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February 25, 2007 at 9:49 am #25734

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Lielle is 3 mo old and after reading some of your posts, I’m thinking about trying a thickened bottle for her. Is it okay with the MSPI? Rice or oatmeal?

TIA!

Lara

February 25, 2007 at 10:08 am #25738

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I’d go with oatmeal because rice tends to cause so much gassiness for many babies and it’s also very binding so some babies get constipated on it.

Beechnut contains no soy, so that would probably be best. Gerber has soy in it.

Why do you want to try thickening? How’s she doing?

Good luck!

February 25, 2007 at 11:18 am #25744

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She is *much* better on the Prevacid.

That being said, she spits up a lot- maybe more now although she doesn’t seem to be in as much pain about it. She also doesn’t sleep for very long at a time- I think 2 hours is pretty much the max. So I am wondering if thickening the feed would help keep it down so she spit up a little less and we could maybe get a longer stretch when she first goes to bed at night. I’m BF, so I’m only thinking about once a day.

Just tossing the idea around and looking for input.

Thanks!

February 25, 2007 at 2:27 pm #25783

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That’s exactly what I did with Myles. I thickened only his last bottle of the day. I gave hime EBM all day and formula with oatmeal before bed. It worked well for him.

Are you going to try to thicken breast milk, or formula? The breast milk is hard to thicken because the enzymes break the cereal down rapidly, but I think the baby still gets the benefits of the cereal even if the milk isn’t actually thickened, iykwim.

I’m so happy to hear she is better on Prevacid. Woo-hoo!!!
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