Karicare thickener

[Beautitude]

Has anyone used the Karicare thickener with any success?? Its kinda my last resort and my GP suggested not to thicken formula but im at my wits end with all the chucking. This morning i picked ds off his play mat and he chucked all down my left side then turned his head and chucked all down my right side. it got all over me, him and the floor. Thank god we dont have carpet he he. Just wondering what peoples experiences were with the thickener as i dont want to chnage formula again.

Thanks

[Kamarine]

I haven't used the thickener - Just the Karicare AR formula - which was thickened. DD had reflux for a while.
It does work, but it did give her alot of constipation and I imagine the thickener would be similiar.
I spent alot of time pumping extra water and sometimes sugar water into help her along.

It might not happen, just something to keep in mind.

[~mamaspice~]

DD had BAD reflux and was vomiting all the time. I tried the Karicare thickener but then I changed to the Karicare AR thickened formula instead and prefered that over the seperate thickener. It didn't stop the spewing but it defiantely made her spew less.

Worth giving it a go!

[Lovenhope]

Yes. I used the thickener with DS. I added it one of the soy formula's (under pediatrician advice). It seemed to help but DS also had constipation problems. HTH

[BekZ]

I have used it with both my girls and both times it caused constipation and tummy upsets. IMO don't bother.

[aussienic]

I used it on our peds advice.. We were giving EBM in a bottle and we used this no worries..

[alioops]

We used it with Em, she could not keep a bottle down at all if it wasnt thick for a few months. We couldnt use any of the normal thickened formulas so we used this with her script formula.