Constipation

It could just be the change…

I read that all the milks who state to be good for colic and constipation aren’t any good and it’s all branding more than anything.

My little one is on cow and gate and does well on it… he suffered with bad constipation when he was 2 weeks old, the hospital gave us some lactulose 2.5ml twice a day to help him get going and he’s been fine since and can go on his own now xx

she's had cow&gate from the beginning as was having a formula top up after feeding on the breast too.
She'll do one massive poo every 36-40hours but strains continuously in-between and the smell is awful! Before she was going atleast twice a day, she just appears uncomfortable now and isn't sleeping in her cot anymore, wakes herself up by straining/farting.
I just don't know how to help her, we do all the massage, bicycle legs, warm bath etc and it hasn't done anything xx

Our little one was just like this…

He went to the toilet once in 10 days when they put him on the lactulose and then I took him off the lactulose after a few days so he could learn to go on his own which he has been doing but sometimes he can strain and the wind smells so bad. The paediatrician said the smellier the better and not to be worried as babies can go up to 7 days without a bowel movement of their formula fed and 14 days breastfed.

I think it possibly could just be the change to solely formula taking a bit of time to get used to.

You could possibly just try a little bit of lactulose maybe once per day to maybe help get her going but she will get there okay on her own it might just take a bit longer xxx

I’ve had the same issue with my little boy the doctor prescribed infant gaviscon and it helped he’s on cow and gate my health visitor told me the milks that state it’s for different uses are nothing but a brand deal maybe try this and see how it goes

I think it's just the change to full time formula causing these symptoms. Breastmilk has a laxative effect so he's likely just getting used to coping without that

Okay so I’ve always formula fed with cow and gate and my first was really bad with wind on the normal version for the first two months until my partner spotted the comfort cow and gate when we were out shopping so we got it and honestly he was a completely different baby after a couple of days and never had wind issues again. We kept him on it until 6 months and then switched back to regular when he was weaning as his tummy was more able to handle it.

My second we started on comfort from the beginning up until when he started weaning then switched to normal and we had zero issues with wind and my third that I had in April we started with comfort straight away and again no issues so far and we’re planning to switch to normal when he’s weaning.