#AskTheExpert is it safe to give pediocryl to a two month old baby?

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under medical guidance you can give it to the child but it is important to find the cause of colic because the most common cause is gas
the recurrent stretching / curving of the body again and again as well as uncomfort / making grunting sounds as well as hiccups as well as colic pain all are due to gas in the intestine and stomach.
it is very important that after giving milk to the child you
 should keep the child in upright position and do burping for 15 to 20 minutes(irrespective that you hear the burps or not). gas in stomach causes hiccups.
do not keep the child back on the bed after 1 burping because one time burping will not remove all the gas and if the gas is not removed properly it goes into intestine causing abnormal distension and that sawill lead to 
colic pain again and again.
keep the child in upright position whether you hear the burping sound or not and also it is not important that you will hear the sound when the child removes the air from the oral cavity.

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It was prescribed by a paediatrician two days ago as my baby had been crying inconsolably even after giving colic aid and trying every possible way of calming. The paediatrician prescribed it for three days.

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avoid
it is not advisable to give medicine to make the child sleep.
the medicines act at the level of brain and obviously this medicines have got side effects.
better to go for natural sleep endgagement in the child compared to medicines.
please see for any disturbance like abdominal colic or environmental disturbance which is affecting the sleep of the child