Very windy small baby - any tips?

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DS is two weeks old and exclusively BF - I've just cracked the breastfeeding thing so that it doesn't hurt, but for the last couple of days he's been getting wind after every feed and crying inconsolably.What can I do - is my feeding technique likely to be the problem?

No they get wind all by themselves - my DD used to get it if she cried at all before a feed.

Congratulations and take care of yourself - try feeding lying down!

I found Infacol worked well at getting the wind out (mainly as loud farts!).

Why do you think it is wind, Petsville?

It could be - but crying can mean a lot of things ...

Maybe he just wants more time at the breast??

Newborns get wind no matter what so try burping him before the feed and a couple of times during the feed (and when not feeding either). Infacol helps. Also, for my DD, lying her down for a minute or two and picking her up helped with the burping. It's also common for newborns to cry for a couple of hours trying to get that fart out. All we were able to do with our DD is to hold her and tap her back to try to make it better until it passes.

Hi Tiktok - I'm pretty sure it's not wanting more time at the breast. I'm feeding him on demand, and I think I recognise the signs that he wants food pretty well by now (he cluster feeds for about four hours straight every day, as well as normal feeding every two or three hours, so I've had a lot of opportunities!). He looks uncomfortable and squirms, and if you burp him there's usually something there - but burping him takes ages and he's miserable all the time we're doing it, so I was hoping there was something I could do to reduce the wind in the first place.

Still don;t understand why you don't think it could be wanting more time at the breast, though, Petsville. He's only 2 weeks old. His signs of wanting more time at the breast will not be fixed in stone :)

Looking uncomfortable and squirming don't have to mean wind, honestly. What happens if you just keep him close on or near the breast?

I found the best way to burp our DD is to hold her over the shoulders and walk up & down the stairs. The bouncing motion seems to help. Try Infacol (usable from birth) or gripe water (after 4 wks).

Infacol and gripe water have both been found to be no more effective than a placebo.

I actually found that feeding through DDs wind was the best solution here. She grew out of the constant burping and farting.

Thanks, everyone, for all the advice - DS is much calmer and happier today, so it may have been something I ate that was causing the problem.