Very very windy 13 week old !! HELP !!

[jackie21]

Hi everyone....my little baby girl is 13 weeks and from birth she has always been a very windy baby !! The poor soul has very had a sound sleep from birth, in her naps during the day she sleeps for approx 30mins to an hour max and starts squirming and twitching with wind. For example this morning she went down at 9.30am and its now 11am and i have been up 4 times already and each time i am winding her I have had a burp everytime. I try an do it for as long as possible AFTER i get that initial burp but nothing else follows, then i put her back down and she will fall straight asleep again then will be up again with more wind.

My LO is on Cow & Gate and we have used anti-colic tommie tippey bottles since she was 4 weeks old. After i feed her i spent most of the time winding her, I have tried all different positions and lie her down kicking on her mat for a while then pick her back up and get more wind then lie her back down again then pick her back up after a while. I just seems like all i do is wind !!

I have tried Infacol, Dentinox and Gripe Water (not all at once of course) she is on Infacol just now, it does help get the big burps up whilst feeding but there is ALWAYS more !!

Its really getting me down now because I can never just relax when she is down for a nap because I know I am going to have to get up soon and go up and wind her.

Night time is the worst, I cant really complain because she sleeps from 9-10pm to 7-8am but I am always up during the night with her, most of the time she sleeps through it herself at night but I cant ! All i can hear is her grunting and squirming with wind, she must get so annoyed not getting a sound sleep herself !!

She doesnt need a dummy to fall asleep so its not that. I spoke to my doctor the other day and he says theres nothing at all they can do and its compeltely normal !! I dont think its normal, could something be wrong with her?

I am so tired and just want to make my LO comfortable when she sleeps, please any suggestions would be a great help.

Jackie

xxxxxx

My DC had vey bad wind for the first month or so... We started taking him out in the sling more which seemed to ease it. I've since read that slings are good for reducing colic amongst other things.... Maybe worth a try???
Also sorry to hear that your DP and Sis are not very supportive, its hard enough being a new mum let alone when you feel like the people around you think they know everything. But they don't really... You sound like you know exactly what you're doing and in time your confidence will grow and other people will realise they don't need to stick their oar in. You're obviously a fab mum keep up the good work!!

I was just reading this and was going to say, make sure it isn't reflux, until I got to the bit where your lo was diagnosed.
ds1 had it - was a misery for him. At its worst he didn't sleep longer than 20 mins for a week.
Putting a book under the head end of his moses basket helped a lot. Also holding upright for 20 mins after each feed.
Although he was still randomly sicking at 18 months, things did improve with solids, too.
best wishes with your lo, hope things get easier for you both