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How often to give baby Infacol when feeding on demand?

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Haylstones · 03/04/2008 18:01

Label on Infacol bottle says to give it before every feed but if the baby is fed on demand how often should it be given? Ds can sometimes feed every 90 minutes, which seems a lot of Infacol for one day if I dose every feed...

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LadySanders · 03/04/2008 18:11

i am b/f on demand but ds2 - 6 weeks old -only seems gripey in afternoon/early evening so am only doing infavol for those feeds, ie has about 4 doses per day... i would imagine its safe to give more as presume if any danger of overdose it would have limits printed on bottle

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Haylstones · 03/04/2008 19:30

My ds is nearly 6 weeks and most windy during the night. hv said infacol takes a few days to start working so I assumed it didn't matter if he had it when he was windy or not iykwim. Will maybe just give every 2nd feed...

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mum2oneloudbaby · 03/04/2008 19:40

i understand for infacol to work properly it is a cumulative thing and needs to be with every feed. i think bottle says possible overdose is a whole bottle.

i tend to not give if feeding within 2 hours of last dose but there is no reason i picked 2 hours i just felt more comfortable with more of a gap. it doesn't seem to be doing dd any harm and she is now 18 weeks.

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Haylstones · 03/04/2008 19:41

thanks, will persevere

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