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Someone please help me
my 13 week old has for the last week been soley on formula - he has heinz nurture gold then he got constipated - 3 days no poop then i moved his legs etc gave him water and he eventually went it was fairly firm and he screamed his heart out when he did it, i gave him some coloxyl infant drops - advice from the pharmisct..... he went this morning and it was failry runny, Now approx every 5 or so minutes he screams in agony and has episodes for approx 1 1/2 hours at a time...
I dont know whats wrong and its breaking my heart that i cant do anything to take away his pain... :(
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Hi there , sending you a big hug, maybe give him some panadol, or some kind of pain releif, and maybe see the doc tomorrow, do you have a health line you can ring and ask. sorry if i am not much help.
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Yeah we do i was thinking about riunging them ... i have given him some bruar colic relief thinking it may be that - hes sleeping now and hasnt woken up in pain so im hoping fingers crossed that its working..... i also read that those coloxyl infant drops can cause stomach cramps and spasms - so now i m not sure if it was that because that is kind of what it seems to be like - he screams in agony then hes ok then again every 5 minutes or so....
thanks for the hug i need it - it hurts so much to see them in pain and looking at you with such a look of desperation as if to say "please mummy help me" and you cant help them ....
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Hi meegm
It sounds like your baby may have colic. There is no proven cure for colic but a few things that may help reduce it are:
Try a formula not based on cows milk.
Reduce the amount of stimulation such as jiggiling and constant noise.
Reduce loud noises.
I hope some of this helps
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Thanks Alan - i was thinking it may be the formula but he has been on formula and BFeeding for the last 4 weeks until this week when i toltally stopped Bfeeding and it had been ok up until now when he is on full formula... when you say not based on cows milk do you mean like a soy type formula ?
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Yes a soy based formula may be of some help.
Another option would be to to go back to BF if possable