Windy 6 week old, cramping and straining at night

[Jax3]

Just wondering whether anyone has had a similar experience or any advice.

My DS1 appears to suffer from bad trapped wind at night. Usually after his 2am feed he is constantly pulling up his knees, and straining as if to push out the wind and moaning and groaning till morning. Most of the time he does not wake, however on occassion he will and appears to be in pain.

I have tried infacol, but that seems to make him worse. I started trying gripe water after his feeds from last night, however today he is crying out in pain after every feed and raising his knees(and has thrown up lots after a few feeds.) Should I continue using the gripe water? Is this normal behaviour?

I am starting to wonder if he could be allergic to something. He is breast fed, and when I mentioned this to the Health Visitor and Doctor they dismissed it as colic.

Any advice or sugestions welcome, as he appears to be in pain, and we're struggling to sleep through the noise!

[ready2pop]

My DS used to do this and it turned out to be reflux. Try raising the head end of his bed and see if that sorts it.

[rolledhedgehog]

This is really common. My DS2 suffered. He is now 17 weeks and it seems like a distant memory but it was exhausting at the time. We took him to a cranial osteopath and it really helped. Also can recommend baby massage/baby yoga as I recently did a course of classes and it really got my baby's bottom working!

I hope he gets over it soon.

[Turniphead1]

My DS did this and it turned out to be "nothing" - just the gut doing it's thing and his little tummy getting used to digesting etc.

If he isn't waking up - then it defo can't be that bad for him (worse for you with all the blimmin noise and worrying). Different if he wakes up with it. At that age I found "camamilla" (sp) drops very helpful for trapped wind. Its a homepathic liquid and you put a tiny drop on their mouths and if there is wind trapped it comes out a treat (either end). You don't use it frequently, I think they get kind of immune to it. Hope that's of some help.

[Jax3]

I have already tried raising the head of the bed, but that hasn't really helped. How would I know wheter it's reflux, what are the symptoms?

We visited the cranial osteopath already, and unfortunately that hasn't helped either. Thanks for the tip re. baby massage/ yoga - I'll definately try that.

The lack of sleep is certainly taking it's toll, to the extent I'm considering moving him into his own room, although my DP isn't too keen on that (mind you he'd sleep through anything!)

[pinata]

have you tried colief? it's different to infacol in that it is a an enzme to help with digesting lactose. can be used for BF and FF. worked wonders for DD