Can you thicken nutramigen

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Your healthcare team should advise what you should try first and in what order. They can tell you how long to try before moving on to new strategies. This can help make them easier to swallow and keep down. When fluids are too thin or liquid, some children have trouble using their tongues and the muscles that help to swallow correctly. This can cause liquid to get caught in the airway passage and then get into their lungs, or aspirate.

Aspiration — — can be dangerous! Thickening the formula and other fluids can help the liquids stay together during swallowing. This can decrease the risk of aspiration. Other times, the amount and frequency of spit up may concern the healthcare team.

Thickening formula or breast milk may help to minimize spit up frequency and volume. Healthcare professionals may suggest adding something to formula or expressed breast milk to thicken it for some infants with reflux. Some healthcare team recommend adding certain foods to achieve this. Using foods as thickeners carries known risks. These have been studied more extensively than food-based thickeners. We used concentrate which is thicker than powder and some moms use the ready to feed.

I would do a gradual switch if you have to to get your lo to take it. I was lucky Cooper never had a problem with taste. Facebook Twitter. You are here:. This topic has 2 replies, 1 voice, and was last updated 13 years, 7 months ago by Anonymous. Viewing 3 posts - 1 through 3 of 3 total. Rather than being solely related to the taste of the formula, refusal could also be due to your baby having learned to associate feeding discomfort because of the allergy.

Your baby may also have a reduced appetite if they have been feeling unwell from their allergy. As the new diet allows the issues to start to resolve, your baby should become more settled and their appetite may improve.