Moving Tips & Advice: Infant, Playtex
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Tips for Constipated Infant?
Asked by C.C. from Orlando
on March 4, 2011
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Hi Mamas,
My 6 week old is gassy and constipated. I have tried everything the pediatrician has asked me to do. Today they tell me to "just keep doing what you are doi...
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- my son was super gassy when I ate really gassy foods. After giving birth I was trying to lose weight so ate alot of veggies and high fiber foods and that made him have...
- Gripe water really helps. It worked better than the gas drops. Talk to a lactation consultant. Maybe the baby is taking in too much air when breast feeding. Try li...
- Hi C.- my son had the same problems. I took a nipple from his bottle and filled it with plum smart or you can use prune juice, he sucked it down an d not much longer ...
Need Advice for Baby with Terrible Gas Pains
Asked by N.K. from Los Angeles
on April 4, 2009
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My baby is 18 days old and the first few days, he did fine on the premixed Enfamil formula they give at the hospital. Once we got home and began using the powder form...
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- Hi N., Try Carnation Good Start and Dr. Brown's Bottles. That combo will do it. Time and time again, my friends didn't believe me. Once tried, they won't do anythin...
- I remember this scenario with my son when we first bought him home. It was a nightmare for two months until we finally figured out what was going on. We took him to a ...
- We found that Gripe Water worked amazingly well!
Inconsolable Infant
Asked by A.W. from Cedar Rapids
on September 16, 2006
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I have a 4 week old baby. She was recently put on Zantac for acid reflux, however she is still inconsolable. She seems constipated and maybe it's gas too but when sh...
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- A., My son has acid reflux and was put on Zantac as well. I am a new mother and my son is 5 and 1/2 months old. Arching the back is a symptom of acid reflux. In ...
- A., I totaly understand what you are ogin through. BUt daughter was that way for 2 months straight right from three weeks on. she is now 7 months old and a happy bab...
- Hi A.. My daughter was the same way. We ended up changing her formula and she was better but still fussed a lot. Even though they have ruled out colic, have you tri...
Moving to a Sippy Cup
Asked by L.C. from Atlanta
on September 17, 2006
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Hi, my son turned one at the end of Aug. We have been trying to transition to a sippy cup but when it's time for him to drink milk he just won't have anything to do w...
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- There is a Sippy cup at wal-mart called the NUBY! They are great first time sippers because it's soft like a bottle nipple. I have Kylee of bottles at 8 months with th...
- Hi, I had friends who had the same issue and several used the straw cups, which are essentially sippy cups, but with a small straw sticking out instead of a beaker. ...
- Strawberry syrup just a little bit to sweetin it up. My girls didn't like milk when we switched from formula so I tried hocolate no luck but the strawberry they sucked...
Recommendation on Bottles
Asked by J.C. from Boston
on September 29, 2008
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I have been using the Playtex drop ins for my daughter. I've recently weened her and am bottle feeding exlusively and find that the Playtex bottles are a pain and not ...
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- Here's a link to a previous discussion on BPA free bottles: http://www.mamasource.com/request/3380157384532951041 Good luck, J.
- I used others too. My cousin is a nurse and a mother of 2 and grandmother of 2. She said to use Dr. Browns. They now make BPA free bottles and they cut downs my son's ...
- Dr. Brown's are awesome but yes WAY too many parts to clean. After about a month you'd regret them & wished you bought something else. But they are wonderful have the...
Baby Has Lots of Gas Pain
Asked by N.G. from Salinas
on March 1, 2008
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Hello! My 4 month old is very gassy and cries in pain for 30 minutes to 1 1/2 hours. I have given up dairy, tried different non-allergenic formulas, myclin drops, gr...
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- Mylcon works wonders. You give a couple drops at each feeding. There are also some herbal remedies on the market. Good luck.
- my 2 month old is the same way, gas drops dont work! What I have found that works is called gripe water. You can get it at any drug store, I purchase it at longs drug...
- hi there When we were first giving our son formula, we tried Infamil.. and well, it was soooooooo rich, he ended up getting major gas pains.. we finally found nestl...
Transition from Breast to Bottle Feeding Infant
Asked by K.G. from Seattle
on March 5, 2009
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I am going back to work in 3 weeks and am planning on breast feeding my baby before and after work and weekends. However, she will need to take a bottle during the 5 d...
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- K.- So sorry to hear of your trouble with the bottle. It can be very upsetting for mom, dad, and baby. I went back to work part time when my son was 3 1/2 months ...
- As a person who babysat a breastfed newborn/baby, rest assured that your child will take the bottle. They will not starve themselves. Just make sure you are getting ...
- Hi K. - Honest, you just need to keep trying and not give up! I went through it with my now 2 year old at the time and it was awful! And I ened up having to leave him ...
Baby Won't Take Bottle!
Asked by S. from Chicago
on January 21, 2008
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I have gone back to work and my breastfed baby (10 weeks) won't take my pumped milk from the bottle. The pediatrician says he won't starve, but he's crying nonstop. ...
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- I had the same problem with my now 6 month old. Back when he was 14 weeks, he refused the bogttle. I got some great advice here. Check out the responses. I think if...
- S., My little guy was breastfed exclusively until I went back to work, too. The only bottle we tried that he likes is the "BreastFlow" by The Learning Curve. They s...
- S., Have you tried different bottles/nipples? They have wide-nipples that are supposed to be more like the breast. We never needed these with either son, but I've...
Breastfed Baby Won't Take the Bottle!
Asked by A.M. from Los Angeles
on May 6, 2008
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My 2 month old baby is doing well with breastfeeding and has been from the beginning. We started to introduce breast milk in a bottle to him at about 4 weeks in the ho...
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- My daughter was exactly the same way. I was also using the Avent bottles. I switched to the playtex nurser (the one with the stupid plastic inserts I was trying to a...
- Try other bottles. My son likes the avent nipples because it most closely resembles my nipple. I found another one that I think makes sense... try the soothie bottle. ...
- Try the "MAM" brand baby bottle. You can get it at Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw/002-###-###-####-###-###-####?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords...
Help! My Baby Won't Take a Bottle!
Asked by A.G. from Anchorage
on September 27, 2008
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I have a 9 1/2 month old baby boy who won't take a bottle. I have been breastfeeding him which may have something to do with it. He eats breakfast, lunch, snacks, and ...
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- Try putting breast milk in the bottle until he gets used to the bottle..The nipple on the bottle sometimes the kids have a hard time adjusting to the nipple. But when...
- Try a sippy cup with a soft spout. My daughter nursed for over a year, but anything additional we gave to drink after 6 month came from a sippy cup. I was worried ab...
- Are you discontinuing breastfeeding because of him biting you? Because if that is the issue, it might be better to find a way to help him stop that and continue to br...
