probiotics for infants
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Topic: probiotics for infants
Posted By: Bexee
Subject: probiotics for infants
Date Posted: 11 June 2010 at 10:26am
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It's been recommended to me that I put DS 10 months on probiotics to help ward off winter ills - esp. with him at daycare.
Has anyone used them for little ones? Opinions? |
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Posted By: Mrs_B
Date Posted: 11 June 2010 at 11:13am
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Yep I used them after DS was on antibiotics. He had yucky nappies from the AB's and within 2 days of taking the probiotics they were back to normal. They are expensive though so wouldn't use it as an everyday thing. $30 for a bottle. I just mixed the powder in with his breakfast cereal or yoghurt. -------------  
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Posted By: tiptoes
Date Posted: 11 June 2010 at 1:10pm
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We got some at about 2 months as I'd been on about 4 weeks of antibiotics over that time and he had so many explosive poos and wind. We bought the powder - was $50 and put it in a bottle each night. Seemed to do the trick ------------- http://alterna-tickers.com">  
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Posted By: Raspberryjam
Date Posted: 11 June 2010 at 7:56pm
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inner health plus - seemed really popular when I was at work (in pharmacy) and Im sure its not more than $20 - comes in a powder for little ones ------------- http://lilypie.com] 
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Posted By: sarahm
Date Posted: 11 June 2010 at 8:01pm
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We used inner health plus after Floyd had a month of runny nappies that no one could explain (they were $27) hard to know if they helped as we also cut out dairy at the same time and the runny poss stopped ------------- http://alterna-tickers.com">  
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Posted By: gypsynita
Date Posted: 12 June 2010 at 5:33am
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RJ - can you use normal inner health plus caps and just split them open? ------------- Anita Mum to Cian (Aug 08), Josh (Jun 10) http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Raspberryjam
Date Posted: 12 June 2010 at 2:49pm
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Cant see why not Nita, it dosent reach a therapeutic level as such - maybe just use a little less at first - then if the tolerate it (as in no runny naps) give a full capsule ------------- http://lilypie.com]
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Posted By: fallen
Date Posted: 12 June 2010 at 3:03pm
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Use half a inner health plus capsule for a baby. My son gets half a capsule every morning in his breakfast. ------------- |
Posted By: Raspberryjam
Date Posted: 12 June 2010 at 7:04pm
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They are actually different ingredients so it kind of depends what your using it for - but the powder isnt indicated for babies under 3 months
The capsules have cow colostrum in them - so I wouldnt actually recommend them for babies under 1 ------------- http://lilypie.com]
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Posted By: tiptoes
Date Posted: 12 June 2010 at 8:45pm
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Ahh I was wondering why mine cost so much, must have been the only one for really little bubbas ------------- http://alterna-tickers.com">
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Posted By: Raspberryjam
Date Posted: 12 June 2010 at 8:54pm
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Could be yeah, Im only familiar with the inner health plus brand cause my led pharmacist was mad on it - but Im sure if you go to a health shop there are some other good brands too
Its great for excema, asthma, runny bums, low immunity loads of stuff - so worth the money anyway If you are using it for antibiotics increase dose to twice a day ------------- http://lilypie.com]
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Posted By: kellie
Date Posted: 13 June 2010 at 8:41am
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You can also give them probiotic yoghurt..I can't remember the name of it but it is at the supermarket. ------------- 
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Posted By: Raspberryjam
Date Posted: 13 June 2010 at 10:06am
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Yeah you can , but its not nearly as strong, so if you are having issues its better to use the powder/caps etc
I use the yogurt with my girl when we are on anti bugs, symbio or elivae (sp?) and there is another with apricot vanilla and something else and its really yummy - shes not really liking the symbio - and is on antibiotics at the moment ------------- http://lilypie.com]
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Posted By: TysMummy
Date Posted: 13 June 2010 at 11:12am
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when your kids at daycare they will get anything no matter what you give them..probiotics are to go with antibotics....my boy however takes amega 3 and thompsons immunfort....he still catches stuff but not as bad...............the best value for money in the pro would be the one from hardys etc its huge container for $50 tripple size from pharmace and last for ever where inner health xpires. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Raspberryjam
Date Posted: 13 June 2010 at 10:19pm
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All supplements will have an expiry date Tysmummy - have a look at the base of the jar - with a batch number
Omega and immnuofort are great for preventing winter chills for sure, but there are a few conditions which are supported by a healthy bacteria balance in the tum - without being on anti biotics - that probiotics are awesome for My little girl has only been in care 2 weeks and has a snotty nose already Becm - so I agree with tysmummy that there is only so much you can do to avoid winter snuffles - but there are immuno support liquids on the market to help little ones out though - Id have a chat to someone at the health store or a natropath (sp) in addition to using a probiotic - although I do recommend them for helping to cope with tummy bugs which could be rather nasty for an under 2 ------------- http://lilypie.com]
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Posted By: TysMummy
Date Posted: 14 June 2010 at 6:46am
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[QUOTE=Raspberryjam] All supplements will have an expiry date Tysmummy - have a look at the base of the jar - with a batch number
/QUOTE] lol yes i know that but where one expires in a year the other lasts many years ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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