How do you (do I need to) wind when they fall asleep?

[SquidgersMummy]

Hello,

Squidger is 4 wks old and ebf. She usually feeds till asleep - if I then wind her she is thoroughly p'd off - so I tend not to, but we are having a lot of tummy pains when she's trying to fart or poo, it really hurts her so she feeds in a bit of a frenzy to feel better (and breathes heavily through her nose at the same time) - so I'm thinking are the pains because we don't wind and then is she gulping air down when she's in pain. So confusing. My HV was rubbish - suggested I try cooled boiled water in case she was thirsty - ???? We have tried infacol - I have looked into it on PubMed (the google equivalent of research papers for medics), randomised control trials found it no better than placebo - and a paper also said trapped wind isnt seen when scanning colicky babies. Think latest research is re giving infants probiotics. But I am no clearer in what to actually do - do I wind or not?

A paediatric nurse told me when ds was a few weeks old not to bother with Infacol, he called it a 'pharmaceutical con'.....I had used it religiously with DD.

He recommended holding baby as upright as is comfortable for 10 minutes after a feed and not to bother winding. He said the whole winding thing is just a myth.

I was highly dubious, but tried it and have never winded since, haven't needed to. He said if a baby is going to bring up wind it will do so, and no amount of patting, rubbing etc will help.

Hope this helps.

Thanks that's really helpful

x

I wonder how many of that HV's other patients have permanent diarrhea as a result of her sage wisdom...

That's awful about the hv!

I've never deliberately winded ds (19wo). Like pp, I just keep him upright for a while after each feed. He was quite colicky between 3-9 weeks. Cranial osteopathy helped a lot. He needed constant carrying, usually in an upright position, but lying him on his back and bicycling his legs helped sometimes too.

Oddly he's only rarely needed an opportunity to bring up wind after night feeds - I've never understood it, he feeds and sleeps and its fine. I wonder whether he somehow feeds differently or the milk is different or what, it's strange.

My dd was really wriggly and grunty between about 3 and 9 weeks. I tried gripe water, infacol etc. Health visitor told me it was coz I was feeding her lying down. Rubbish as happened whatever position I fed in. It passed on its own and by about 9 weeks was alot better. Maybe they just have a uncomfortable stage. I never wind dd. If she needs to burp it just seems to happen