Any tips to help my windy and hiccupy 10-day old?

[sleepychunky]

DS2 is 10 days old. He's good at feeding now after a very slow couple of days at th brginning, but is dreadful at bringing up wind and gets hiccups all the time. I can't settle him in his crib awake as he just lies there either wriggling because he has tummy ache, or hiccuping so much it upsets him and I have to get him out again. I'm giving him Infacol before his feeds but it doesn't seem to make much difference and we get about 2 burps aa day from him. He wants to suck for comfort I think, but when he does he takes in so much extra milk it can only be making things worse.
Any ideas on how I can help him feel more comfortable which doesn't involve having him attached to me for hours at a time? I'm finding it really hard to do anything with DS1 at the moment and worrying about how I'll cope once DH is back at work.
Don't remember it being this hard last time

sorry for typos - have baby attached and posting one-handed in the dark

My DD is now 7 weeks old but I could have written your post when she was born. I have found that it has got better as she gets bigger so hang on in there. I gave her a dummy at your stage even though the advice is not to when you're breastfeeding. But she is a very 'sucky' baby and if I let her stay on the breast for too long after feeding she would end up uncomfortable with wind etc. So I made sure she had really finished a feed and only give the dummy when she is ready to sleep. She also still much prefers being held upright (head on my shoulder) so I try to hold her this way as much as possible.

Also have you tried a sling? My DD doesn't like hers but I know plenty of people swear by them for settling babies.

As I said, ime it has improved in a matter of weeks. And don't worry about coping when your dh goes back to work. It'll be hard but not as hard as you are anticipating. You'll cope because you have to, for the sake of DC1.

Thanks beanstalk, reassuring to hear your experience. I had the midwife round earlier and she pretty much echoed what you said. I will persevere without a dummy as I really don't want him to have one and wait for him to get a bit bigger, when hopefully it will get a bit easier.
I haven't put him in a sling yet but was thinking about it, although so far today he's actually settled quite well in his basket.
Hopefully by the time DH goes back to work things will have got better and I'll have more time to spend with DS1.
Onwards and upwards