What formula is best when you have a gassy baby with possible acid reflux?

Q.What formula is best when you have a gassy baby with possible acid reflux?My little girl is 5 weeks old and is gassy. She is a pretty good baby otherwise but sometimes when she spits up it comes out of her nose. Sometimes she regurgatates the bottle but very unfreqently. She also sometimes sounds like she is gurgling? She is such a good trooper though, she rarely cries at all and easts about every 3 hours. I have tried the mylicon drops and they seem to work only for a short period of time. My baby''s doctor has put her on medicaine for acid reflux and told me to switch the formula to Nutramingin. When I did this after 2 days she seemed worse than ever. I put her back on Good start but have keep her on meds. I dont know what to do with her now. Is there a better formula anyone has tried with a baby with these symptoms. Can you really go by what the formula says it is for on the label. Why wouldnt Soy be recommended for gas/fussiness by doctors instead of putting them on meds and saying its acid reflux.

A.I would suggest Enfamil Gentlease. My daughter was very gassy and this formula helped a lot. It is no more expensive than the other brands either. The pediatrician put her on soy for a while but I wasn't crazy about that (it stinks plus I read some controversial articles on soy formula being linked to ADD... don't take my word for that though... research it if you think Soy would be best of your baby). After we tried the soy I put her back on regular formula and the gas and spitting up only came back. That's when my mom happened upon the Enfamil Gentlease. We were traveling and ran out of formula. The first store we could find didn't have the regular Enfamil so we gave that a try. It worked wonders for her! I kept her on that until she was 11 months then I switched to the Next Step Lipil for a month or so and now she's on whole milk with no problems. I feel for you and your baby!! i just went through this EXACT same thing. even the spitting up where it comes out the nose!! My son is 4 weeks old, and at 3 weeks he was extreamly gassy and uncomfortable, so i tried the drops which did nothing. He was spitting up and it would come out his nose once in awhile. So i took him into the Dr. Where they said "its normal" i said it wasnt normal and i changed his formula to similac Alimentum. And 2 days after doing that, i seen a change. Now its like having a whole new baby! Its amazing how much of a difference this formula makes, He doesnt even spit up anymore, hes very happy and i havent had a gas problem since Just a side note, my son was also sent home on Goodstart, and you have to give the formula more than 2 days to work. The first 2-3 days will be very rough because she will be adjusting to a new formula and her tummy needs to get used to it. So thats all normal. Try a formula for at least a week before changing again. Every formula works different but it takes at least a week before you will see the big effects of each brand of formula

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