Cormac has been gassy and uncomfortable, with nightly screaming attacks that would sometimes last for hours. And his pooping frquency had slowed way down, from several times a day, to once a day, and then to every 3 days. I know to some extent that's normal, but he was suddenly having a hard time getting it out. He grunted and strained a lot. Instead of large and mustardy, some of them were coming out tiny and formed! They were still soft, but the shape of my little finger.
In googling around for some kind of solution, I came across a bunch of articles about this: Using probiotics, specifically Lactobacillus reuteri.
I went ahead and bought the same product they used in the study, BioGaia drops, because I didn't want to take a chance with a possibly inferior product. I feel like I'm never sure if I'm getting what the product says with supplements and vitamins... I got them from behind the pharmacy counter at WalMart because they have to be refrigerated (I called the company that makes the drops and they looked up a local place for me to buy them). They were expensive at $38.
But the results have been worth it! He's been on the drops (5 drops, once a day) for 6 days now, and the difference after day 3 has been striking. He doesn't scream at night anymore. He has pooped more often and they are only mustardy now, NO formed poops! It's been so easy for him to poop now that I have actually missed his cues (we EC) and he pooped in his diaper twice.
He's just happier all around- he smiles at me and is so calm all day.
The last 3 nights he has slept like a LOG, too. He's sleeping 4-5 hours at a stretch. I am a believer! I just thought someone else might want to know about this and try it too!
In googling around for some kind of solution, I came across a bunch of articles about this: Using probiotics, specifically Lactobacillus reuteri.
I went ahead and bought the same product they used in the study, BioGaia drops, because I didn't want to take a chance with a possibly inferior product. I feel like I'm never sure if I'm getting what the product says with supplements and vitamins... I got them from behind the pharmacy counter at WalMart because they have to be refrigerated (I called the company that makes the drops and they looked up a local place for me to buy them). They were expensive at $38.
But the results have been worth it! He's been on the drops (5 drops, once a day) for 6 days now, and the difference after day 3 has been striking. He doesn't scream at night anymore. He has pooped more often and they are only mustardy now, NO formed poops! It's been so easy for him to poop now that I have actually missed his cues (we EC) and he pooped in his diaper twice.
He's just happier all around- he smiles at me and is so calm all day.The last 3 nights he has slept like a LOG, too. He's sleeping 4-5 hours at a stretch. I am a believer! I just thought someone else might want to know about this and try it too!
He was fidgeting and kicking me in bed SO much one night that I just moved him over to the co-sleeper so that I could have a few kick-free minutes. I expected him to complain, but instead he fell right to sleep! He started sleeping at night really well after that. So, I was hoping that the probiotics would help him with daytime sleep, since nighttime sleep had resolved itself. So far there hasn't been much change in the daytime. He still has trouble sleeping and still gets pretty cranky sometimes.
