This gripe water works well for my baby! No longer do we have 20 minute screaming fits 10 minutes after feeding. I'm also super happy that it is completely organic and has no parabens. But here's the caveat:
Gripe Water is designed specifically for infant reflux. It does NOTHING for gas if anything, it can produce more gas. These herbs are the so-called 'hot herbs' that are able to tame stomach acid and curb nausea. Don't you remember hearing that you should take ginger when you had morning sickness? It also contains sodium bicarbonate, which is baking soda the main ingredient in alka-seltzer. This is for spit-up, vomiting, reflux, wet burps, hiccups, and crying and fussiness due to esophageal pain from stomach acid only.
However, if your infant is having severe intestinal pain from gas passing, I can heartily recommend probiotics. Udo's choice worked well for me (http://www.amazon.com/Udos-Choice-Infants-Probiotic-2-64-Ounces/dp/B0010EG6QC), but I'm sure most brands would be good, provided that they have a wide range of acidophilus and bifobacteria types. You can also take a probiotic yourself, if you are breastfeeding.
The one thing I can't recommend is gas drops. Several scientific studies have shown simethicone to have no effect above placebo.
Remember colic is not just one thing! It's a stupid catch-all term. Your baby's cry means something, it just takes work to figure out what is causing them distress. Don't give up if these don't work for you. Even if it is reflux, it might be too strong for gripe water to work, and you might have to resort to a proton-pump inhibitor medication, like Zantac or Prevacid. You can also tell the difference between gas pain and stomach pain by how long has passed since they ate last, and whether or not they are tooting or burping/spitting while they cry.
What a godsend this product has been. My mother used a similar product with me as a child, and I was very fortunate to find this when my son was born. He used to get these bad hiccuping spells, and this was the only thing that worked to calm him and stop the hiccups. It works almost instantly. It also helps with teething misery and gas. He loves the taste of it, so whenever he sees me break out the box, he doesn't try to fight me off as he does when I try to give him cold medicine. I trust this product.
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I had to read the negative reviews just to see what was said since I've already bought it. I usually only look at reviews to decide to buy something, and when I check the negative reviews I second guess a product because of that one person who decides that everyone should be as unhappy as they are.
When I used this gripe water, it worked amazingly! My baby had awful gas when she was younger and she would cry and cry, and nurse and cry, and cry while she nursed... For HOURS. As a single mom it's emotionally draining when nothing you do helps.
But when I started giving her gripe water, my baby would burp almost immediately after taking the dropper out of her mouth. Or fart. It was amazing! It would also work on her hiccups most of the time.
The nice part about it, is that she didn't fight me about it since it tastes a little like juice from the pomegranate in it.
Not gonna lie, sometimes when she was inconsolable, I would give her a dose just because I knew it would make her happy.
We love it.
Adding ingredients to my review since someone was upset about it having sucrose in it and gave it a bad review because they didn't do research first...
Herbal Blend: Organic Ginger Extract (zingiber officinale) (root), Organic Fennel Extract (foeniculum vulgare) (seed) Organic Chamomile (flower).
Other Ingredients: Filtered Water, Organic Agave Fructose, Organic Pomegranate Juice Concentrate (for flavor), Organic Glycerin, Citric Acid, Sodium Bicarbonate.
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My daughter has suffered from severe boughts of colic. A friend suggested we use this product as it seemed to help their son, so my husband and I went out and got this immediately. We noticed that, while it did help somewhat,she still had horrible boughts of pain and crying even when we had given her the medicine. Plus, it was hard to get her to take it since it has to be refridgerated. So we were trying to get her to take what seemed like a whole lot of liquid (4 ml or something like that)that was very cold...she wouldn't take the bottles with the medicine in it. It did help her sleep better...but in the thick of her colicky throes--it fell flat.
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I previously bought Baby's Bliss gripe water (on amazon), and was very disappointed when I got it and discovered that it contains sugar -fructose is one of the ingredients. Why would I want to give my newborn sugar water?
In theory I could make my own, but my time has some value, so I've been searching for an alternative, that just has the active ingredients, without sugar.
I was happy to discover this brand, that claims clearly on the front, "NO ... SUCROSE"
Don't be fooled. The NUMBER ONE INGREDIENT in this is fructose. So yes, technically, it does not have sucrose. But the implication that it has no added sugar is a lie. It's mostly sugar water.
Doesn't anybody just sell a plain extract of ginger, fennel, and possibly chamomile ? At this point I may just make my own.
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We've used this bowl for packing fresh cut fruit for snacking at the park, for taking cereal to work when you're too rush for breakfast at home (dad), for a fun way to serve soup to a toddler who needs flair in his dinner ware and for ice cream. I love how the the outer part softens the bowl and prevents it from making a "clanking" noise when packed like some of the other stainless dishes that are available. The cute design let's my older children show off what their mom made them for lunch too! Great versatile dish.
