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Wind problems with 6 week old

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OrangeGloss · 17/10/2011 12:29

DS is 6 weeks old, and has struggled with wind for the past few weeks, worsening last week. He is bf apart from 1 FF of Aptamil at around 12pm.

I've tried Infacol and Gripe Water, and have helped but they don't seem to do the trick, is there anything else? Any website with winding techniques? I rarely manage to get a burp and it's keeping him, and us, awake :(

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tiktok · 17/10/2011 12:35

Why do you think this is wind, orangegloss?

If he's crying and unsettled, what about just feeding him again?

MigGril · 17/10/2011 13:45

Baby's don't alway's need to burp. Just try feeding again.

One thing though is there any clicking sounds while feeding?

Oh and gripe water doesn't work since they took out the active ingerdent which was alcohole.

Tiredshazza1 · 17/10/2011 13:52

My baby also suffered with wind/colic, we tried the tommee tippee anti colic + bottles, there are expensive but seemed to do the trick, it may be worth investing for the aptimil feed.
I found my baby best brought her wind up lying her on her front for a little while.
It will get easier!!

NatashaBee · 17/10/2011 13:57

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candr · 17/10/2011 17:36

We have started using Coleif which we think is helping, sometimes it can take ages for wind to come up but stick with it, I find baby stands on my lap leaning forward on to my chest and I gently rock his hips which seems to ease things. He is 4 weeks and worse in evening. Coleif is not cheap but if it works your Dr will perscribe it for you.

beckieperk · 17/10/2011 19:15

If you are sure its wind?!?! Try baby sat on your knee with his back to your chest. Put one hand on his tummy and the other under his bum and gently rock your Lo up and down. Give it a try. Or walk up and downstairs? If you're not too tired it is a hazard!!
Are you bf? If so not always that windy.

beckieperk · 17/10/2011 19:16

Doh...sorry op just saw bf/aptamil sentence!!

beckieperk · 17/10/2011 19:18

MigGril my ds makes a clicking noise when feeding....and has problems with wind. What does clicking mean?

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OrangeGloss · 17/10/2011 21:36

It might not be wind, I think it is because I will put him down sound asleep after a feed and after a few minutes he pulls a pained face and slowly starts waking and crying. If I keep hold of him he sleeps soundly

He seems to sleep on his own from about 7pm-1am then is restless but not awake. I never manage to get much wind up so wondered if that was it

He doesn't make a clicking sound, but often makes a swallowing sound

I'll try those ideas for winding too, thanks :)

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tiktok · 17/10/2011 23:24

Orange - a baby who wakes up after a few minutes having been put down in a cot but who stays asleep calmly when held does not have 'wind'. He's a baby who is most comfortable and soothed when held next to someone who loves him :)

Restless sleep is normal - if he was in pain he would wake.

Swallowing sounds are normal.

Your baby sounds fine. How about going with the flow and keeping him close during this time when he needs you?

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OrangeGloss · 18/10/2011 02:27

He looks in pain while he's asleep, and used to draw his knees up before I used Infacol. He doesn't always wake just looks uncomfortable and shuffles and grunts. I've managed to get some wind up for the first time in a long while with some of the suggestions, so thanks :)

I am happy to hold him all day and night, but dh and myself are taking shifts through the night as of course all the literature says not to sleep with baby on you

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OrangeGloss · 18/10/2011 02:28

He used to sleep happily on his own, this is a recent thing that strews 10 days ago

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tiktok · 18/10/2011 08:56

Babies in pain wake up - it is normal for them to scrunch their faces up, to grimace, and to wriggle and to bring their legs up and wriggle and shuffle all while being asleep :) The increased activity you notice could just be him being more active as he gets older. The lack of movement since infacol could be coincidence.

If you want to find out more about co-sleeping, try here www.cosleeping.org/. It's not the case that all the lit. says not to do this - not at all :)

RitaMorgan · 18/10/2011 09:00

Sounds like he just doesn't want to sleep alone to me! If you are breastfeeding you can co-sleep safely - have a look at this leaflet:

www.unicef.org.uk/Documents/Baby_Friendly/Leaflets/3/sharingbedleaflet.pdf

MigGril · 18/10/2011 13:58

beckieperk - clicking when feeding can be an indication of poor latch, that he's possibly taking air in when feeding. Try ajusting the latch, if you can't make it stop a vist to your local BF group mite be a good idea.

Don't panick doesn't mean baby's not gettting enough milk just that things could be a little more optimual for feeding.

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OrangeGloss · 18/10/2011 20:40

Thanks for the info. To co-sleep safely he would need to lie on the bed next to me, which he won't do - only on me. Sorry, that's what I meant by literature saying not to let him sleep on me, only next to me

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Janoschi · 19/10/2011 00:36

If it helps, DD was one heck of a windy baby. So much so that in the hospital during her first 5 days, the nurses nicknamed her Windy Bob. I just couldn't lay her down - she only relaxed lying on mine or my DH's chest. It didn't really help having HVs saying breastfed babies don't get wind, as this made me doubt everything and got me really stressed out.

Infacol didn't work and I also wasn't happy dosing her up with it when so tiny. What did work was burping her mid-feed. I had a big oversupply issue and poor DD would splutter through every feed, so I think she was very windy because of that. So after a few minutes I'd pull her off, hold her upright on my lap (finger and thumb supporting chin, palm against her chest/tummy) and gently tilt her backwards and forwards rubbing her back. Then feed her again, then wind... and so on. And at the end I'd do a little gentle bouncy walk around the living room / bedroom holding her over my shoulder to get the last bubbles out.

It felt like forever at the time and I barely slept but she's 5 months now and I honestly can't remember the last time she cried with wind. So I think it tailed off when she was 12-15 weeks.

Funny actually. I was holding her cradled in my arms this evening and I looked at her and thought 'I couldn't do this with you for the first few months because you'd scream every time'. It was so nice to realise the progress!

You'll get through it, you really will. But sympathies and hugs. It's damn tough.

SurprisEs · 19/10/2011 00:59

DD had a lot of wind. Things calmed down when I started to hand express a small amount of milk before feeding. I had so much milk that it gushed out and she was gagging/swallowing a lot of air when feeding. Does this happen to you?

DD slept on my chest at times. Being raised helped her. And I'm sure she loves the cuddle time. Literature... Hmm ... Helpful at times and so damaging in other instances.

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OrangeGloss · 20/10/2011 04:20

Thanks for the advice I appreciate it :)

I let him sleep on me today, which helped us both, but in the day he was crying and writhing while trumping :( he used to poo every day but now only seems to go every few days and sleeps a lot better after. He has his drs check up on fri so I'll ask there too

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choc44 · 18/11/2011 09:28

Thanks, I found that very helpful.

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