Gas…Oatmeal or Rice?

[Anonymous]

Zaine is 91/2 months and has everything he eats thicken with Oatmeal.He also has really bad gas.My question is if I change him over to Rice should the gas get better??Or is the Oatmeal better?

Thanks

Zaine’sMommy2006-6-21 15:40:17

[Anonymous]

We had to switch to oatmeal b/c of constipation issues, it has more fiber than rice(well, 1 gram as opposed to none in the rice), maybe the fiber is causing the gas? I think there is another cereal that’s single grain as well, barley? I think that’s it but I don’t know much about it, whenever I’m feding Aidan a food that i know will cause gas, I found that the trick is to give them gas drops RIGHT after they eat as opposed to when they start getting gassy…hope this helps, gas pains are horrible for little ones!!!I hope he feels better!!!

[Anonymous]

I know that way back when, our GI had us add Rice to the bottle. Even though at the time I had been using oatmeal b/c that was what most babies here were on. Our GI told us that a rice allergy is less common than oat. I would try it & see how things go. If the gas continues, you may need to go to Neocate. Or, try Mylicon or if it’s really uncomfortable, Levsin (rx only). Hope his tummy is feeling better soon!

[Anonymous]

ohh yeah we had levsin for Aidan…I didn’t really give it to him that much but it worked better than the mylicon (made him very sleepy though so I only gave it towards bedtime, of course that’s when the gas was the worst anyway so it worked out)

[Anonymous]

We had better luck with rice than oatmeal. It definitely depends on the baby. Oat is definitely a high allergen and if allergies run in the family, you might consider delaying the introduction of it.

[Anonymous]

We did better with oatmeal than rice. Rice caused bad constipation which made her so gassy, and made the reflux so much worse. I think that when it comes down to it, each baby reacts differently though.

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