3 wk old constantly waking with painful wind after 30mins / 1 hour

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3 week old DS2 is waking after a maximum of one hour's sleep, often as little as 30 minutes. He wakes up in obvious pain from trapped wind (grimacing, straining, drawing up his legs, screaming).

So I'm sleeping in 45 minute bursts, managing about 3 hours a night. I can catch up on some sleep during the day as DH is looking after DS1 at the moment. But he goes back to work next week and I won't get an opportunity to nap during the day. Really not sure how I will cope on so little sleep, so grateful for any advice on how I can deal with the wind / get DS2 to sleep for slightly longer. A couple of 2 hour stints each night (for both of us) would be bliss!

DS2 is EBF. I'm feeding on demand, and most of the time when he wakes up I end up feeding him, even if only for a few minutes, as this (temporarily) settles him. I'm trying to make sure I empty one breast fully before offering the other one. DS2 is gaining weight and has plenty of wet and dirty nappies. He possets after bigger feeds, but not excessively.

We started him on infacol a few days ago, and I burp him in the middle of each feed and, if he isn't asleep, at the end. I usually (but not always) get a burp out of him.

Any ideas, or do I have to resign myself to being a sleep-deprived zombie for the next couple of months?

You could try keeping him upright for 20-30 mins after feeding, with practice you can do this without waking. Also have you tried tummy massaging and leg peddling? You could also consider getting a wedge pillow.

DD suffered from awful trapped wind and these things really did make a differance, we would do a quick belly massage and leg peddling every time we changed her nappy which made it easy to remember to do.

I found my diet gave my ds bad wind at that age.
I don't know if there's science behind it but I eliminated dairy and it helped him. (I took calcium supplements instead).
I have another friend who swore certain vegetables in her diet affected her baby, I can't remember what veggies they were though. Maybe some trial and error on your diet might make a difference.

Broccoli & the legume family I'm pretty sure gave DS wind. No evidence for this apparently, although I am dairy & soy free for his reflux so it would seem somethings get through.

Is the latch ok? DS had terrible troubles with wind for weeks but had a rubbish latch which was the culprit. Infacol etc didn't help just thorough winding & keeping him upright after feeds.

Also have trouble with windy 6 week old although not as bad and I'm FF. I've read that camomile or fennel tea can help, I've given some in a bottle but maybe you could syringe feed some?

We're also using Infacol and dentinox, not sure either are a real solution though. DC1 was windy and we just rode it out to 3 mths when she sorted herself out. Sorry, not terribly helpful but some things are just part of dealing with a newborn...

That was my dd to a tee, waking between 20mins and an hour day and,night. She is now on aptimel allergy,no milk protein. Eliminate all dairy from your diet. I now have a different baby who sleeps for 6 hrs and doesn't screams themselves awake.

When you change their nappy ,roll them don't pull their legs up as it affects their tummies