gripe water

[tamirra]

Hi, is it safe to give a 9 day old baby gripe water, as on the bottle it says from 1 months, and my grandaughter holds onto her wind terribly. Thankyou

[pingu97]

i dont know for sure but i wouldnt do it, as there is a big difference between 9days & 1 month, the baby is very young, so if i were you i'd get in touch with the health visitor for advice she may reccommend you dilute it a bit, although gripe water never worked with my baby!

[HJT40]

Have you tried Infacol? Try that first and if it does not work get your daughter to ask her health visitor.

[Psychick]

I agree with HJT40 on the infacol. I gave it to my daughter from a few days old and it worked a treat, definately give that a try first.

[redcrx]

try infacol but also look at perhaps using anticolic bottles.

I wouldnt give a baby gripe water if its not recommended before 1 month old.

Infacol didnt work for my son but i changed his bottles to Dr Brown bottles (boots sell them at �10 for 2), they are pricey but are great

[pingu97]

yeah forgot to mention that red, the type of teat the bottle has can drasticaly affect the amount of wind they have, i think if it's too big he'll take in more air causing the wind, double check with health visitor but i think thats right (been a bit too long to remember mines 4 now!)

[Compostella]

We used Infacol from day 3 and it worked a treat

I think the inventor on Infacol should be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize