Painful farts make her cry and waking her up..any cure?

[Kika1]

Hello, my baby girl (nearly 7m) is not a sleeper..I was seeking some help in other thread few weeks ago..and she still is not sleeping..I just accepted it..so apart from her usual 30min naps,even at night, forgot to ask if any of you have some advice re above. She always had problems with the wind, from the time she was born,we tried everything,from colief, infacol,gripe water,massage,cranial ostio,I was bf,so thought that probably it's my fault, my diet, although my milk was coming so fast she was gulping like crazy and swallowed lots of air. We stopped excl. bf and introduced formula, she drinks fennel tea to help with bloatines,had her tested for lactose intolerance - all clear,had ultrasound for reflux as was arching and puking,confirmed mild reflux..and that's why we introduced solids as soon as we could at pediatr.advise that it could help (didn't) she had tummy times from w3...anyway,I really tried what I could to make it easier for her..so apart from her usual waking up every night, around 4am she wakes up coz of massive farts..they must be painful as she cries and it wakes her up,then many times won't go back to sleep. I feel awful and helpless standing there and not be able to help as she tries to push them out..any suggestions what I could try to help? Also, for last few nights she cried in her sleep..she had her eyes closed and was crying ,tried to wake her up but she wouldn't..could it be a bad dream? I was really sad seeing her like that. She's been unwell for last few days, hight temperature,so been giving calpol and also nurofen. Sorry for the long post..Any suggestions would b greatly appreciated. Thanks.

feel sorry for you and your poor little one. But it sounds so familiar to see your post as it was exactly the same for my first one, who is now 2.5yo. Before he turned into 6mo, I nearly tried everything and he was still very windy and also woke up with painful farts every morning from 4pm. I can only say, hang in there, it will end soon. I remembered when he got to 6mo I was still very stressful with this and asked any advice I could get. Nothing really worked immediately. I introduced solids for him at 5mo with baby rice very slowly. After 6mo, he gradually became better and better without me noticing it. Good luck! I believe your little one will also get better soon! Xx

Thanks moonprayer...not what I hoped for but thanks anyway for the support..just wish I could help her somehow..

It sounds as though you have tried everything to improve your DD's painful wind. I don't really have anything else to suggest but wondered if you had considered co-sleeping? Maybe this would provide some extra comfort. There is lots of advice on planned co-sleeping and how to minimise risks.

Dc3 has been very similar, struggled getting bottom wind out from a few weeks old. Really caused disruptive sleep eves and nights. Dismissed by hv and gp as colic etc until we started wesning and then stronger symptoms appear, so now diagnosed possible cmpi and we've both been dairy free for 2 months, which has improved the wind greatly. We do still have the odd uncomfortable night, and I suspect he has an under developed digestion, rather than full blown allergies, simply as he was a few weeks early.

Do you try any little massage / exercises in the day to try help get the wind out? Things like when on change mat, hold legs together and rotate up towards tummy and round in clockwise direction (pushing gently into tummy if that makes sense). Also bicycling her legs, and holding both legs gently push up towards her tummy for a few seconds.

I can't remember the others right now, but if you do a search on here, and Google it, you should find some other suggestions, which might help things become more comfortable whilst waiting for a diagnosis or something.