If your baby is not sick but still cries a lot, most of the time it will be due to stomach discomfort, gas, feeling hungry or having a dirty diaper. For stomach discomfort or gas, you can try doing exercises with your baby such as bicycling baby’s feet and rubbing their tummy. You can also try to use some colic drops to help calm baby’s stomach or using a special bottle to reduce baby’s gas. Ask pediatrician if they can recommend a special formula to use and try to get baby used to a pacifier for some self soothing. Make sure baby is fed and diaper is clean.

Check with your pediatrician if you can use one of the recommended creams to apply to baby’s dry skin.

Rub some baby oil on baby’s scalp a half hour prior to bath time. After bath try to brush baby’s hair gently with a fine tooth comb to get out some cradle cap.

Give the baby a good teether to bite on and try to use some teething gel on baby’s gums to soothe them.

Try using some of our spill proof cups or squeeze feeders to help eliminate some mess before it starts. Make sure baby is wearing a bib and is being fed with appropriate size utensils.

Try using some of our travel formula dispenser to take pre-measured formula with you so that you don’t need to take along the whole can of formula and start measuring when baby is hungry. Pack a small pop-up pack of wipes for easy access. Have some non-spill bottles ready and keep baby busy with some toys.

For younger children consult with your pediatrician to see if they can recommend a specialty formula designed for underweight children. For slightly older children check with pediatrician about supplementing with pediasure.

Try putting your baby to sleep every night at the same time so they get used to a schedule. Try to give your baby a soothing bath prior to bedtime and ask your pediatrician if it’s okay to add some cereal to baby’s bottle to keep them full for longer.

Consult with your pedestrian and see if they can recommend a particular formula based on your child’s needs. For children that cannot tolerate dairy based formula you can try using soy and if that is still not working well, the next step is hypo-allergenic. Within those categories there also more specialty formulas such as some specifically designed to ease gas, promote comfortable stools, for premature babies, reduce spit up, closest to breast milk, and specifically for newborns.

While most formulas are kosher with the certification of OU-D, the soy formulas do not contain milk and therefore have the certification of OU and then there are some specialty formulas that are Chalav Yisroel. If you need to use hypo-allergenic formula be aware that some of those formulas are not kosher, however there are some like Neocate and Elecare that are kosher.

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends starting babies on solid food around 6 months old. Some of the signs that baby is ready for solid food includes being able to hold their head up when sitting, shows interest in what others are eating & opens mouth when food approaches.