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Wellings1 · 05/11/2019 20:13

Help please before I lose my mind. My 11 month old is ebf, I have over supply and fast let down. He has marginally got better at coping with it as he doesn't come off the breast anymore choking but he still gulps some air, although it doesn't sounds like he gulps loads. Ive tried expressing a bit off to slow the flow but it seems to be the whole feed. I've also tried numerous positions and medications but nothing helps. The nights are the worst, I could be winding him for 2 hours and it's still not enough and when it does get trapped it's really stuck in the bottom of his stomach. I've tried giving him breaks during the feed but this doesn't help. He settles for half an hour after feeds and then he is woken by with wind. I kept being told get to three months and the milk will have slowed and he will handle the wind better. Truth is it's getting worse if anything and I'm absolutely drained by it. He is exhausted and I'm exhausted. Has anyone had it this severe that they can suggest anything I've not done?

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afternoonspray · 05/11/2019 22:13

DS2 used to get horrible wind. A baby massage teacher showed me how to massage it out of his stomach. he used to literally laugh with delight when I 'found' it and moved it down and out.

Put your hand on the left hand side of his stomach, just above his navel. Then walk your fingers gently down the left hand side of his stomach, one at a time, using all four fingers. When you get to the hip lift fingers up and start again from the top, moving slightly to the right. Eventually you find the trapped wind. It's like a ball inside ht estomach. Then keep working it out using the walking fingers technique. It's quite weird. You can sometimes even see it work its way down the stomach and eventually it comes out when he breaks wind.
The other thing I was recommended is to wind him sitting up on your lap, not over the shoulder, and also to lay him, stomach down on your lap and gently rub his back. All these helped DS. I hope they work for you.
Infacol drops and colief might help too.

usersouthcoast · 05/11/2019 22:16

I found gripe water and infacol with every feed really helped

gonewiththerain · 05/11/2019 22:23

My ds had a lot of wind well past the age when they should (also bf and the midwives said bf babies don’t get wind!). I used a lot of gripe water
Also is he eating windy foods as well?

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Lou1815 · 06/11/2019 00:00

Thanks for the tips, we use gripe water at the min which seems the thing that helps. I'm just sent envious of people that feed and wind within a few mins and are back asleep, better still don't have to wind at all !

Lou1815 · 06/11/2019 03:26

Sorry I don't know why it says 11 months I meant 3 months

FullMoony · 06/11/2019 04:46

Has he been checked for tongue tie?

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