Can You Put Gripe Water In Baby Formula

You might be tempted to mix gripe water with your baby s formula or breast milk.

Can you put gripe water in baby formula.

I thought gripe water was fantastic and worked instantly from the first time a gave it. I will be using it with the baby i am due in 6 weeks once hes over a month old if i need to. We did this with dd dear daughter as well as she would not swallow it at all. Hope it helps your little one too.

My lo was like this too but he loved gripe water it is the only thing that worked for him. You may have heard about use of gripe water as a way to try to reduce wind in a baby. Little remedies gripe water tackles your baby s stomach discomfort with a soothing formula. I think you can put it in formula but i don t know if it will be as effective.

I just repeated it a few times until the dose was in him and then just fed him the rest of his bottle. Gripe water typically has a pleasant taste so some babies don t mind taking a dose. That s perfectly safe but for. The only reason i don t anymore is because he was sucking in more air and was making himself more gassy.

Remember gripe water is a combination of fennel and ginger so it s an herbal remedy. It is not recommended to put gripe water in a baby formula. Here is a list of things to seek medical advice about before you consider putting it into your baby s bottle. Ginger root extract fennel seed extract and agave vegetable glycerin work together to remedy colic gas and hiccups.

Gripe water is the only thing that have really effectively helped my kids with their trapped wind. If you have any advice on this question then leave a reply below. Using a syringe from the chemist to administer baby medication would be the best way to give it to your baby. The answer to that is yes amanda you can add gripe water to warmed up formula.

Have you tired to give it in a syringe thing you get them from the chemist. I put mommys bliss nighttime gripe water in my sons bottle everynight and he sleeps around 9 hours so i don t think it changes it too much. We add it to the formula and ds takes it fine. Makes it so much easier and neither have ever rejected the bottle because of it.

While some parents may believe it is helpful there is no scientific evidence to support its use.