Please reassure me 🙏🏻 is it just gas?

[SecretSloth99]

5 week old baby, EBF - the last 24 hours have been super tough. She hasn’t done a poo in over 24 hours, but we are getting wet nappies although they don’t feel as heavy as usual.

Any time she’s not sleeping or feeding, she’s squirming, grunting and crying, kicking her legs straight and going rigid, and her cries sound different to her usual cries, so desperate and she sounds like she’s in pain. She hold hers breath and scrunches her face and sticks her tongue out and goes red. Completely inconsolable

She’s been on infacol for maybe two weeks, and we try and burp her; we’ve done tummy massage, bicycle legs, leg lifts, timmy time and all the things to try and help her

I’m hoping it’s gas and will pass soon but please can others share their experiences? I’m getting so so worried about her

You're describing my DS at that age. I don't think I slept at all for months!

You're doing it all right, though. It will be gas. We'll, it was with mine.

He's 26 next month. From what my DIL tells me, he's still full of hot air 😊

This time feels like forever. The anxiety and lack of sleep. But you're doing an amazing job!

They also go through a big growth spurt at 5-6 weeks so could be that. Nothing satisfies them, Feeding loads, unsettled then it just passes.

Make a doctor appointment for today. It sounds like colic, but you're worried so have her seen.

Agree take her the doctor today - am sure nothing will be wrong but she's tiny and your worried so chat it through
Time should sort it out, your doing everything, you could consider - she isn't reacting well to something in the infacol? You could try something else like colief? Do you need to check symptoms against cmpa which is so common (1/100 babies)? Do you just need to find her release (my first liked a bumpy pram ride to get wind out, second loved poo in the bath...)

Hold the baby facing down and do swinging motions (like the baby is in a swing but on his/her tummy, but you have to be able to feel the swing motion, my little one had severe colic this worked and has also worked on many babies since x

Definitely take to gp if you're worried. We find tiger in the tree position helps ease gas and having them in a sling / carrier can help too! A mum in my NCT class swears by gripe water.

Have you tried the traditional over shoulder pat & rub routine? Or sat across your lap?

I find bicycle legs etc great for moving the gut, but not so much for a burp. I get that you want a poonto happen, but removing some gas off the top might at least make baby more comfortable.

Walking while they were upright helped mine as well. The bounce helped soothe them while gravity helped slowly move things along. Is baby big enough for a sling? That could help save your arms

Also, winding a baby is super inefficient, particularly when they're tiny. Keep going for way longer than you think. Their gut barely functions yet. Be gentle, but keep going!

Forgot to say, if when they're upright, keeping their knees above the hips can help encourage a poo. Think of it like you squatting. Another reason a sling can help. Good luck!

With babies that little don't feel like you have to mess about. If you're worried get her seen. I've never had a health professional tell me anything other than they'd rather see an okay baby than not see a sick one. I'm sure she's fine, but you don't have to tough it out and worry.

Google the Frida baby "windi the gas passer." Was a lifesaver for my DS at this age. Boots sell them.