Windy baby

[Darcy224]

Hi,

I've got a 3 week old little girl and she has suddenly got really bad wind over the last week.

She is breastfed, but I'm using nipple shields as my nipple were horrifically cracked and I still find it a little bit painful even with the shields on. I've heard that this can cause wind in babies? Anyone with experience with this?

I burp her after every feed and do the bicycle legs and massage her tummy, but she has bad wind most of the day and it gets worse at night. We have also been using Infacol which I suppose isn't making any difference.

Any advice?
Thanks

My baby is windy with or without shields. He can get most up himself now at 4 months but up till a few weeks ago i spent more time winding him than feeding him. Lanisol is a godsend for sore nipples.

Infacol aggrivates my ds's reflux and what i thought was trapped wind at first was actually silent reflux.

If you've had cracked nopales and she's windy, has she been properly checked for Tongue Tie?

Thanks both!

Hopefully it's just one of those things that she will grow out of. We do the bicycle legs and she must let out about 20 farts every time!

We haven't had her checked for tongue tie, but maybe that is an issue and would explain why she struggled to latch properly without the nipple shields.

Did any of the symptoms in the link I posted sound familiar?