Please help find the gas!

[LondonBetti]

I am on a strict elimination diet for a couple of weeks as my breastfed dd has horrendous gas. She is 10 weeks (6 weeks adjusted) with a constantly gurgling tummy, writhing and farting every 5-10 mins, mostly discomfort but occasional screaming. Rarely can sleep longer than a 10-15 min block day or night whether in cot, sling or even sleeping on me.

So I've been eating a basic and incredibly flipping boring diet - porridge and cherry jam for brekkie , gluten free bread, turkey, lettuce and mayo for lunch with potato, carrot, squash and tuna or turkey for tea. Pears and boiled sweets as snacks / treats.

That's it! Any advice on if there is something else I should cut out?

Btw tried all the usual - infacol, detinox, gripe water, colic calm, tummy massage, leg bicycling - with no improvement so really hoping a diet change might work!

Thanks!!

You might want to repost on the feeding boards. Lots of experts there.

As far as I know (from what I've read here), current thinking is that mum's food doesn't affect breastmilk as much as was once thought. Have you had professional advice to restrict your diet?

I also think you should supply more info to help someone advise you - tongue tie? Clicking? Fast letdown? Any other things to note?

Hope you find a solution. DD had dreadful squirmy wind at around 5 weeks, and again on occasion, and we just had to wait it out really. We found some leg exercises online which helped squeezed some wind out.

Thanks, didn't realise there was a feeding board - will repost now!

Are you dairy free too?

I would stop with the diet you're on and try eliminating one thing at a time, that sounds extreme and it will be hard for you to stay nourished. But for example porridge can contain gluten (and if you make it with milk, dairy) and mayonnaise contains egg which can be an allergen. But randomly taking food groups out of your diet won't help you find anything out. It would probably be better to try one group at a time - dairy for 2 weeks, then reintroduce dairy but take out gluten, after 2 weeks reintroduce gluten but take out egg and soy.

The breast and bottle feeding board is here: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/breast_and_bottle_feeding

Have you seen a dietician or a paediatrician at all? Is she better in upright positions? Have you tried baby massage to help her get the wind out? Sometimes it's just something they grow out of.

Thanks for link Bertie, that's a great board!! have reposted there.

Yes our paediatrician recommended diet changes again as my older dc was very diet sensitive, particularly dairy. He suggested eliminating most things for a couple of weeks and then reintroducing foods every few days to see what the offenders were.

have you had your latch checked? often gas is caused by babies gulping and taking in air as they feed. Does she come off and on a lot in a feed?

Hi Haggis, I think the latch is fine and she rarely comes off, no clicking and not a gulper either. I did check with a midwife and she said it was fine (but wasn't that interested, said she'll grow out of the gas eventually).
Which is all very well and good but I'm so exhausted I'm considering just bottling her fully which is a shame as I bf my ds for a year and loved it.