no problem! lol )
  
  hope you find something that works xxx

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• lil-nippa

  Jul 2, 2007 10:39AM

  hey, im having the same problem, my little one is 2 weeks old and struggles with bringing up wind, and takes forever to wind him, im using infacol at the moment and i must admit it does help a bit, im using avent bottles but i dont like them as u can here the air in the bottles, ive tried tomee tippee and there a bit better, im going to buy some dr brown ones as they seem to have a good reccommendation.

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• kirst3

  Jul 3, 2007 3:18PM

  i used colief when my lo had colic infacol didnt work for us, it is expensive though but worked a treat for us!

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• clindley

  Jul 3, 2007 3:28PM

  infacol works a treat for us, but also chsnging winding positions helps, i sit him on my lap, lie him tum\my down acos my lap, and over my shoulder rubbing his back. particularly bad wind moves when i put him between my knees sideways so can squeeze his tummy gently between my knees,.

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• sionap

  Jul 9, 2007 11:20AM

  I am in the same boat !my daughter was 3 months premature and has always taken ages to feed and even longer to wind !!have just started using infacol but dont see much change ?tried gripe water which made her vomit cottage cheese ! not good!!

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• Vicki_and_Callie

  Jul 9, 2007 1:02PM

  Hi
  
  My LO is 2 weeks old and really struggles getting wind up too. Im using infacol at the moment but doesnt really seem to be helping much. Think i will give the dentinox a try.
  Im using tommee tippee bottle and have tried mam and avent. I have a problem with her being sick a lot sometimes it just flies across the room (sorry tmi) and other times comes out her nose aswell. Does anyone know what i can do to help this please.
  
  Vicki xx

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• camlo

  Jul 9, 2007 1:39PM

  If babe is getting cross and is windy you should always consider teat size. Many mums struggle with slow flow and find moving up to medium makes a huge difference. Only tiny weenys need slow xx

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• twinmummy260407

  Jul 10, 2007 3:46AM

  hiya abz,
  my little ones both suffered with wind like your little babe. i to was told to try infacol which did help but not as much. I am using dentinox and changed bottles to dr brown and what an improvement. I agree with camlo as well you may need to change teat size, as i had to do this when the twins were a week old and they didnt struggle as much. xxx debs xxx

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• canarijaune

  Nov 2, 2016 8:36PM

  Have you tried breastfeeding? They say usually breastmilk esases the problems.

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