<human>: I have 5 month old 31.3 week old premee triplets. that was just put on neocate formula due to allergy/intolerance to milk,soy, & grains causing severe reflux, with it being a silent reflux in one of them. I am looking to thicken the formula due to this issue. what can you recommend to use as a thickener. I have been told that either carobel or gaurcol could be used, is this true. I have not been aable to find an ingredient list for either and do not want to give them something that has ingedients that they have an intolerance or allergy to.
<bot>: Hair I'm Chat Doctor. But it will settle once the baby grows and the coordination of swallowing and breathing are maintained properly. As they are 5 completed months and being triplets your breast milk will not be sufficient and it's time to start on reign and rice feeds. You can add this as a thickening agent. Add 1ml of MCT oil to each feed. Way ever you feed them give in easily swallowable form and do feed them in sitting position only. Take care.