How to prevent colic when bottle feeding?

1) In general case, infantile colic is caused by swallowing too much air into baby's stomach, if you are bottle feeding to the baby, try to reduce the amount of air that your baby swallows. Try using this Avent milk bottle with anti-colic airflex design to control the milk flow. This anti-colic and infant gas relief design can effectively reduce the chance of colic and abdominal pain.

2) Choose a milk bottle with wider bottle shape so as to make filling and cleaning easier to do.

3) When you are preparing bottle feeding, NEVER shake the milk powder up and down, as this up and down movement will trap so much air in the milk. Shake the milk powder gently and let it dissolve slowly in the bottle.

4) After the bottle feeding, pat your baby gently for around 15 minutes, it is to let your baby burp or fart the air gas trapped in his stomach.

5) After patting your baby, keep your baby sitting vertically for around 15 minutes before putting him to sleep again.

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Home Remedies for Infantile Colic Treatment

Will your baby keep crying out loud at a particular time pattern and looked very painful without particular reasons at all? If yes, and if your baby is not sick at all, he might be suffering from infantile colic.

The Cause of Infantile Colic

It is believed due to baby's immature digestive system, when your baby is having milk or crying, he may have swallowed unnecessary amount of air gas and got stuck in the stomach. If your baby is suffering from colic, he will then vomit milk and even have the risk of suffocation if it happens in his sleep time.

Symptoms of Infantile Colic

Generally speaking, if your baby cry more than 1 hours to 3 hours at the same duration each day, and his behavior continues for more than 3 weeks, he has the potential of suffering from infantile colic.

Your baby may cry at any time, however, usually baby will put on a long face, cry out loud with no reason in the evening time. While he is crying, he will pull his legs close to his stomach and try to twist his body.

Statistics show that about one-fifth of the baby will suffer from infantile colic. Although your baby's colic will disappear when he is around 3 months old, it is such a torment for the parents.

Below are the symptoms of baby who is suffering from colic:

1) Cry aloud continuously for more than one hour at the same duration of the day

2) This crying habit will continue for more than 3 weeks

3) Baby cry in the evening, and difficult to fall asleep

4) Baby starts pulling his legs up to his stomach, and then stretched out to show his pain

5) Hands are clenched and feet is cold

If your baby keep crying after doing the above home remedies and colic help, please consult your doctor. While there is no test to see if your baby has colic, it is important to rule out any other health problems your baby might have that could be causing the crying.

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Customer Review

Avent Newborn Starter Set

1) Anti-colic valve flexes to let air bubbles move away from nipple and into bottle, not into baby's tummy

2) Naturally shaped nipple promotes proper latch-on, easy to combine breast and bottle feeding

3) Wide bottle shape for easy filling and cleaning, dome cap seals nipple for spill-proof mixing and transportation

4) Accurate feeding measurement markings on bottle

5) Dishwasher safe and microwave safe

Avent Airflex Bottle with Anti-Colic Design

1) Anti-colic nipple with 9 oz

2) Baby can control his suckling rhythm for a continuous flow of milk

3) Reduce air ingestion during feeding and painful gas after feeding.

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1) Sterilizes in 6 min, keeps contents sterile for up to 6-12hours in 2 mode

2) Large capacity to hold up to six 9 oz milk bottles

3) Fast and simple to use

4) Digital display with electronic countdown and sound alerts