J.W. asks from Costa Mesa, CA on October 23, 2009
What Do You Recommend for Colic? I Am Trying Different Formula Now?
Colic Remedies that work?
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M.D. answers from Los Angeles on October 24, 2009
My Son had colic and the only things to that really seemed to help him was the gas drops (doesn't matter the brand) and laying him over my knees on his stomach and just rudding his back. Oh and also heat seemed to help as well I had a bathroom with a heater fan and we used to sit in there quite a while at night I'm not sure if it was the fan or the heat helping or both. After we got through this phase I was reading somewhere about this baby heating pad you can buy and place it under their bassinet pad and they sweared by it, had I had know about this during the colic phase I definitely would have tried it. Good luck to you J. I know it's not easy but this too shall pass!
J.S. answers from Los Angeles on October 23, 2009
Gripe water, sitting up after eating smaller meals and more frequent feedings and there is a homeopathic tablet that dissolves in the mouth for colic by Hylands.
L.R. answers from Los Angeles on October 24, 2009
Dr. Brown's Bottles, Carnation Good Start Formula and Mylicon Gas Drops....worked for me. I tell everyone. They can't believe what a difference it makes!
A.G. answers from Reno on October 25, 2009
Definitely go totally dairy free. It takes a good week for all the dairy to work out of the baby's system. I was nursing and had to cut all dairy out of MY diet before the colic stopped. In the meantime while you switch to a soy formula, if you lay your little one on their back and then pump his legs like he's on a bicycle that relieves the colic. You can try gripe water or the no gas drops too.
C.C. answers from Los Angeles on October 25, 2009
Numerous friends of mine have sworn to a natural product called Colic Calm. I purchased mine recently off a website. The web address is: www.confidentbeginnings.com
M. answers from Las Vegas on October 23, 2009
Neutramagin Enfamil formula if it is really bad otherwise you can try soy formula. Also the video The Happiest Baby on the Block gives you tools that really help.
D.D. answers from Los Angeles on October 24, 2009
Good Start Supreme Comfort Proteins..introduce slowly..also hylands colic tablets..taste the formulas yourself..simulac tastes disgusting..i breast fed but supplemented b/c my son was a 10.2 lb baby and was losing weight..Good Start Supreme is the closest u can get to breast milk out of all the formulas...and was the only one that didn't upset my son's tummy..also try lower back massage...i went into Erewhon on Beverly and the nutritionist recommended some coconut cream stuff...can't remember now but i would rub that on my son's back and belly
S.H. answers from Las Vegas on October 24, 2009
Everything there is a treatment but not a solution. Find a chiropractor or cranial sacral therapist who can do work on the body. That will resolve the colic as opposed to just treating it. Our son had it horribly and once treated by our myopractor (not many of these guys around) friend it was over. His bowel movements and digestion went back to normal. It only took two treatments and it dramatically improved his quality of life. He is located in Phoenix and there is someone very good in Las Vegas. I am not sure where you are located but anyone with experience in body work on infants should be able to significantly help the problem.
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