Re: Infant reflux - cheaper probiotics

August 8, 2008

Natren also makes a good infant probiotic called Lifestart. I'm poor so

we used Jarrow. A economical way to stretch your probiotics, and make

sure that you are getting a high CFU count, is to culture your own

breastmilk with the probiotics. Culture it at body temperature. When I

was pregnant, the fat peeled from the top of yogurt always helped soothe

my heartburn the longest- so you might want to use your high fat milk, or

once you culture it try to give the baby the fatty part of the breastmilk

yogurt before sleeping. You can then rub the breastmilk yogurt on

whatever the baby is sucking on (your breast, his fingers- mine loved

wooden honeydippers). Much higher cfu than sprinkling it on the breast-

which I did with my youngest.

Whatever probiotic you use, you want one formulated for infants, with

some species in there that are acid loving and a majority of the

probiotic should be a decent bifidus strain, because bifidus in the

babies gut helps increase lactase production.

Small, frequent feedings are a good idea, but you want to make sure that

the baby still gets high fat hind milk, because the fat is soothing to

the digestive tract and because too much foremilk gives a larger lactose

load to the baby, making it more difficult to digest. So, pumping off

some foremilk before a nursing session can help, too. Some women

actually have a foremilk/hindmilk imbalance, and their babies get

gastrointestinal symptoms and green, mucousy stools.

You might also really consider other homeopathics, since they treat the

symptom, not the cause, and have no side effects. I used them on my

young infants.

Another idea is to drink herbal infusions for heartburn yourself, and see

if any active principles get into your breastmilk. Chammomile would be

the one I would start with.

Desh

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August 9, 2008

Desh,

do you mean that the homeopathics treat the cause not the symptoms? which way is

it?

Carolyn

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>

> Natren also makes a good infant probiotic called Lifestart. I'm poor so

> we used Jarrow. A economical way to stretch your probiotics, and make

> sure that you are getting a high CFU count, is to culture your own

> breastmilk with the probiotics. Culture it at body temperature. When I

> was pregnant, the fat peeled from the top of yogurt always helped soothe

> my heartburn the longest- so you might want to use your high fat milk, or

> once you culture it try to give the baby the fatty part of the breastmilk

> yogurt before sleeping. You can then rub the breastmilk yogurt on

> whatever the baby is sucking on (your breast, his fingers- mine loved

> wooden honeydippers). Much higher cfu than sprinkling it on the breast-

> which I did with my youngest.

>

> Whatever probiotic you use, you want one formulated for infants, with

> some species in there that are acid loving and a majority of the

> probiotic should be a decent bifidus strain, because bifidus in the

> babies gut helps increase lactase production.

>

> Small, frequent feedings are a good idea, but you want to make sure that

> the baby still gets high fat hind milk, because the fat is soothing to

> the digestive tract and because too much foremilk gives a larger lactose

> load to the baby, making it more difficult to digest. So, pumping off

> some foremilk before a nursing session can help, too. Some women

> actually have a foremilk/hindmilk imbalance, and their babies get

> gastrointestinal symptoms and green, mucousy stools.

>

> You might also really consider other homeopathics, since they treat the

> symptom, not the cause, and have no side effects. I used them on my

> young infants.

>

> Another idea is to drink herbal infusions for heartburn yourself, and see

> if any active principles get into your breastmilk. Chammomile would be

> the one I would start with.

>

> Desh

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August 10, 2008

Hi Carolyn-

Yes, for the most part, homeopathics treat the symptom. You can take

arsenicum for nausea, without knowing whether the cause is bacterial or

viral. So, I would think that something like a Hyland's heartburn

formula might help, while you are figuring out the cause. There is a

decent remedy finder at www.abchomeopathy.com and www.remedyresource.com

can custom blend and has some info (not certain of that last link).

Truly, I prefer herbal medicine, but it is really easy to get those

little white tablets in young children's mouths.

Homeopathy can be used to treat the cause of symptoms, too, but I am not

as familiar with that practice.

Desh

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August 10, 2008

Wow, thanks Desh for the great advise. I will try to make breastmilk yogurt,

will see what

happens. Do you add anything before you culture or do you just stick it

someplace warm?

Yes, I addressed the hind/foremilk imbalance earlier - I usually do several

feedings on one

side or pump off the foremilk before I nurse.

I'm looking into homeopathics and herbs.

Thanks so much!

Elena