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any tips to help out a very farty breastfed newborn?

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preggerspoppet · 29/05/2007 15:58

my ds3 is noe three weeks old and is very farty. he is never sick and doesnt bring up much wind but in the early hours he is very uncomfortable and after a while he lets off the most enormous amount of bottom end wind.

is there anything I can do to ease it for him? I have breast fed all three of mine and have not had this bofore, I have been watching my diet too...

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preggerspoppet · 29/05/2007 16:24

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Booboobedoo · 29/05/2007 16:32

preggerspoppet: mine is 10 weeks and exactly the same. My BFing book says some babies just are (Clare Byam-Cook).

There's stuff you can get called Colief. It contains lactase, which is the enzyme that breaks down lactose. You can use it from birth. (It's pricey though).

HTH.

louii · 29/05/2007 16:37

fennel tea is great for this, either you, him or both

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preggerspoppet · 29/05/2007 16:44

great stuff, thanks x

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preggerspoppet · 29/05/2007 19:09

any other tips out there?

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BandofMothers · 29/05/2007 19:13

DD2, now nearly 10 mths was extremely farty as a newborn. She grew out of it. Watch what you eat, like sprouts, cabbage anything like that that causes wind, as it will make it worse. Avoid garlic and onion as they can cause a bad tummy. Also too much fizzy stuff. Remember anything you eat goes to him.

Or have you already done all that.

If so just burp him a lot. I used to burp for at least 20/30 mins after a feed. Maybe rub his tummy when it seems to be bad.

It's shit, but his tummy should start dealing with it better as he gets older.

cathcart · 29/05/2007 19:15

congratulations on your lo!
my dd was the same, never burped at all - just let it all out the other end! i found that moving her into a kind of squatting position whilst cuddling her helped her to get it all out - usually in one tremendous explosion! i'm sure it must have been such a relief!

LynetteScavo · 29/05/2007 19:15

DD was a very farty newborn. Cutting mangos out of my diet helped a bit. She's still more fary than the DS's though!

Bouquetsofdynomite · 29/05/2007 19:15

Have you tried cycling his legs to 'pump' some of the gas out? (works on my aerobics class!)

Or lie him on his front on your lap sometimes.

Lizcitral · 29/05/2007 19:19

We're generally quite a farty family, but salad and green veg definitely made dd worse when she was tiny. Cycling legs helped, and teeny spoonfuls of warm/tepid fennel tea (use bags or boil up fennel seeds).

Califrau · 29/05/2007 19:22

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nannytania · 29/05/2007 19:28

Can be a sign of too much foremilk? Make sure he is emptying your first breast before swapping him to the next. Also try cranking his legs - riding a bike movement!

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preggerspoppet · 29/05/2007 19:28

fantastic! lol at you farty lot too!
will try all tips tonight.
califrau, it just happens that my mil is a cranio-sacral therapist and chiroprator, she will be coming up soon so I wil put her to work!

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Leoness · 29/05/2007 19:31

Ditto cycling legs and then pressing kness into chest whilst holdig ankles. patting bum also seem to encourage them to relax and let it all out!!
After eating....burping him with your hand on his chest/stomach and rubbing back from bottom to top not other way especially up on their left side...

good luck

my little one was same x

2Happy · 29/05/2007 19:34

Just a quick thought - have you checked for tongue tie? ds2 was tremendously farty, I think he was taking in a lot of air due to his tongue tie, much better since the snip! Have also herd the onion in your diet thing.

Ettenna · 29/05/2007 21:45

my lo's just the same, often lies for ages grunting and huffing in the wee hours before trumping like an old man. I gently press his legs up to his chest a few times and rub his tummy fairly firmly - it does seem to help.

BefnalBub · 29/05/2007 23:17

lol - mines farty too - can't get anything out when winding her, but sure enough around 10 mins later good ol' farty poos. will try the fennel tea as well now...

paulaplumpbottom · 29/05/2007 23:18

do you rub his tummy?

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preggerspoppet · 30/05/2007 10:56

he doesnt seem to like the tummy rub, although I'm sure the cycling helped in the night last night.
Also I made myself wide awake in order to not nod-off during winding -I gave him a half an hour gym session of bum/back patting with cycling at the end!
I really appreciate the advice, I feel so sorry for the little man when he grunts, it feels like he is saying "please mummy doooo something!"

come to think of it, I'm sure he fed better as a result of my wide awakeness... and in return I think I got more sleep.

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evenhope · 30/05/2007 14:22

My 11 week old is still very windy. She seems to sleep better when she's had infacol.

DragonFaerie · 30/05/2007 14:26

A paste of asafatoeda and water in the tummy button works (sounds crazy I know, was recommended to me by a friend and worked for us)

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preggerspoppet · 30/05/2007 18:15

whats that? where can you get if from?
I'm intreaged...

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Dragonhart · 30/05/2007 20:54

My dd is quite windy and she loves it when I do the bycycle the legs thing with her nappy off. She does loads of big trumps then has massive grins on her face! Then is all relaxed when I put her nappy on again.

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preggerspoppet · 30/05/2007 21:12

ah bless!

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preggerspoppet · 30/05/2007 21:15

2happy,
are you on here tonight?
I have checked in his mouth and it looks like he might have a tie. he has the classic heart shaped tip but I cant see well enough under his tounge, might start a thread...

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