Putting farex in a bottle

Do not add anthing extra to her bottles.

If you think she is hungry then feed her with a spoon.

Formula needs to be made to the packet directions and as soon as you start adding or subtracting stuff you can seriously harm your baby. Here is a link to an article about a special thickened formula that is made in america and how nasty it is. I am not saying that formula is bad, just specially thickened stuff. Have you spoken to your doctor about getting special anti reflux formula?

Susie I cant see in any harm in adding abit to thicken it up abit we also did that with Cody and seem to work but then just went and gave him it with a spoon. Maybe worth trying solids esp if shes nearly 5months and waking at night?

Edited by Leahsmummy

thanks A and C's mum - the pediatrician told me the Ranitidine just soothes the pain of the reflux, while the reflux formula should control it a bit better.

What does losec/dr reddy's do?

I didn't know it could carry on so long as to 2 years old! Was hoping she would be over it in a few months once solids got under way

Bizzy wrote: its normal for lots of babies - reflux or not - to wake in the night at that age anyway so may not even be hunger or reflux related.

Yes - I was lucky in that DD1 slept through from 10 weeks I guess! Still, all babies are different

Yeah, I thought losec was really the best thing for helping reflux overall. I didn't have any results with anything else apart from neocate but he's dairy intolerant so that turned out to be a reflux aggravator.

I have heard of people giving farex in bottles. My understanding was that it was basically like giving thickened formula anyway, to help keep it down. I think you're probably on the right track with the thickened formula, you can always give the farex before the bottle to help keep it down, without actually putting it inside the bottle. But I don't think it's that much of a no-no as long as you're still making the formula to the right specifications ie right amount of powder and water. I have even heard of some paeds telling people to put farex in so it's not that bad Wriggles... confused by your response being so anti, sometimes you have to do what works, my baby used to puke up most of every single feed and thickening it helped to at least keep some down. Alternatively you could try what we were advised by the paediatrician which was to give a few spoonfuls of a simple carbohydrate like kumara or pumpkin, before the feed, as it helps thicken it the way a thickened formula does.

Also isn't anti reflux formula thickened formula anyway?


For me its about what works and helps them not to be in pain. Thickened formula may not be ideal but if it helps to keep the baby's feed down and help them not to suffer it's all right by me. In an ideal world we'd all have breastfed reflux free babies but it doesn't always happen like that


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All good catisla, my DS was nearly 4 months when the paed said to do the solids before the feed, he said as long as I kept it to those simple carbs (he suggested pumpkin, kumara, carrot and rice but only rice I pureed myself) then it would be ok. Seeing as your DD is older than that even being early she'd be ok I think but understand you asking paed first. I didn't give much just a couple of teaspoonfuls before the feed and then at dinner a little more usually kumara or pumpkin (kumara spew stains less than pumpkin tho hehe). It worked quite well to help keep the feeds down, but that was in combination with losec too. I highly suggest you talk to the doctor about losec, some are reluctant to put babies on it but the way I see it, why make them suffer if there's something that can stop it.