Infacol or Colief

Boy my boys have been on infacol and then 4 weeks gripe water worked wonders after a few days my first had colic and reflux my newborn only has colic but infacol has helped a lot x

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@Leanne oh thank you so much I really needed to hear that. I hate seeing her in pain it’s awful we both just sit there crying together 😂 so glad your little one is doing well x

@Helen oh that’s so good to hear! Thank you:) does it take a few days to start working? X

What reasons are you trying them as they do different things? Infacol is to help trapped wind and getting burps up. Colief drops breaks down the lactulose in milk to help baby digest it a bit easier. Infacol never worked for either of mine and made them both very sicky. Colief we’ve used for my youngest and it did help for a bit, he was straining to poo and fart and it made that a lot easier for him, but it increased the amount he poo’d massively! We used it for about a month or so and then slowly weaned off it and he’s been much better ever since x

@N 💞 ah ok! That’s really interesting, so my daughter is constantly grunting and straining even in her sleep. She seems so pained straining. She has so much wind, constantly farting sometimes with no relief. She’s not a sicky baby and she has suffered with not being able to poo for several days at a time. I’m just at a loss as how to help her, I’ll try anything! It does seem as though she just gets so much trapped wind x

@Alisha I have never heard of this! I’ll have to Google this and look in to it, any recommendations on research? X

@Alisha I’ve been suggested this by a lactation consultant. Have you tried it, did it work?

Infacol has worked a treat for my boy! He was very colic and now much better. Worth giving it a go as every baby is different! Xx

I am in the same situation with my boy who’s 9 days old. I’ve started him on Infacol which helps a little but you can still tell he is in discomfort and pain. It’s always around and hour after his bottle. Going to speak to the learn visitor tomorrow to see what they suggest. They had Mentioned previously to add a little extra water in his bottles x

@Natalie watering down formula can be really dangerous, I’d definitely avoid that. You can give 1oz of cooled boiled water between feeds for constipation if baby is formula fed but I’d speak to a gp rather than a HV x

@Naomi @Kristine, we went with a highly recommended one near us, reviews were great, I typed it in along with my area and contacted them, we didn't use it for colic etc but when it was recommended to me I was told it can help for colic, reflux, bowel movements, belly pain, newborns who have had traumatic births etc, in our case Amora was over due 9 days and was my biggest baby I'm tiny so was rather cramped lol and a very quick labour, she came out bruised face and blood shot eyes and just could not stop crying first few weeks and had constant hiccups, not able to keep my breast milk down and seemed pained she was also really stiff would rarely move her head all the way and her startle reflex was beyond normal with how stiff she would alreadg be, she had a cranial massage and after even the first session she just slept for hours ! Hiccups seemed to lesson she was keeping her milk down and pain seemed to disappear her, no longer stiff more relaxed, her poos also came more regular too x

@Naomi have you looked into infant dyschezia? It’s likely to be that which unfortunately is very Normal in newborns x

@Natalie oh bless him it’s horrible isn’t it! Please let me know how you get on and if there’s any more advice! My GP said today she wouldn’t recommend giving her water or anything unless she’s really constipated as she’s too young. X

@Naomi that’s was she said about the water but just half an ounce can loosen up a little. I will let you know. Horrible isn’t it when there is nothing you can do X

@Alisha lovely to hear a success story! Will definitely look into this, I assume this is a private option rather than NHS? X

@Leanne how do you figure out if it’s just colic or colic plus reflux ?

@Shivi my first wasn’t bringing up a lot of wind and there legs should be straight if they don’t have any my midwife told me it should only take a could of minutes to bring up wind and with my first it was hours he drink his bottle and puke up 90% of it to the point where he was losing weight I had to put him in anti reflux milk ( midwife recommended it ) it’s normal for babies to be sick every now and then but not lots after every bottle x

@Alisha we found a highly recommended one too, think I’ll book in! ☺️ for us it’s as she has a lot of tension and was born via c section but said it would help with tummy discomfort etc

@Naomi I forgot to mention that sorry, yeah it's private, we paid consultation for 70 I think it was which included 30 min assessment then 30 min massage then after that we only needed 3 more sessions which were 50 each at 30 mins x

Infacol has helped me with my first born and my 3rd who is currently 4 weeks old

My baby is 2 weeks old and he was showing signs of constipation (i mix feed breast and formula), he has the whole grunting and straining awake and asleep! Bought Colief and it’s been amazing tbh! Saw a difference within the first night of putting the drops in his milk and on Day two he had very big poops - highly would recommend! 😊

Been using infacol before every feed. She seems a little bit better but still gassy sometimes though just making sure I burp her regularly