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So, after reading on this site and other sites about gripe water. I decided to buy it today to try on the baby.
Matt is 3 weeks old, and has been getting really fussy lately. We've used Mylicon which worked OK, but I wanted to try something natural.
I bought the Little Tummies Gripe Water; and it recommended 1/2 tsp (per the box) for babies between 2 and 4 weeks. So, after letting Matt fuss for approximately 3 hours, I decided to try the Gripe Water for the first time.
I gave him the recommended dose (which I think it's a bit much); and he calmed down sort of immediately. My mom took the baby to the living room and sat him on his bouncy seat, the baby fell asleep and after a little while he spit up quite abundantly.
Usually, he cries he head off when I change his diaper, and after the spit up, when I changed him, he was totally asleep! He didnt wake up at all.
It worried me so much, that I called my doctor's help/emergency line. The nurse recommended to try to wake him up and when I did (by applying a wet cloth to his head and face); Matt woke up and wailed a healthy cry.
He has been really sleepy and mild after that, so I wonder if this is a side effect of the gripe water? does it make your children sleepy/drowsy?
Matt is 3 weeks old, and has been getting really fussy lately. We've used Mylicon which worked OK, but I wanted to try something natural.
I bought the Little Tummies Gripe Water; and it recommended 1/2 tsp (per the box) for babies between 2 and 4 weeks. So, after letting Matt fuss for approximately 3 hours, I decided to try the Gripe Water for the first time.
I gave him the recommended dose (which I think it's a bit much); and he calmed down sort of immediately. My mom took the baby to the living room and sat him on his bouncy seat, the baby fell asleep and after a little while he spit up quite abundantly.
Usually, he cries he head off when I change his diaper, and after the spit up, when I changed him, he was totally asleep! He didnt wake up at all.
It worried me so much, that I called my doctor's help/emergency line. The nurse recommended to try to wake him up and when I did (by applying a wet cloth to his head and face); Matt woke up and wailed a healthy cry.
He has been really sleepy and mild after that, so I wonder if this is a side effect of the gripe water? does it make your children sleepy/drowsy?
but i used gripe water for a short time....i found oval worked on my daughter because she was gassy.
http://www.kellymom.com/bf/normal/growth-spurt.html
As a first time Mom, you can imagine that every change in the baby's behavior is a reason for me to get scared. I am trying very hard to avoid panicking, but sometimes, well... you know how that goes.
I reduced the dosis of the gripe water, I am actually giving him a quarter of the recommended measure. He burps really good, and I think that because he feels so much better, he actually sleeps better too. The moany-groany episodes are gone since he takes the gripe water also.
Today, I have not given him any during the day, and he has slept well and has not been moany. I do think it was a growth spurt, because he was eating SO much more.
Thanks to all for your comforting words, I really felt like a bad Mom for giving him something that doped him, but apparently that was not the case.
Thanks again!
just wanted to tell u thanks for posting this up. i will most definately invest in a bottle!
Good luck!
I used it all of the time. In the US, the closest thing would be mylicon.
You can also try fennel seed tea with a bit of ginger mixed through if you prefer homeopathy. They also help heaps with teething babies!
http://www.thelaboroflove.com/forum/homeo/colic.html