Enfamil Lipil A.R. Formula

My son (who is 2 now) was spitting up too. So we changed to Enfamil AR and it worked wonders immediately! We have even used the Parent's Choice brand of AR and it was the same, just a lot cheaper. I don't know anything about the Gentlease, but the AR is a little thicker and easier to hold down, since it has added rice. Good luck!

I had my son on Enfamil Lipil A.R., and it was the best thing that I could have ever done for him. At around 2 months of age, he started spitting up like made. Once the Pedi confirmed that it was nothing drastically physical, we figured that it was reflux and went through all of the normal solutions there to no avail. I decided to try him on the A.R. and it quickly started to clear up. He still spit up small amounts here and there, but more like that of a regular infant amount, and it was only occational. I was no longer wearing the majority of his bottle and he was no longer in discomfort! Definitly worth a try!!

My baby has been on this formula for about 8 months and it has worked wonders. He still spits up a tiny bit but it is usually after he burps. My friends baby was also on this formula because he would spit up what looked like half a bottle all day long. This formula cut his spitting up to very little. It seems to be great formula.

My 10 week old has the same issues that you described in your post. Our pediatrician prescribed Prevacid over six weeks ago, and she was still throwing up (not spitting up). Our pediatrician then suggested adding rice cereal to her formula (Alimentum), and that has worked wonders. We add about a teaspoon to every 2 ounces. We also switched from the Avent bottle to the Dr. Brown's with a Y-cut nipple to assist with the thicker flow. All of this combined with using a sleep wedge to elevate her in her crib has worked tremendously. She still throws up about once a day, but that is much better than four times a day. If the Enfamil AR works for your baby, then I would go with it because the Alimentum is extremely expensive.

I had the same problem and we did switch to the A.R formula. We also did what the book best baby on the block as far as feeding and burping that helped more than anything we think. Goodluck it gets frustrating just because you hate for your child to be uncomfortable.
S.

My son did the same on Gentlease. I put him on lactofree. He's been perfect since.

I used it with my now 1-year-old and 3-year-old when they were little, and it was great! Mine was the same as yours, no getting upset or anything when they spit, just spitting up a lot...I think they call them "happy spitters," but I was definitely getting irritated after awhile, when we couldn't make it out the door without spitting up 5 times. I tried one of those spit up medicines, too, but it didn't seem to make a difference at all. The Enfamil AR Lipil helps to kind of solidify it more, so that they probably will still spit up some, but there will be less quantity of the spit up each time. Good luck!

Just FYI... prevacid won't in any way reduce the spitup. It's designed to make it less uncomfortable when your baby does spit up. ie. it isn't as acidic and won't hurt their throat, etc. Makes for a happier baby, not a less messy one :)

Hi... well I am nursing, but at the same time I wanted to try and ween him to formula. I tried Enfamil lipil first and that's when my baby started spitting up alot. From there I went to A.R. and it works. I have no problem with it, he drinks it from time to time when I am away from him. Hope it works for you.

My now 5 year old was previously on Enfamil AR and we did notice that his spitting up decreased, but ...

If you baby has not had an official diagonosis of "reflux" and has not had an upper GI or any other testing -- then you may want to consider a milk allergy. For some reason lately it is so common for pedi's to diagnose "reflux" in babies, true reflux in babies is not as common as we'd like to believe.

More often than not - it's a food allergy. More and more children are showing signs of milk allergy's than ever before, we are learning that babies w/ "colic" are babies w/ milk allergies.

Here's an article from Dr. Greene:

http://www.drgreene.org/body.cfm?id=21&action=detail&...

The date at the bottom of the page is 1997 - so I'd check to see if since that time Prevacid has actually been approved for pediatric/infant use. Our 3rd child was on Zantac for almost a year (before we learned it was a food allergy) and did suffer some side effects from it. Our 4th child was on Prevacid for a very short time, then we did some research and opted not to give it to him (it didn't help anyway).

Our 3rd child was diagnosed w/ reflux, and the Zantac and Enfamil AR helped so much that it masked his allergic reactions and we did not realize until sometime later that he had a milk allergy and his "gut" was suffering (he had allergic colitis).

When our 4th child was born and wouldn't stop spitting up, he had an Upper GI w/ a small bowel follow-through and they found no physical signs for reflux. We took him to the chiro and switched his formula and the relux stopped.

In both cases, it was a milk allergy.

So my suggestion is before you try the AR, try a non-milk based formula like Nutramigen or a soy-based formula like Isomil and see if that improves the reflux.

And of course, you should discuss these options w/ your pedi :)

Good luck to you and your baby!

Hi, C.!

TRY the AR!!! We went through 7 different formulas with our little boy, including the Nutramigen and other expensive ones, and the AR was the ONLY one that worked for him! We had virtually NO spit up after we got him started on it...

Let me know how it works for you...it was a lifesaver for us!

maybe you need to try the one is lactose free (LactoFree Lipil)because that happens with my baby, is color purple we had the same problem and it was because the lactose.I hope this work 4 you.

My Pediatrician told me that ANY medications babies take for reflux is only to stop the pain and discomfort from reflux. It does not prevent the reflux from occurring. I don't think a lot of parents are actually told that (unless my pedi. is a dumb*$ and telling us something not true). My daughter also had a terrible problem with spit up and now, being 21 months, still has some burps and reflux, probably genetic...anyhow, we never put her on any of the reflux meds because they are really only to help ease the pain of the reflux, not to "cure" or take care of the problem. As far as formulas go, she was on soy formula, actually is still having to stay on soy milk as a toddler, hopefully only until she turns 2!
It's funny how every Dr. wills say something different about a medication. Yours may have told you that the Prevacid would stop the reflux, when mine said that that is not the case...I guess it just depends on their views. Have you ever thought of getting away from the lactose formulas? Just one thing to talk to your Pediatrician.

C.,

My name is L. and my now 7 month old daughter, Cheyanne, has been on prevacid since she was about three months old. At that time we also switched her to Enfamil AR Lipil. She made a dramatic difference! Don't get me wrong she still spits up here and there in small quantities but nothing like before when she was on Enfamil with Iron. She is the only one of our girls that has Acid Reflux. The other things I have learned is when she would drink her bottle sitting her in her bumbo seat for 30 minutes so her stomach settled and we ended up buying an Acid Reflux pillow from another mom from Mamasource. The Acid Reflux pillow has been the absolute best purchase I ever made for her. She went from sleeping for 2-3 hours every night to sleeping 8 hours. Our pediatrician also suggested the pillow because the elivation helps her digest better. It all made sense because only my pregnancy with her I had Acid Reflux real bad and I would sit up and sleep and feel much better. Hope these things help you and if you decide to try a pillow defiantely buy it used because they are expensive and if it didn't work I wouldn't want you to be out that money. Thanks L.

Hi C.,

Prevacid and all the other reflux medicines do not stop the spitting up, they only make it more comfortable for the babies by decreasing the acidity. I would try the A.R. as well and see if that works. You can also try Thickit which is something you add to your current formula to make the consistency the same without adding the rice to it. Good luck and don't worry, she'll stop spitting up before she turns one. :)

I breastfeed my son until he was six months old. When I weaned him I started giving him Nestle Natural Cultures. He was fine while I was weaning, but once I stopped breatfeeding and he was only on formula he started spitting up a lot. I called the doctor and they told me to try Enfamil Lipil A.R., but I did not want to change his formula and Nestle does not sell a formula comparable to A.R., so they suggested I put rice cereal in bottles. He is doing great the spit up has almost stopped completely. The doctor's were a little worried about him gaining to much weight, but he has been fine with his weight gain. For every six ounces of formula a put a scoop and a half of rice cereal. I use the Gerber DHA in the can. It is really fine and disolves easier in the formula. You will have to buy special nipples for the bottles depending on what kind you use. I would try that first because she might need the Gentlease for her tummy. Talk with your doctor about it and see what they say.

Hi C.,
How old is your baby?
We switched our son from Gentlease to A.R. and it worked great!
However, at his 9 mnth check up his pedi said if he's able to drink solids from a cup or any other kind of solids w/out spitting up then he'll no longer need the A.R.

I do beleive Gentlease is great for gas and fussiness but I think since it's so gentle on the babies it causes them to spit up easier. My son spit up ALL the time too on Gentlease.

Have you tried the Enfamil Lipil yet?
She might be ok on just the regular formula if she's over 6 months.
One thing I do remember about the A.R. is it caused more constipation so if you decide to go with it and she has constipation, you might want to add a little prune juice in the bottle.
Sounds gross but my little one never seemed to be bothered by it.

Take Care and hope you find something that works great!