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Windy Hell!!

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Wherehasmysleepgone · 30/06/2014 11:01

Hi Ladies, my 15 week old boy suffers terrible wind (farts) and always has, however, it seems to be getting worse and wakes him frequently, he does sometimes manage to settle himself again but he seems to really strain these days, although he suffers day and night its the night time that it seems to bother him more! He can be sound a sleep from a bottle I put him down and he starts writhing and straining. Poo is normal.
Is there anything we can give him to help ease this? We tried infacol but it didn't appear to do anything?

Thank you :-)

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AnythingNotEverything · 30/06/2014 11:07

Infacol can take up to a week to work I think. Did you persevere?

Have you posted on the feeding board? You might get more and better advice there. It's in ""Feed The World", then "breast and bottle feeding" (or similar!).

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Wherehasmysleepgone · 30/06/2014 12:51

Hi anything, yeh we used it for at least 2 months with no real difference noted.
Thanks I will drop in at the feeding board!

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AnythingNotEverything · 30/06/2014 15:33

Definitely sounds like you persevered

Hope you get some good advice.

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boopdoop · 30/06/2014 17:15

Have you tried gripe water? That helped my LO a bit. It didn't fix it but it did help. I used a calpol syringe to administer.

widdle · 30/06/2014 17:45

My DS was horribly windy at that age - after a feed I would keep him upright for 20 mins before putting him back down just to see if any burps would come up (nightmare at 3am though).

He grew out of it at about 4 months though so hopefully yours will too!

PajamaQueen · 30/06/2014 19:07

When mine were that little we tried Infacol but to no avail. We were recommended Colief and to be honest it was a godsend. It can be expensive (although you used to be able to get it prescribed by a doctor - but not sure if you do anymore) but it was definitely worth its weight in gold with helping the DC with their discomfort.

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Wherehasmysleepgone · 01/07/2014 10:50

Thanks Ladies, I am going to buy some Gripe water and see if that helps!

I do try and keep him upright after feeding but he sicks up quite a bit and then still suffers from bad wind lol!

Can we buy colief from boots or is it prescription only?

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Wherehasmysleepgone · 01/07/2014 10:51

Just seen you can buy it in boots - yep expensive but like you say but worth it if it helps!

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