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What works for wind?

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Spod · 19/05/2004 22:29

my dd (7mths) is waking 2-5 times within the first couple of hours of sleep with wind...she's having real trouble farting... is there anything i can give her to help? gripe water is not helping

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wiltshire · 30/05/2004 14:42

TBH I got mine at a local chemist but Tesco,Asda etc all sell it.

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Spod · 09/07/2004 23:58

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eddm · 10/07/2004 00:17

Baby massage was mentioned further down the thread, did you try it? Get a book from the library or see if there's a class in your area. It helped ds when he was going through a windy stage. I was lucky enough to have a baby massage class that I used to take him to. IIRC one exercise was to drum your fingers lighty across his tummy, as if you are making the sound of raindrops. You need to work from his left to his right (so if he's lying on the floor in front you you, from your right to your left). Unfortunately can't remember which direction the other exercises went in and it is important, you don't want to do them the wrong way round (they have to follow the direction of the digestive system).
HTH

eddm · 10/07/2004 00:19

One other thing we used was Infacol ? I know it's supposed to be for colic but since we knew the problem was digestive we tried it anyway. Did seem to help a bit. You could give your dd a few drops 20 mins before her evening b/f. Comes from all pharmacies and has a dropper in the lid so easy to give.

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Spod · 10/07/2004 00:30

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twiglett · 10/07/2004 00:31

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fimbles · 10/07/2004 00:34

Hi spod, I really feel for you and can really relate to what u r saying. My dd now 2 has had this problem since birth. (something u probably will not want to hear) Like your dd, she just can't fart and I feel really bad for her. She has to go to sleep with so much discomfort. She tries to stay awake as long as possible, fighting sleep. When she was younger, she went to sleep with ease (at a reasonable hour) but then always woke up twisting and turning in pain and the only thing that helped was either giving some water or milk which helped push the wind bubbles down.
We tried everything that was mentioned in this thread except the friendly bacteria thing which I may try.

I was so desparate at the time I took my dd to see a senior gastro doctor at Bupa. He did an xray and was diagnosed with compacted stools. She was immediately put onto a high dose of lactolose solution to soften the stools and evacuate the bowel (spelling?) Anyway to cut along story short she is still on lactulose to stop her stools hardening.

Does your dd poo properly every day and eat enough fibre in her diet. The dr told me that one slice of high fibre brown bread would be very beneficial.

Is your dd ok with certain foods, ie does she seem to have more wind if she has eaten alot of dairy for eg?

Sorry I can't help anymore,Hopefully it will pass on its own. I know its hard going but I have become used to it now!!
Let me know if you would like any further info.

kbaby · 10/07/2004 00:53

I havent tried this myself but it was suggested to us, pepermint. We were told to desolve a polo mint in some boiling water and then give a teaspoon.

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Spod · 10/07/2004 18:45

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fimbles · 11/07/2004 22:45

hi spod sorry for not getting back to u earlier.
Sounds like yr dd is on a balanced diet If yr dd is ok with milk then she could have more, but probably not necessary. - My dd is not good with dairy - infact on a very bad windy day/and/night her poo is filled with loads of air bubbles. Have u noticed that at all in your dd's poo (gosh what a topic!) the poor thng is very relieved when its all out. she will then sleep very peacefully in the day. Do u think that there is something in her diet that is making her worse/more windy? Sometimes I can hear my dd'd tummy gurgling with trapped air bubbles. Does she have some days where she is better. The less dairy my dd has, the better she is, although the Dr's have ruled out dairy intolerance - I still think there is some connection.

Look forward to hearing from you - take care xx

Aero · 11/07/2004 23:05

This may not be of any help at all, but this sounds v like the problems my neice was suffering for the first two years of her life. She just had sooooo much pain. To cut the story short, someone suggested that she may have a dairy intolerance and that they could try goats milk. They did and she's been problem free ever since. They cut out pretty much all her dairy and use olive oil spread in place of butter etc. Also, the state of her skin improved. She's now five and can tolerate v small amounts of dairy (a little ice-cream or a choc digestive now and then, so it seems she's growing out of it, but they still only give her goats milk both to drink and in cooking etc.
Anyway, just a thought. Does she have formula or are you bf? (haven't read whole thread). You have my sympathy though - sorry you're having such a difficult time.

gloworm · 11/07/2004 23:09

spod, i've ben mulling this over for a few days and I can't think of a single reason why your chemist/health shop would say that baby bacteria wasn't appropriate. the only thing I can think is that because they dont sell it (chemists and holland barret dont usually sell Solgar), they said it was inappropriate because they hoped you would then buy something else or they just didnt know enough about it.
Ds was always really windy and he finally slept through the night for the first time on the day he first had the ABCdophilus. it made such a difference for him, that 2nd time around we started giving it to dd as soon as she moved on to bottles.
I still think you should give it a go, even if it doesnt work it wont do any harm. at the very least it will help him digest milk better and boost her immune system!

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Spod · 12/07/2004 00:23

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Spod · 12/07/2004 01:07

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gloworm · 12/07/2004 14:44

spod, this has probably been discussed further down but have you had a look at your own diet? when i was bf i noticed that sugery thing always made baby very windy that night...i had been fond of a choc bar and a bottle of lucozade in the evening...i made a determined effort to cut these out of my diet and it seemed to help.
(at least it forced me to stop being a pig...i had developed a very sweet tooth during pregnancy and just kept eating rubbish after baby was born!)

I still dont agree with what you are being told about bacteria...most of customer are buying it for "non-chronic??" problems, we have had a lot of positive feed back from parents and like I said it wont do any harm (even it it doesnt help) so its worth a try.

fimbles · 12/07/2004 16:46

Hi Gloworm

I have been trying to find out who sells abc dophilus and have tried about 5 places and no-one sells it. I really want to try it as like spod, I am desparate for my dd to have some abdominal peace!

My local chemist said it must be an unlicenced product, Holland & barratt & Boots don't sell it, and 2 local health food shops have never heard of it.

Please can u advise where u bought it from - maybe phone no of shop - Thanks

gloworm · 12/07/2004 20:01

fimbles i own a small health shop in ireland so i'm afraid thats of no use to you.
I thought most good health shops in UK stocked the Solgar brand these days. if you look at solgar web site they have a section where you can "find your local stockist", its a really easy way of fing the closest health shop to you. or i can get you the phone number of the main solgar office in england and they can tell you which health shop in your area has it.

if you want to but it online try www.nutricentre.com or www.solgar.co.uk

gloworm · 12/07/2004 20:02

that link for solgar doesnt work

www.solgar.com (to find local stockist)

lonelymumof3 · 12/07/2004 20:06

colief worked for my ds. you have to use it for a few days before it has an effect though.

fimbles · 12/07/2004 23:01

Thank you gloworm, I'll spend some time on this site as we are very interested in vitamins and supplements etc. I've found the abc dophilus so I can always order it on line worst come to worse.

Anyway thanks once again, hope it works otherwise I might have to go dairy free!

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Spod · 13/07/2004 01:44

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fimbles · 14/07/2004 14:21

spod, my dd cannot bear to be touched by anyone except me, dh and MIL.I must admit it was quite easy when she was yr dd's age but now at 2,it is almost impossible. Shoe trying and haircutting is just too much for her. She would be wriggling all over the place. I tried getting in touch with some C.O's in December and no-one returned my call. Instead I tried homeopathy. It didn't work - it seems nothing works for me.

If the abc doph does not work then my dd will have to have a tummy scan which I am dreading as the scan will take 20 mins with 40 mins of additional tests before and after. I feel very down today.

Ayway enough of me, I really hope yr dd continues to stay settled and look forward to hearing from you in the nr future.

Best wishes xxx

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Spod · 14/07/2004 15:56

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Spod · 16/07/2004 12:43

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gloworm · 16/07/2004 18:13

spod, in a nutshell the ABCdophilus will help the baby to digest milk better and generally improve digestive system. We noticed an improvement the first night we used it, although all babies are different and so may take longer to work. we noticed it was much easier to burp him and he farted loads(to put it pluntly ) before bedtime. he slept through the night and had no trapped wind.

i have looked on the web to try and find a few quotes for you:-

"If the colic still continues it is worth supplementing your child with a short course of Probiotics. These are the beneficial bacteria which live in the small intestine and help to keep the digestive tract clean and healthy. In some cases many children are born with low levels of the beneficial bacteria and this may lead to ongoing digestive problems and compromised gut immunity. Supplementing with a Probiotic is an effective way of boosting the digestive health of your child. "

i've run out of time ...i find some more quotes later if you want