Still screaming in pain with wind at 8 mths

[mcmudda]

Colicky is probably not quite right.

Dd finds it almost impossible to bring up wind. She's been like this since birth. Bedtime is 7pm ish and she is guaranteed to wake up an hour and a half later screaming in pain - will do a massive burp then back to sleep.

Then the same again an hour later and then she'll settle for the night by 11pm -ish. She still has Infacol before her bedtime breastfeed.

She is just as windy at lunchtime but only sleeps for 2 hours, so only one burp halfway through.

Any ideas? Is this something she'll grow out of or is it something else??

Sorry - missed top line. Was wondering if babies could still be colicky at 8 mths.

What about trying cranial osteopathy?

Is it worth trying something like Chamomilla rather than Infacol

It worked with my DD - not she's older (she's 8) we use cold calomile(sp) tea which sooths her tummy when she is windy

Apologies if you have tried this already

Katymac - nope haven't tried chamomile - use it to soak her washable baby wipes though

Do you mean the granules? Would a chemist have them or would i need to try a health food shop?

Hadn't thought about cranial osteopathy - how would that help with wind and does it work on older babies. I thought it might just be for babies with traumatic births or am I thinking of something else? Do you have any links Hercules?

Not done it myself but know several people who swear by it for colicky type babies.

At 8m I might try cold tea - esp if you make it weak?

And right on cue - that was the last wail of the night - bizarre-ness.

17 minutes later than usual. WIll mention it at 8 mth check tomorrow, but what's an HV likely to say!?

Do mention it to HV

My mum swore by hot water.....could your little one have a warm drink before bed?

Probiotics cured ds's wind at around this age - which is when we discovered them.

OK - mentioned it to HV. She seemed visibly shocked when I said dd was having Infacol before last feed. She said there was "no way" that should be necessary and asked if there was any other noise that could be disturbing her. We live 8 miles from the nearest anything so v unlikely!

Anyway - no help there. But last night gave her last feed in her room with no distractions etc etc and she was fine and settled all night!

But tonight same as usual - windy every hour until 11pm-ish.

Bobbybob - how did you give the probiotics - like a supplement? - where would I get them from?

From a health food shop. I mix with a little pureed fruit at breakfast time with some flax seed oil.

How active is your dd - I am wondering if it is something that crawling/walking will fix.

Aha - not active at all. She practically has to be thrown around the room to bring up any wind at all.

She sits unsupported for ages, but still can't roll/crawl. HV ticked the box that said "Failure to achieve". A failure at 8 mths!!

Yes they can still get colic at 8 months. Have you tried taking her to a cranio-osteopath or a chiropractor. My chiropractor said she had recently treated an 18 month old with colic. After 2 sessions she was cured.

My friends DS was exactly the same but it all stopped the day he managed to roll over. Very strange but it could well be linked to movement. Does he like being on his tummy?

Dd hates being on her tummy.

And that's the second mention of cranio-osteopathy so will have to consider that more seriously if this goes on for much longer.

Problem will be solved by being more active which you will have to wait for her to do in her own time. I would go down the c.o. route personally, if her tummy is uncomfortable, then maybe some other bits are too.