Colief Infant Drops > Reviews

Advantages: no more colic
Disadvantages: expensive

...I cried. The price of the Colief was nearly enough to put me off - £9.99 for a measly 7ml (a tiny, tiny bottle) but decided to give it a go for the sake of my sanity. We tried it over the weekend and was disappointed to find that it didn't work straight away, but by the Sunday evening she was like a different baby. She poo'd without straining and crying and was altogether a much more placid, smiley baby. The Colief contains lactase which breaks ... Read review

Advantages: It really works! (and it's available on prescription)
Disadvantages: Needs to be added to milk 4 hours in advance

...I add 2 drops of colief to each bottle of milk, 4 hours in advance. These took a lot of getting used to, but believe me it is worth the effort. It took a few days to work but when it did, the screaming lessened dramatically and my baby seemed in less pain. She still has a lot of wind, but it doesn't hurt her so much. The website of the product is very informative and does all the science bit. I order the product online and it usually arrives the ... Read review

Advantages: relieves colic from lactose intolerance
Disadvantages: price

We found this a god-send but only when using 1 drop per feed. We used 4 drops per feed initially (as instructed on bottle) and although she was much better she still had spasmodic griping and was sometimes difficult to feed, along with loose explosive poos. We went down to 1 drop per feed after speaking to the GP and it was great. No more explosions, a settled tummy and the most gorgeous happy baby you could ask for. She is now 7 months and off it ... Read review

I tried colief drops for my little lad as discussed with my gp, well where do I start. I made the bottles up, only 2 at a time as they have to be used in 12 hours. He was very sick and his poo was runny beyond believe. I stopped the drops and noticed a difference straight away. I advise anyone to think twice before using these drops. We are going to try SMA LF for him now.

Advantages: Anything is worth a try when you have an unhappy baby
Disadvantages: Its expensive and SMA Lactose Free is a much better approach (imo)

...SMA LF (lactose free) or colief drops. We tried the SMA LF for a week and saw an improvement in her feeding after a couple of days and the runny poos stopped too, but she still did the uncontrollable crying in the evenings. We thought that if she was lactose intolerant that the new milk would stop all the crying so we then went to SMA Gold with the colief drops. Well the effect was instant and not good! With the drops she started to scream again ... Read review

Advantages: none
Disadvantages: takes advantage of desperate parents who just want a happy baby

expensive yes, effective no!. I bought it for my daughter as she was very colicey, if she wasnt sleeping she was crying. It seemed to make sense but that the lactose in her milk was difficult to break down, thats when i found aptimal easy digest formula. It is suitable from birth and contains less than half the lactose of other baby milks, so no added expense buying things to add to the milk, remembering to add the crops and the bottle is tiny.just ... Read review

Hello. I have a very windy 6 week old baby. Colief has really helped the crying in the evening but he is still very windy. Can you tell me if it is safe to use Woodward's Gripe water throughout the day as well as adding Colief to every bottle?