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Infacol and constipation?

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ALovelyBunchOfCoconuts · 07/10/2011 17:57

My DS is 15days old, FF with C&G stage 1. He takes 4oz every 3-5 hours. He really holds onto his wind and he cries and pulls his legs and arches his back so we tried infacol. After a couple of days the wind is much easier but since he has been on the infacol he has only done 1 poo.

The poo was soft and yellow as you'd expect so not constipation in the sense of a too firm stool just that there seems to be so much less. Before the infacol was introduced he was filling his nappy about 5 times a day. Does anyone have experience of this? Is this common with infacol? Feels like I've solved one problem but created another.

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diyvspse · 07/10/2011 21:02

I FF my DS and used infacol at each feed. We didn't experience any problems with poos, but surely all babies are different.

How long has he been on the C&G? Only asking because perhaps he was previously adjusting to the formula.

organiccarrotcake · 07/10/2011 23:00

Infacol works by making gas bubbles smaller, and isn't supposed to affect the intestinal wall at all.

ALovelyBunchOfCoconuts · 08/10/2011 10:16

He has been on the C&G since day 5.

I stopped using the infacol yesterday afternoon, and he has been bringing up wind ok since and did a huge poo since too. Perhaps just a happy coincidence Confused

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