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Gripe water

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Monoploxy · 21/09/2017 17:27

What's the best way to use gripe water on my 4 week old baby?

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LapinR0se · 21/09/2017 17:28

Gripe water isn't great really. What's up with the baby?

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justshruggingreally · 21/09/2017 17:29

I found Infacol better than gripe water, it comes with a little pipette in the lid. You could use an oral syringe with gripe water, otherwise it's hard to give (I used a teaspoon, disastrously)

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Melpot · 21/09/2017 17:34

Yes infacol is much better than gripe water - that's what I've heard

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GinIsIn · 21/09/2017 17:40

If you do want to use gripe water, we used to use the calpol syringe.

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Spam88 · 21/09/2017 17:54

I used an oral syringe as well.

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LIZS · 21/09/2017 17:58

Slurp off medicine spoon or syringe?

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Bekabeech · 21/09/2017 18:19

Gripe water used to work when it contained alcohol - but doesn't do anything now (and alcohol is banned).

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Changerofname987654321 · 21/09/2017 20:23

Gripe water and infacol are for different things. Infacol is not recommended with reflux.

I found the boots gripe water the best. I used a calpol syringe or you can buy them from over the chemist counter and pop them in the steriliser.

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