Gripe water vs Mylicon?
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How do you administer gripe water to baby? I’m ftm and my baby girl has the same issues and I might just resort to it
I give it to my baby with a syringe. I give 1mL 2 times a day.
My babes in the same boat we’ve been doing gripe water but probably not enough because not seeing a difference yet
Mylicon works better imo
I use both (only as needed)..mylicon during the day + gripe water at night. IMO the gripe water works best.
I use mylicon before each feed and gripe water before bed. Maybe seeing improvements but it could all be in my head forreal...bicycling his legs and tummy messages throughout the day and before bed also seem to help. I weirdly enjoy hearing his toots during the bicycling 😆 ohhh fridababy windi!
Mylicon actually made my bub spit up more, gripe water is working great for us though! I give .5-1ml during a feeding when he’s fussy and he usually chills out. I think it helps him a lot!
@Rebecca i thought Mylicon was after each feed… maybe that’s why I don’t see any difference 😣
@Natali do you use the gripe water that is specifically for night time or it doesn’t matter?
@Mariel yes! The Gripe Water PM is so helpful…especially when the gas aches would keep him up for hours at night.
They make a medication for infants, called omeprazole, my little girl is on that for spitting up and colic. It might be worth looking into? It is an anti-acid medication for reflux. Our pediatrician told us that gripe water is mostly sugar water, and to use Mylicon.
@Mariel My doctor suggested before just because if he gets full during nursing, giving him something more in his tummy afterwards would fill him up too much. Their bellies are so small at this age and a little goes a long way. Who knows if that's the correct way or not 🤷♀️
Gerber Good start Drops. mylicon and gripe water did nothing for me, but this is actually working
I use gripe water only... the first time used it, it took about a day to see change after that my baby wasn't fussy.