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trapped wind
my little one is only 11 days old and almost since day 1 has suffered from bad trapped wind, and i just dont know what to do any more. he is breastfed (although has expressed milk in bottles at night), has infacol before every feed for the last 5days, but still looks in agony after every feed. i burp him after feeding, but i can still hear the gas in his bowels, and he is always farting! i feel so bad cos he looks in so much pain. ive been told i cant try gripe water until he is 4 weeks. is there anything else i could try? would a visit to the gp help (could they give us anything different to help?)
any advice would be appreciated.
any advice would be appreciated.
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I found this http://www.askbaby.com/burping-baby.htm it reminded me that my brother used to have my neice on his knees and rub her back to relieve her wind and it was very effective.
(Also Colief isn't actually for wind it's to break down the lactose in milk, when babies have colic and infacol doesn't work its often the next thing to try but they do different things)
Hope you find a way to make him more comfortable xx
Though we spent ages at the hospital the other night because LO had blood in his poo - it turned out he was straining too much and has a fissure. The pedi told me Colief won't do anything - Infacol may help a bit, and that I should drink loads and loads of orange juice with pulp in. I've only been drinking it for two days though, so I can't say whether it works or not!
I had the same problem when my LO was little and i didn't find infacol any help at all. Somebody suggested Dentinox colic drops so i tried them and it was fab! You can give it from birth, during or after a feed which includes putting it in a bottle which is what i did. My DS went from hardly bringing up any wind at all to doing very big manly burps!! It's not the nicest tasting stuff which is why i put it into his bottles but as you're mainly BF you could pop it in his mouth and see how it goes?
Also somebody suggested a winding technique which i found helpful-lay the baby on your knees on their left side (head at your kness and feet to your tummy). Rub/pat their back in this position for a couple of mins then put them over your shoulder and rub their left side in an upward direction (this is where their stomach is situated) and you should bring up some wind. And also as the others have said leg cycling is good! Oh and you could also try sitting him up on your knees and rocking him backwards and forwards then from side to side-you may dislodge a bit more! As you can tell i've tried it all!!
They do get better at bringing up wind as they get older if that's any consolation.
HTH
I know your breastfeeding but maybe try the bottles when your giving an expressed feed? also check your diet if breastfeeding. I was told off the midwife that eating onions could be a cause for LO to suffer from trapped wind!
I hope things get better for your LO soon, I know how horrible it is to feel completely helpless when your baby seems so uncomfortable.
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MIRACLE CURE FOR MY BABY'S TRAPPED WIND!!
I am a mother of a 2 month old baby girl.
I have been really upset by her constant crying/lack of sleep
for us both.
She kept making pushing noises like she was in pain and tensing her body up and
it really made me feel so helpless!!
I had tried all the different ways of holding her & bought Infacol and found none of them to be very helpful.
I spent a while googling it one night and someone mentioned that proping the baby up on a
few pillows so they were in a sideways sitting position helped them,
I tried it with not much hope but OH MY GOD!! I am so glad I did as she has
not been in pain since! It's a bit of a pain at night as I can't lie down and feed her I have to be as upright as
possible but it's well worth it as she is such a happy baby now!! now I can enjoy her!
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