Help...! Windy 2 week old who won't stop crying

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My 2 week old ds has been feeding well but over the last couple of days he has been really upset whilst feeding, he roots around constantly but pulls away crying when I put him to the breast. Today he was inconsolable but I managed to get some milk in him. He then threw up absolutely everywhere! Huge amount, far more than ever before. I spoke to mw who said she thought it was wind and advised me to try burping him every five minutes whilst feeding him. I've just tried this and didn't really get much of a burp... He's always been very hiccuppy, do you think this is making him uncomfortable?

Is there anything else I can try to ease the wind? New to this and desperately want to carry on bf but he seems so miserable it's breaking my heart

It can be really tough...but hang in there! Feeding can be hard in the first few weeks but it's well worth persevering. Take a look at this - it's about Dr Harvey Karp and his Happiest Baby steps...it could be just what you need to help calm your little boy. It really really does work! Try it and see if it helps. Good luck xxx

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it def sounds like silent reflux to me my ds2 11weeks is exactly the same he's no medication and its helping we're getting there so i would def in to the doctors or even google symptoms of silent reflux. Also try to keep your lo as upright as poss at all times hope you get sorted and don't worry too much it will get better soon and then you can start to enjoy ur lo

I sympathise completely as both of my babies have been exactly the same and with the first one I felt very frustrated and despondent, but with the second I just sort of accepted that it was one of those things.

I would agree about using a sling and walking around with them upright, this works really well, i wore the sling almost constantly with my two,

also wind them over your knee so that their tummy is pressing down on your leg while you pat their back, this brings up the wind better for my ds,

although most advice says it will be over by 12 weeks, I am afraid to say that this isn't always the case as for DS1 it was 20 weeks.

although when you are going through this it may seem to last forever it will go away so hang in there

have had the same issue with my now nine week old.

just check that baby's nose isn't blocked. recently took mine to hospital with a cough and they diagnosed bronciolitus.

basically baby was having trouble breathing, became distressed and then threw up a full feed. even though it was my second, i presumed that the fussing and choking was due to large milk supply, rather than her not being able to feed and breathe at same time.

Thanks for all your replies and support. Had a hellish night last night and have just come back from gps. She has given me gaviscon powder to try but was very non comittal and said it could be any number of things (I'm sure she's right but it's very frustrating...)

He's fast asleep on me now, worn out with all the crying poor little bean! I'm going to sit here all day with him and feed and feed and dream of 8 hour sleeps...

Cranial oesteopathy worked like a dream for my very sleepless collicky baby - not something I would have thought of myself but a friend suggested it and I was desperate. Really reccomend you book a session if nothing else works.

I know! Not for one minute did I think this would be easy but I don't think I thought it would be this hard. My hv just dropped in and said I'm not producing enough milk, she told me off for not eating and drinking enough. Hopefully if I can supply more he will swallow less saliva which may ease the wind...

But I'm hugely cheered up by knowing others have been through the same and come out the other side

why did your HV say you weren't prodcuing enough milk?

it is good to eat and drink well but it won't affect your supply that drastically

FWIW, my DD fed ALL THE TIME in the first few weeks including some mega growth spurts and she is a bit refluxy - plenty of hiccups and some possetting (My first had bad silent reflux so am on alert for it)

the gaviscon may help but can make some babies constipated

sling is a great idea

She said that the reason he was pulling away upset was because he was hungry and frustrated. She then asked how much I was eating and drinking and said it wasn't enough and would be affecting my supply. My breasts have never felt engorged or particularly full but I put that down to the fact that they're quite big.

I tried it but found it quite tricky. MW said his position was ok but I'm going to a bf clinic this week to get it perfect.

Agree with everything everyone has suggested so far, DS was the same for the first few weeks then a friend made a suggestion which has worked for us. If you have quite a windy baby, let them sleep on their front if you feel comfortable doing so, maybe only during the day whilst you are around and awake.

I know that the current advice is against this and I am only offering my personal experience, but I did find that this helped him with his wind. Please feel free to ignore me as I know it is a contentious issue.

Out of interest did your DS have a difficult or assisted delivery? If so go to see a cranial osteopath, they can work wonders on digestive problems and colic.

i'm quite interested in taking my ds2 to a cranial osteopath to see if it would help him as i've tried nearly everything and we've no improvement he is 12weeks been on ranitadine from 2weeks tried gaviscon also changed my diet fed upright etc only thing that soothes is standing up with him fully upright. We are about to start omeprazole has anyone any experience of this? My ds1 is only 23months and i feel like he's being ignored as poor ds2 is takin up most of my attention

Hi there - only a thought but a lady at our local baby group has transformed her breast-fed baby boy by giving up dairy herself. He was spectacularly sick regularly, plus screamy and was on Gaviscon, domperidone, you name it, and under a paed for reflux. She gave dairy up for a week (in utter desperation more than anything else) and the results were brilliant - may be worth a try for you? I think the ladies on here with more experience would say you'd need to be dairy-free for 2 weeks to have it out of your system.