Natural alternative to Infacol for baby with what seems like windy tummy ache?

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DS is 12 weeks old tomorrow and for the last 2 days has been unsettled and seems to be uncomfortable. He is EBF and appears to think he is hungry (hands in mouth) but rejects the breast, and arches his back away from me, crying like I am trying to poison him.

I think the problem is trapped wind, and we have tried warm baths, massage, yoga type moves (gently pushing knees up towards tummy, and cycling legs) but he still seems to be uncomfortable.

We have some Infacol but I am reluctant to give him products with E numbers - would much prefer to find a more natural remedy.

Does anyone have any ideas?

Thanks in advance.

would you be happy with coleif? which is just an enzyme

also i agree about e-numbers but they arnt all bad.... even water has an e number that can be used instead

Peppermint tea although not sure about giving to babies (although can't be worse than infacol). Just half a teaspoon of weak tea should help shift things along. Also tummy time helps too.

Also look up symptoms for silent reflux - DS had this and had the same symptoms as you. Feeding would bring up acid which he'd swallow again.

Finally consider whether you have an overactive letdown - do your boobs spray milk everywhere? This too can cause baby too take slot of wind down and cause tummy trouble.

fennel tea is used a lot in Germany to help with infant wind/colic. Midwives give it to newborns in hospital.

Thanks all.

It does seem like he might have slient reflux, reading through the symptoms...

Iggly - have you found any ways to help your DS with this?

Dentinox is good, I don't think it has any e numbers and makes DC smell like fresh baked bread. It contains the same stuff as gripe water, and works better than infacol IMO. I've used both.

Colief is good but extortionate!

I had to cut out dairy from my diet (and soya), but be careful to supplement my diet due to not having milk/cheese etc.

I also got ranitidine for DS (it neutralises stomach acid) - infant gaviscon didn't work.

Other measures were using a dummy after feeds, keeping him upright after feeds (either hold or use bouncy chair), no jigging about too much, winding by rubbing not patting him and no tight waistbands. So DS lived in dungarees or all in ones until 12 months old!

Colic Calm has been our lifesaver. It's a gripe water, but the charcoal component seems to give the product a bit more oomph.

Also, my paediatrician recommends 4oz of camomile tea in a bottle (if you ever give expressed milk, and your little one is used to a bottle, of course). We sometimes do this, but use a syringe.

I second Stopgap...Colic Calm was our life saver as well.

there's no reason dentinox should be any better than infacol....they both have the same active ingredient - simeticone.