Baby so windy at night - I’ve tried everything!

[thelostartofkeepingsecrets]

Hello!

I’m desperate for some advice - my baby is nearly 16 weeks old and exclusively breastfeeding. As the title says he’s super windy at night and it’s waking him up pretty much hourly. Needless to say I’m exhausted and I’m worried he’s not getting the sleep he needs either.

He burps quite well during the day but after his 6-8pm cluster feed and after night feeds I cannot get him to burp. I’ve Googled this to death and tried all the suggestions I can find - sitting him up, over my shoulder, across my knees, standing up, walking up and down the stairs, tummy massage, bicycle legs (I could go on!)

When he wakes up I can usually feed him back to sleep but with every swallow I can hear and feel more air going down which is pretty stressful because I know it’s not going to come back up again. The following morning he burps lots to get rid of all his nighttime wind and I feel so sad for him that he’s got to try and sleep with all that in his tummy.

We’ve tried gripe water but it’s not helping and I’ve restarted him on Infacol, just so I feel like I’m doing something!

If anyone had any suggestions or if you’ve been through the same I would love to hear from you! I’m finding having a baby really hard and this lack of sleep isn’t helping!

Oh I forgot to say I’ve been to breastfeeding support groups nearly every week since he’s been born and the women working there all say my latch is fine and he’s also been assessed at tongue tie clinic and the nurse there was happy.

It's very normal but annoying for 4 month old babies to become more wakeful as they adjust out of newborn sleep patterns. By this age they can generally cope with gas - it comes out whichever end it needs too. I would try and keep night time super boring and if you have fed well in the last couple of hours try to resettle without feeding. Ideally your partner will help with that bit. It will pass.

Thanks for your reply, I wondered about the sleep regression I’ve read about, I have noticed that when he wakes up in the night now he’s wide awake whereas when he was younger he just used to stir and I could feed him or settle him before he woke up.

My partner has been on night shift this weekend, which is probably why I’m feeling a bit low about it all, he’s usually really supportive.