Baby formula woes. Anyone tried Comfort formula? My little one has terrible wind 😪

[Jogsandwalks]

Ahhh... I'm at the end of my tether with this. He's gone from brilliant sleeping through the night baby, at around 3 months to crying and give me a cuddle every half hour baby, now at 6 months. Now I get no sleep and I can't figure out the formula to use to get rid of this trapped wind that keeps waking him up.

He was on sma formula and then that made him constipated to point that he wouldn't poo for a few days. And in the night he would scream out in pain from the cramp.

So I moved him onto Aptamil Comfort formula and its just a different type of bad. Now he has wind and farts and farts constantly. So he wakes in the night screaming because of trapped wind and the need to fart. I'm really not convinced of this Comfort stuff. It hasn't made things better.

I'm thinking of trying Kendamill next. It sounds good with the no palm oil thing; could be better for him?

Or should I just try C&G the normal one, not the Comfort one. He seemed to like the premade bottled C&G so maybe powdered one might not bung him up like the sma formula did.

It is proving to be a very expensive experiment with unfinished boxes of £10+ formula everywhere and I'm also knackered.

What's everyone else's experience with different formulas and their side effects?

[Twiglet2]

we found the aptimal premade worked best for us,(which I believe is same manufacturer as cow and gate) the powder stuff in any brand just never sat right in his tummy and lots of time standing up and wiggling legs after bottles but also at 6months I presume you have started weaning and I found our little guys digestive system was all over the place again when that started having got into a great place with the formula ! So could be to do with that too xx

[Jogsandwalks in reply to Twiglet2]

Mm yes, theres definitely something about the premade stuff that makes it go down easier. But yes you're right about weaning too

[Monsoon_rain]

Hi

I feel your pain, the thing is that each baby is so different. I had my twins on SMA cartons of milk for first two weeks and then moved them to kendamil formula, same as you, it appealed as no palm oil etc and has several friends who had recommended highly but one of my twins had bad diarrea that didn’t go until we changed formula, yet my other twin had no issue with Kendamil other than bad farts which made him grunt and twist all night although it did settle down.

I am now on SMA formula and although it was not my first choice both seem happy and healthy enough.

Hope your little one feels better soon, it is hell seeing then feel pain from wind and gas ….

[Jogsandwalks in reply to Monsoon_rain]

Thank you. Interesting to hear Kendamill isn't necessarily all that. And yes, you're right every baby is different so that's a thing too *sigh*

[Gracem90]

We used Kendamil which was amazing! We used their anti colic formula and it helped so much. It was unavailable for a while so we had to start using the normal stuff and even that helped. I read somewhere is can take two weeks for a baby to get used to a new formula so something to bear in mind when trying new ones xx

[Jogsandwalks in reply to Gracem90]

Ok cool. That's one vote for Kendamill. Thank you 👍

[Chloed14]

hi! My little one used to be the exact same! I would walk up and down the stairs with him, try all sorts. I stopped breastfeeding as it was beginning to tire us both out. I switched to Tommy tippee colic bottles, sma advanced milk and sometimes added a little bit of colief when he was getting a tummy ache.

This worked an absolute dream!

Hope you find a solution.

[Cookies7]

Hi, so sorry to hear what you and baby are going through. My neice had the same problem when she was born. Turned out she was lactose intolerant. Doctors then prescribed her special milk and that seemed to help. Maybe speak to gp you're little one might be lactose intolerant or have some other allergy. Good luck 👍

[Jogsandwalks in reply to Cookies7]

You know, the lactose intolerance thing has definitely crossed my mind. Been really thinking it could be a thing. I think I will speak to my gp about a test or something

[Cookies7 in reply to Jogsandwalks]

Yes you should. How old is baby? My little one was upset for abit with c&g formula first few weeks of his life then got used to it. I thought my little one was lactose intolerant but doctor said hes too small to be able to tell if he has an allergy. But thankfully he got used to it all is fine. But yes get bub checked out for sure😀

[Jogsandwalks in reply to Cookies7]

He's 6 months old now. So I've started weaning. He was mostly breastfed until then so there has been a bit of change to his diet. Definitely will check the lactose intolerance thing with the doctor

[Cookies7 in reply to Jogsandwalks]

Oh see that could be it apparently when babies start eating food breastmilk helps them digest better. So maybe combination of food and formula is too much for him. He will get used to it eventually hopefully

[triplecats]

good afternoon,

I really feel for you. The thing is every baby is different, my eldest 2 both had SMA and were okay on it, my third had Aptimal formula he had severe reflux and it was the only milk he could tolerate to keep some down. My 4th and 5th could only have Cow and Gate, they also have severe reflux, my 5th baby has reflux so bad he is 9 months old now and still has to have all fluids thickened. My eldest kids are in their 20s now so over the years formulas have changed ingredients but from my own experience I would never use the comfort milks or hungry baby milks as they can make baby constipated, I would stick to regular formula, you can always add infacol or dentinox colic drops to help ease any discomfort baby is having with trapped gas. You said baby is 6 months old now, have you started weaning, could it be new food introduction causing trapped gas?

[Jogsandwalks in reply to triplecats]

Thank you for the reply. Interesting to hear you're not convinced by the comfort formula either. I have started weaning him at 6 months now so that could be a thing. Infacol is not something ive heard of but will look into now

[Seb9]

I would maybe look at Infacol or colief drops before changing formula again as they offer some help with wind as babies on any diet can get wind.

We used Kendamil for my little one when we gave her a bottle and I preferred it to any other formula we tried. If you're introducing new foods as well with weaning it might be worth noting what they've had on case anything they're eating makes it worse.

[Jogsandwalks in reply to Seb9]

Mm, yeah that is something I might have over looked, the fact his diet has changed. Will definitely be looking at infacol. Thanks for the reply

[Jjleo]

my twins are on comfort milk! My one twin was fine with normal C&G formula however my other twin was in visible discomfort with his tummy on it. My health visitor advised trying the comfort milk and hes been perfect since. We have them in C&G comfort if its worth trying this one?

I will add that the health visitor did say that it makes the babies more gassy.