It's well known that Isabelle is gassy as fuck and miserable at night. We are doing everything we can to fix it. But she basically cried from 4pm till now.
I just had a light bulb moment regarding your issue with your baby's gas problem. Do you give your child probiotics at all? Obviously check with your pediatrician about this, but our pedi recommends this for a whole host of reasons, one of them being to help with gas issues.
Here's the one sheet from their website on the subject of probiotics and their benefits:
Let me know if for some reason this link doesn't work...actually, I'm copying and pasting the text below - the actual document has photos of the brands they recommend getting:
What is it?
Probiotics are live bacteria that are good for your health. They work by balancing the natural intestinal flora and have
health promoting benefits for the digestive and immune systems. They have been used for centuries as a naturally
occurring component of fermented food, such as cheese, sauerkraut and yogurt.
What do they do?
The best-proven health benefits of probiotics are:
Shortening the period of symptoms of stomach viruses.
Decreasing the risk of having side effects from treatment with antibiotics.
Probiotics have been shown in clinical trials to benefit in a wide array of common GI problems in children:
Decrease number of episodes of regurgitation.
Reduce mean daily crying time (Improved colic).
Improve irregular bowel habits.
Less episodes and days with diarrhea.
Reduce severity of frequent abdominal pain.
Improve digestion.
Other benefits include:
Decrease the risk of allergy in infants and young children.
Boost your immune system.
Aid in the treatment of eczema.
Decrease risk of fungal diaper rashes and thrush.
Brands that we recommend:
Florastor and Florastor Kids: Florastor contains Saccharomyces boulardii lyo, a friendly yeast. Because it is a yeast,
and not a bacteria, it is very beneficial to take while on an antibiotic. We recommend taking it twice a day during
periods that one is taking an antibiotic. It can also be taken once per day for general gut health. Florastor kids is a
powder sachet that contains the same dose as one Florastor capsule and is naturally sweetened with tutti-frutti
flavoring. It is meant to be mixed into foods or fluids. If you think your child will not be a fan of the tutti-frutti flavor,
then use the adult capsule and open it and put into food or fluid. Florastor is appropriate for anyone over 2 months
of age. Nature’s way:
Children’s formula is designed for children 0-5 years of age. It is a powder that dissolves easily into fluids.
As a dietary supplement children under 2 years of age give 1/2 teaspoon per day. Children 2 years of age
and older give 1 teaspoon daily. May be added to liquid or infant formula. Can also be added to applesauce
or yogurt.
Kids formula is a chewable tablet designed for children 2-12 years of age. Recommended dose is 1 chewable
per day.
Adult form is an enteric coated capsule designed for adults. Dosing is one capsule daily.
BioGaia (recommended for all age groups):
Infant drops (comes with and without 400 IU vit D included). Dosing is 5 drops once per day than you can
put onto a baby spoon and wipe onto the tongue.
Drinking straws for children- the child has to drink 3 ounces of fluid through the straw in order to get the
dose and it is tasteless.
Chewable tablets for older children.
Hope this helps you! Sorry again about your H being an a-hole
It's well known that Isabelle is gassy as fuck and miserable at night. We are doing everything we can to fix it. But she basically cried from 4pm till now.
I just had a light bulb moment regarding your issue with your baby's gas problem. Do you give your child probiotics at all? Obviously check with your pediatrician about this, but our pedi recommends this for a whole host of reasons, one of them being to help with gas issues.
Here's the one sheet from their website on the subject of probiotics and their benefits:
Let me know if for some reason this link doesn't work...actually, I'm copying and pasting the text below - the actual document has photos of the brands they recommend getting:
What is it?
Probiotics are live bacteria that are good for your health. They work by balancing the natural intestinal flora and have
health promoting benefits for the digestive and immune systems. They have been used for centuries as a naturally
occurring component of fermented food, such as cheese, sauerkraut and yogurt.
What do they do?
The best-proven health benefits of probiotics are:
Shortening the period of symptoms of stomach viruses.
Decreasing the risk of having side effects from treatment with antibiotics.
Probiotics have been shown in clinical trials to benefit in a wide array of common GI problems in children:
Decrease number of episodes of regurgitation.
Reduce mean daily crying time (Improved colic).
Improve irregular bowel habits.
Less episodes and days with diarrhea.
Reduce severity of frequent abdominal pain.
Improve digestion.
Other benefits include:
Decrease the risk of allergy in infants and young children.
Boost your immune system.
Aid in the treatment of eczema.
Decrease risk of fungal diaper rashes and thrush.
Brands that we recommend:
Florastor and Florastor Kids: Florastor contains Saccharomyces boulardii lyo, a friendly yeast. Because it is a yeast,
and not a bacteria, it is very beneficial to take while on an antibiotic. We recommend taking it twice a day during
periods that one is taking an antibiotic. It can also be taken once per day for general gut health. Florastor kids is a
powder sachet that contains the same dose as one Florastor capsule and is naturally sweetened with tutti-frutti
flavoring. It is meant to be mixed into foods or fluids. If you think your child will not be a fan of the tutti-frutti flavor,
then use the adult capsule and open it and put into food or fluid. Florastor is appropriate for anyone over 2 months
of age. Nature’s way:
Children’s formula is designed for children 0-5 years of age. It is a powder that dissolves easily into fluids.
As a dietary supplement children under 2 years of age give 1/2 teaspoon per day. Children 2 years of age
and older give 1 teaspoon daily. May be added to liquid or infant formula. Can also be added to applesauce
or yogurt.
Kids formula is a chewable tablet designed for children 2-12 years of age. Recommended dose is 1 chewable
per day.
Adult form is an enteric coated capsule designed for adults. Dosing is one capsule daily.
BioGaia (recommended for all age groups):
Infant drops (comes with and without 400 IU vit D included). Dosing is 5 drops once per day than you can
put onto a baby spoon and wipe onto the tongue.
Drinking straws for children- the child has to drink 3 ounces of fluid through the straw in order to get the
dose and it is tasteless.
Chewable tablets for older children.
Hope this helps you! Sorry again about your H being an a-hole
I do give her a probio, but my chiro recommended a different one. I had forgotten that. I am ordering it now thank you!
I do give her a probio, but my chiro recommended a different one. I had forgotten that. I am ordering it now thank you!
Ahhh and it's not helping? That really is a bummer. It's one of those things that some doctors recommend and some don't because I guess they don't know too much about the benefits of it or who knows. Hopefully the different brand helps.
DD had reflux issues due to being a preemie, so the probiotics helped her immensely.
I realize more and more that I'm the mom in the Christmas story. LOL
OMG this is my life. Except my H knows better than to ask me to get seconds for him.
I also hate when we are over at someone's house for dinner (usually my in-laws) and if I don't explicitly ask my H to get one of the boys' plates, he will just fill his own and sit down while I am left to get both of the kids fed. He is normally not this dense, but it never fails every single time. Grrrr!
I realize more and more that I'm the mom in the Christmas story. LOL
OMG this is my life. Except my H knows better than to ask me to get seconds for him.
I also hate when we are over at someone's house for dinner (usually my in-laws) and if I don't explicitly ask my H to get one of the boys' plates, he will just fill his own and sit down while I am left to get both of the kids fed. He is normally not this dense, but it never fails every single time. Grrrr!
This reminds me of dinner with my former IL's. All the men got the dinning table and the women and children were expected to eat in the living room or where ever. No tables, balancing, because you know how well that works for kids. The men would be served first by the women, then the women would fix plates for the kids and themselves. It was asinine and made me rage even though I didn't have kids.