It's Karicare Thickener, I got mine at Priceline Pharmacy and I think you can get it at most other chemists. It isn't available in the Supermarket, Big W etc.
You may find that you will also need to get bigger teats for his bottles as the formula is thicker Tara finds it too hard to get out of the normal teats. I use Avent bottles and have switched the teats to Pigeon Y teats (also at Priceline Pharmacy or Big W).
In the reflux forum one of the mum's also recommended "Infants Friend" wind drops to help with any possible discomfort with the change to the formula consistancy. I've found after 5 days of using the thickener I started using 1/2 the recommendation per 100mls to see how Tara went and was giving her the Infants Friend at every feed. I've now upped the thickener to the recommended amount and only use the drops at a couple of the feeds and she seems fine. I gave her a thickened bottle just before I dressed her for the wedding yesterday (although she did have a bib on for about 30 mins after her feed) and the only vomit we had was a little bit of overflow about the size of a 20c. I've also noticed that she sleeps much better during the day after she has had a thickened bottle and it hasn't changed her night sleeps, still getting around 12 hours.
Give it a try, you might find it helps with Adam's reflux and fingers crossed it will also help you get longer nights sleeps as well.
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