Infant gaviscon

I give it to baby every other feed as she will have a pumped bottle of breast milk and then feed straight from the breast. I’ve known people to give in every feed though so it is fine I think as long as you don’t exceed the 6 sachets in 24hrs.

I only do it in 2 bottles a day and carobel in the rest, have you tried getting to to 3 or 4 hours between feeds? I recently found I was confusing tiredness with hunger so was feeding him constantly.

We have been putting it in every feed (he has 6 feeds of 6-7oz a day) if he has a feed without it then he just throws up and gets really upset and difficult! I wouldn’t worry but maybe speak to your health visitor if you’re concerned

We do 3 feeds with gaviscon, 1 feed without, 3 feeds with, 1 feed without in a continuous pattern…

thank you! Might try that. Trying to get longer between feeds. She was born early and was small. When she was last weighed she was 8lb 7oz. She will go longer at night time but during the day she seems to want a little bit but more often. We are seeing health visitor regularly to keep an eye on her weight so think I’ll mention it to her next time x

I’ve noticed that if I don’t put the gaviscon in then she is sick. I’ve just been so worried about giving her too much gaviscon because she feeds so often.

I had the same feeding every 2 hours issue when my little girl had gaviscon in her milk. I spoke to the Gp and used half a sachet every feed rather than a full one every other and she was absolutely fine. Half a sachet was all she really needed and then it was also far easier to wean her off of it. Might be worth a try 😊

Also side note to that, have you taken her to an Oesteopath? My little girl has silent reflux and gaviscon was taking the edge off but making her constipated. After taking her to an Oesteopath she no longer needs the gaviscon and doesn’t strain anywhere near as much as she did before 😊