Hi there, I have a 20 week old DD who is EBF. When she was very young we had big problems with wind and colic, which were eventually solved using colief. She still takes colief, my efforts to wean her off it haven't been successful so far, I try every couple of weeks but I have become a bit more relaxed about administering it and have just been dropping it in her mouth (which seemed to work ok for a few weeks) rather than mixing in with expressed milk. She naps ok in the day time, bit hit and miss sometimes, but has always been pretty easy to settle at night - we go for bath at 7 then boob and bed. Once asleep she used to always sleep til at least 1am and often 3 or 4, then feed and back down til 7 or 8am.
The past fortnight or so she has been increasingly distracted on the boob during the day, I read that that this is totally normal and I think we are still getting full feeds in, though it's taking a bit longer than usual. My boobs are a bit tender with her bobbing on and off and slipping off the latch though.
My problem is this: at bed time she seems to fall asleep ok, then wakes up about 20 minutes later crying and arching her back. It seems to be wind related as she's letting out some really big farts as she does this. I settle her again, feed a bit more if she'll take it and 20 mins or maybe an hour later she has woken again with the same story, crying and farts. Gripe water seems to help a bit, but last night it was after midnight before she finally fell properly asleep (til 4).
During the day she is eating her hands quite a bit, drooling a little bit more than usual but seems fairly chirpy - she rarely seems upset. She has woken up from her late afternoon naps a bit earlier than usual this week and I haven't been able to settle her back down to finish them (20-45 mins instead of 1.5 hrs). I have tried giving teething gel, ashton and parsons and nothing seems to be making a difference. I haven't tried calpol.
I suppose I just have to ride it out, but does this sound familiar to anyone, is there anything else I can do or try to see if she will settle down better at bedtime? After spending the first six weeks of her life trying to comfort her with colic between 7pm and midnight, I thought these days were behind me and it's difficult to readjust back to it!