When did your baby’s tummy troubles pass?

[babayagga]

My baby girl is almost 14 weeks old, but is still suffering from indigestion. Everyone said it would pass around 12 weeks, but it only seems to have got worse! She spends all night (1-7 am) trying to pass wind or stool, but no amount of farting or pooing puts her completely at ease: the grunting and straining just start all over again.

She is gaining weight fine. When did tummy troubles pass for your baby? Any and all replies much appreciated- I am at the end of my tether

I used gripe water and tummy massage and longer winding to help.

Have you seen your go?

Just to be clear- here is a list of things I have tried:

Gripe water
Infacol
Going dairy-free
Going caffeine-free
Avoiding beans, bananas, peanuts
Colief
Tummy massage
Bicycle legs
Baths before bedtime
Holding her up for twenty minutes after each night-time feed
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Sorry didnt realise you were breastfeeding, yes I would go along to the GP.
are poos hard?
Our LO struggled with the same and for us it just got less worse if that makes sense.

Last saw GP four weeks ago, and was of course told it was ‘normal’.

I'd get a second opinion

Well depends on the poos really ? And wet nappies also

redken - we have an appointment booked, perhaps they will take me a bit more seriously now that we’re past the 12-week mark!

May I ask when it got less worse for your LO? And did you get any GP help?

Poos are picture-perfect: soft, mustard-coloured, every two days.

My we're both windy. One had allergies, they other was just windy.

Imperial bed a lot by 16-18 weeks ish once they were moving more.

About four months for us with both. DC2 also threw up spectacularly every night around 8pm for about three months from around 12 weeks old...! Neither seemed overly upset by it though so we just rode it out. Is your DD crying too or just uncomfortable? I can see why you are at the time of your tether, the fact it happens at night is unfortunate.

Hmm I remember saying it and they said it was probably a slow gut or that she was just taking it all in. I ff but I understand bf milk is absorbed different. Is it just the wind that's bothering? It's hard to pin point but it's strange it just got less and then gone. Might have been when she was getting stronger .. when you go if they try and fob you off as for another opinion that's your right. And if they don't like that point them t the patient's charter. Also ask for someone who specialise's in babies at GP or just for paediatric referral. X

Sorry to say but my daughter is 22 months and is still woken by wind troubles! She's better than she was but roughly every other night she awakes up needing to fart, which makes her very angry!

My boy isn’t quite as bad, but feeding and digesting is still a fairly intense experience. We get grunting and flailing. He also has reflux. This has definitely got better. Have you had latch checked? Just wondering if an inefficient latch might be introducing more air into the picture. Getting too much fore milk? Or possible oversupply? Some ideas from la Leche league here www.laleche.org.uk/unhappy-baby/

If you have a local breastfeeding peer support group might be worth getting along? If only to rule out feeding issues.

Finally just to say, thing that helps us is to break mid feed to wind, and to pay attention to winding post feed. I also only feed one breast per feed (that’s more to do with the sick, but helps the tummy too I think).

Her latch is good- we did have it checked by a lactation consultant as had breastfeeding problems initially.

Yes, the grunting and straining are often accompanied by crying, or just general unhappiness.

I had exactly this. Wind issues were fairly standard at the start, largely solved with better feeding positions and a bit of infacol.
Then at 3 months when I thought things would be getting better, she started really struggling to fart and her wind smelt horrific, it was like having a big farty dog in the house.

I tried colief and the difference was instant. No more nights spent pacing the floor, and her wind now doesn't stink
I use alot less than recommended, it is a faff when bfing. I use 3 drops every other feed, mixed with a bit of expressed milk fed with a syringe. I make up a few syringes and keep them in the fridge. Good luck

bellende - Same here: DD got worse at the 3-month mark, not better!

Colief didn’t do much for us, unfortunately, though I stay away from dairy just in case. Just resigned and waiting it out at this point (15 weeks).