This giveaway is now closed. Thanks for stopping by. The winner is Ani. Congrats!
If you’ve been following my tweets and blog posts, you may remember that I suspected my son has a food allergy. Last week we received confirmation that he is allergic to both cow’s milk and eggs. Unfortunately, our daughter has also been reacting to some of the foods in my diet, including cow’s milk. Between my son’s rashes and upset tummy, and my daughter’s spitting up and slow weight gain, it’s been a rough few months. While we were waiting for my son’s test results to come back, my pediatrician suggested we start him on a probiotic (which we did). And when I visited the lactation consultant in our area, she suggested both my daughter and I start on probiotics to help with the spitting up (which was causing her discomfort and subsequent crying episodes).
When MomSelect was looking for reviewers for a campaign with BioGaia, I had already been successfully using the infant drops with my daughter for several weeks. The lactation consultant in our area had observed positive results on infants who received these drops with regards to colic so we purchased them to help with her colic, reflux, and spitting up. BioGaia is a Swedish biotechnology company that develops and sells probiotic products to promote health. Their products include the probiotic bacteria Lactobacillus reuteri (L. reuteri) , “a “good” and friendly bacterium that helps battle the “bad” micro-organisms in the digestive tract to improve health.” What I like about BioGaia is that they use a bacteria that we already have in our bodies. BioGaia’s probiotics work to promote a healthy balance of good bacteria to promote overall gut health. According to the company, BioGaia reduced crying time in infantile colic, GI symptom, antibiotic use and absences in children, and reduced diarrhea in hospitalized adults taking antibiotics.
Courtesy of the company and MomSelect, we received BioGaia Probiotic Drops, Probiotic Straws, and Probiotic Chewable Tablets.
I was already familiar with the drops and the straws since we had been using them prior to this review. Five drops a day provides 100 million live, active cells for our daughter. We usually try to add them to her bottle, although I should note that hot food and drink can damage the live cultures. The straws (which are very cool!) also provide 100 million live, active cells, simply by drinking 2-4 ounces of liquid through them (perfect for my son). Lastly, the chewable tablets are suitable for children and provide 100 million live, active cells (perfect for my son).
The biggest difference we’ve noticed is in our daughter, particularly because we’ve been giving her the drops since she was about 8 weeks old. I made dietary changes (I cut out dairy, caffeine, etc.), took probiotics, and gave her probiotics. We started noticing a difference in about a week. She cried less…she spit up less…and she started gaining weight. We still have a long road ahead. I have to be diligent about avoiding trigger foods and giving her probiotics. But I’ve definitely noticed a difference.
BioGaia offers a natural, safe way to give both of my children probiotics. I like the fact that my son can drink from a straw (something he already does) and receive probiotics. A healthy digestive system is tied to the immune system so it’s important to balance the good and bad bacteria in the gut. If you’d like more information about the health benefits of probiotics, I recommend checking out their website.
Win It! One of you will win your choice of one of the following: A 5mL bottle of drops, a 30-count chewable tablet packet or a 30-count pack of straws. Simply leave me a comment with something you learned on the site. Comments will close on April 7, 2010 at 11:59 PM PST.
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I learned that you can print a page from the website, take it to your pharmacy, and they will get you what you need!
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i had no idea there were so may “good” bacteria in the gut! i would use the drops 🙂
I cant enter, but this stuff is great! I would love to have done a post on this. It worked wonders for my son!
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It only takes a few days to see effects.
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Probiotics are good bacteria! Would love to try the 30-count chewable tablet packet but will take whatever you can spare. Thanks
babies taking this for colic have a 74% improvement rate where there is a much smaller improvement in traditional gas drops
http://twitter.com/cneiding/status/11018496640 tweet
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print it off the internet and take it to the pharmacy [email protected]
BioGaia can be taken anytime during the day (NICE!).
THANK YOU!!
Probiotics are good bacteria
I’ve never heard of probiotic straws. I like the idea of the probiotic lozenges.
I learned that the strain of L. reuteri used in BioGaia is found in the breastmilk of mothers and that some mom’s milk contain more of the stuff than others. Maybe mommy and baby should both use it? I know I’ve been wanting to try the drops.
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I’m now following you on twitter and tweeted about this contest: https://twitter.com/huggieboobear
Now I just need to build my own twitter following. . .
only a few days needed to see an efftect! wish I knew of this product when my babe was little! sounds great!!
-Ali
BioGaia can be taken with or without food.
I totally loved the article on Let Them Eat Dirt – as my grandma-great used to say “God made dirt and dirt don’t hurt”- and now we know it actually helps!
I blogged about this giveaway here:
http://wonderfullymadebelliesandbabies.blogspot.com/2010/04/in-spirit-of-giveaways.html
Probiotics are good bacteria.
I learned that it only takes a few days to see effects which I really like!
i’ve been hearing a lot about probiotics lately because my daughter was diagnosed with an immune disorder. i was so excited to see their website and find several options for getting her to consume them (she’s only 2)…what a great company!!
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I learned that BioGaia can be taken by people of all ages.
I learned that the company is located in St. Louis, Missouri.
I subscribed to your email feed.
I know this contest thingy is long over, but I have a 10 week old who is puking up everything he eats, and I was so glad to read about your experiences with BioGaia, I am running out to Walgreens first thing in the morning to buy some of the drops and am going to pray to God that they help, because it breaks my heart to watch him as he spits up for the entire 3 hours between each feeding… Thanks so much for sharing your experiences.