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that sounds mental. By the time your third child comes along youāll be leaving them in the cot and firing in a bottle with them expecting them to sort themselves out
Have they tried to pray the gay away?
We had three with this. It typically passes when they can sit up but until then its nightmarish.
We used zantac and paediatric gaviscon. They are anti ulcer meds and had some effect. The zantac is foul and the little ones wonāt take it after a while and the gaviscon just thickens the milk in the bottle.
What we found was that our three were also lactose intolerant (also passed tg) but we put them on a special feed which was by prescription from our GP (Neocate) and it worked wonders.
Edit: Just read back there now and saw that the little one is on draft so I have to agree with the comments about keeping upright for a bit longer and winding through the feed. I did the same with the cot, I but the head of it up on a telephone book. Then they used to wriggle down to the bottom of the cotā¦
keep the faithā¦ It WILL pass, it just feels like it takes forever to do so
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Small tip. When burping the child donāt tap itās back like most would. Just rub it. If you tap the back youāre increasing the chances of sending acid from the stomach up the oesophagus (food pipe) as usually reflux happens as a result of the valve between the stomach and oesophagus being a bit slow to fully develop.
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That was puerile. Some times I wonder how the poor lady sticks you at all.
Dad of the year stuff here. I genuinely donāt know how you do it.
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Look up a formula called Carobel. Made from the carob bean. We found it cured the identical issue admittedly 40 years ago.
Looking back on it now, I actually donāt know how I did it in fairness.
Pros: Incredible bond with my son.
Cons: Crippling tiredness, canāt break the 25-minute barrier for 5km anymore.
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And @Phil_Leotardo the Baby Bjorn bouncer was a right yoke.
Theyāre almost upright in it and seemed to give great relief for reflux.
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Thanks. We have a baby bjorn but it doesnāt seem to be suitable for a newborn.
My wife has an old school sling like something youād see Indian women wearing. Itās works well at times. Tricky yoke to tie up correctly though. Iāve tried it once or twice and I look fuckin ridiculous 
. I need a pair of sandals to perfect the look I reckon
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Thanks mate.
Good advice from the TFK folk but much of it assumes bottle/formula feeding. My wife 110% committed to sticking to the breast feeding for a minimum 3 months, based on the strong evidence of the long term benefits.
It could be something she is eating (e.g. Dairy) but she is a vegetarian so only so much food she can give up. She sure as hell aināt going vegan
Would she consider ating a steak?
She was enough of a fucking dimwit to marry me. I genuinely often wonder why. As she said herself on one of our first dates "I canāt quite believe that with my last boyfriend we used to go. In his ferrari to wine bars, and here I am, standing in the rain on Friday night, waiting for a bus to the Albert
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Breast is best but thereās nothing wrong with bottle - they actually go on to be very normal people too.
Yeah we had a carrier thing too. I think Iāve exhausted all my advice/anecdotes, especially as your missus is breastfeeding so tips on bottle type, formula changes / thickeners are redundant. Only remaining option as I see it is to take @Gman ās advice and fire the baby into the cot and let them get on with it.
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Bottle feeding seems to be much easier all round - would that be your opinion?
Whoa steady on. If the baby is on draft you can sleep through the night (barring a nightmare like phil) waking occassionally for a supportive pat on the back
If its bottles youl be doing half the feeding!
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Whatās wrong with that?
If you do go bottle, make them up at night, and bring them into the bed with you. Perfect body temperature then, so no fucking about with kettles etc. Herself was desperately keen to breastfeed, but couldnāt, so ours were both bottle fed from young. They are both oddballs mind.
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