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Simethicone drops

Simethicone drops are over-the-counter gas drops sometimes used for babies, although response and evidence vary.

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Preventing gas in babies

Preventing gas in babies

Understand what creates gas Gas in infancy is usually a combination of swallowed air and normal intestinal gas production. Newborns have immature oral-motor coordination, variable suck-swallow-breathe rhythms, and developing gut motility, so air can enter during feeding and then move slowly through the gastrointestinal tract. Crying can add more swallowed air, which may intensify the […]