Signs of Trapped wind - help??!
My lo has always made lots of noises (grunts groans squeaks etc) when he is in his moses basket whether asleep or awake (more when awake) and he does it during the day and at night - although it seems to be more at night. He generally doesn't show any distress when doing them and I thought it was just to entertain himself. However I am now wondering if it is cos he is uncomfy with trapped wind?
He is breastfed and I wind him at intervals during his feed - however he doesn't always give any wind up (infact quite rarely) and either the actions of winding him lull him into a snooze or he gets frustrated that his feed is being interupted so I can't keep winding indefinitely. He does some to posset quite a bit and I wondered if this could be when his wind finally comes out? ALthough some days he won't be sick at all and other days it seems endless.
Anyway so are there any CLEAR indicators I should look for for trapped wind? Would he be more upset and distressed if he was uncomfy with it??
Any help or pointers welcome!
He is breastfed and I wind him at intervals during his feed - however he doesn't always give any wind up (infact quite rarely) and either the actions of winding him lull him into a snooze or he gets frustrated that his feed is being interupted so I can't keep winding indefinitely. He does some to posset quite a bit and I wondered if this could be when his wind finally comes out? ALthough some days he won't be sick at all and other days it seems endless.
Anyway so are there any CLEAR indicators I should look for for trapped wind? Would he be more upset and distressed if he was uncomfy with it??
Any help or pointers welcome!
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THough they do say that breast babies tend not to suffer with colic and things like that.
I wouldnt worry too much charli your son sounds very happy
Any advice welcome
xx
She did suffer with wind but you definately knew when it was that as she screamed and pulled her legs up and there were alot of huge farts (very lady like!)
that is just the same as my lo, she might settle one minute and we put her in her moses basket, then out of nowhere she will get really fidgety and restless and kick her arms and legs and just cry out. I am sure it is trapped wind, and like you say its horrible as nothing seems to relieve it.
I used infacol yesterday before every feed and it seemed to make it worse so today am going to brave it without!!!! just to see if it makes a difference at all. Although the infacol did seem to make her fart loads but didn't seem to relieve the pain. She is such a hungry baby and gulps her bottle down quite quickly. She was only 5lb 12oz at birth and the midwife said she could be making up for it with her feeds.
she is 3 weeks old now. some feeds she seems more hungry than others so we have adjusted the amounts we give her - 6.30am she has 5oz, 10.30am 4oz, 2.30pm 5oz, 6.30pm 4oz, 10.30pm 5oz and 2.30am 3oz. She is pretty good that she knows when she's had enough and doesn't just finish a bottle if she's had enough, so hopefully we are not over feeding her. I guess its all trial and error! Its a massive learning curve for all of us
When she's really bad, ie knees up, crying, I lay her across my lap on her tummy and rub her back clockwise direction and this really calms her and gets wind up too most times.
Wind has been the biggest prob 4 all 3 of mine and I must say they were all worse with boob juice than formula! I know I'm a gassy mare but is my milk that bad?!?!
My baby has trapped wind too, I get so frustrated watching him doing all the hands and foot as if somebody is punching him in the tummy, though he fart most of the time still hes hurting. He's mixed, my ma said he get it through my milk when I have wind too.
He's just 28 days and sometimes he vomits after bottled fed.
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