Formula for Gas Pains

It's a trial and error situation. My first son could only use the goodstart. This baby can only do the similac sensitive. If none seem to work, I would ask the pediatrician.

My daughter had problems as well. I had to switch her to soy when she was a baby. However she would still at times get very, very bad gas and would scream for what seemed like forever. The drops never worked. Below is the only thing that did work for her gas problem. As soon as a friend who heard her screaming one night, gave me this "recipe" she started burping and tooting. Maybe it will work for you:
2 ozs water
1 teas of freshly squeezed lemon juice (the acid breaks down the gas)
1 teas of sugar (makes it not bitter)

good start was the only thing both my girls could use. it has the least amount of additives hope this helps! also remember babies are gassy its part of bottles/breast feeding try bicycling his legs and pushing them to his chest

How old is he? I don't want to cause your mind to race with what if's, but have you considered that it might not be gas?

A friend of mine had a baby with what she thought was bad gas and it turned out it was reflux.

When my baby had terrible pain, we thought it was gas, then reflux, and it turned out he was allergic to dairy.

Just thought you might want to consider other causes.

Sounda like dairy allergy. Try different formulas until you find one that works (can take up to two weeks to know if a formula will work for you). Start with soy, then move on to Alimentum, and progress from there. We were left with Neocate ($50/can) with our insurance REFUSING to pay for it - even with the prescription due to a severe protein allergy! - until we found Nature's One Baby's Only Organic, Lactose Free formula. Our budget went from $50/can at 1 can/day to $15. HUGE relief. And the Baby's Only smells like a McDonald's milkshake - and doesn't stain. We love it. If you run through almost everything and can't find something that works, see your Dr. for a script.

I agree with LoveBeingMommy. The spitting up/vomiting sounds more like dairy sensitivity and not just gas. A dairy sensitivity will cause terrible gas by the way. I would call your doctor to discuss the situation. We couldn't feed our baby any dairy based formula or he would have unbelievable spit up problems, terrible gas and unremitting fussiness. Good luck.

Gentlease worked well for us.
Similac made both of my kids terribly gassy, so it was never an option for us.

Sounds like my sons dairy allergy. He ended up on nutramigen AA. It was expensive but you can actually get it on Ebay for a fraction of the cost...most kids outgrow the allergy so people sell their extra cans. It made a huge difference for my little one. (fyi...soy has lots of estrogen so research that before you give your son any soy). Good luck

Sounds more like dairy allergy. If so, you'll have to do a non-allergenic formula. It gets super expensive, (can be $1000/mo) so you may want to consider relactating. There are ways to do it with the proper support and information. You can call a LLL leader or IBCLC for info on getting started if you decide to go that route. Moms who have never had a baby can lactate, did you know that?! Pretty amazing what our bodies can do!

Good luck to you!

As a newborn my son had horrible gas pains and we tried every type of formula from regular to broken down whey protein to lactose free. Nothing worked until we got to soy formula. And now at 14 months he has been officially diagnosed as allergic to dairy.

However- you have to use a formula for about a week to see if it will ease your son's symptoms. Before that, you most likely will not get good results. Because he is having GI tract issues it might not be an allergy but just a sensitive tummy. Before you go to soy I would try a lactose free formula first to see if he is better able to handle it. When we were switching around formulas, we used generic target brands. They are inexpensive but of good quality.