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Baby woken up by wind

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Suzy2 · 12/08/2002 14:15

My daughter Jess is 11 months old and suffers from trapped wind - hours after a meal - usually in the middle of the night when she wakes up to fits of screaming and it takes ages for us to wind her and try and get her back of to sleep. Any advise - weve tried gripe water but does't seem to do the trick?

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bluebear · 12/08/2002 14:26

Don't know of anyway to stop it happening (apart from trying to work out which foods make it worse and avoiding them, but I guess you've done that) - but I use a massage on my son when he has it - lie the baby across your knees so she's on her back, grasp both feet in one of your hands so that her soles are together, then move her feet in a clockwise circle (has to be clockwise), this 'pumps' the wind along and out. Works on my boy (12 months).. Hope this helps.

Tetley · 12/08/2002 14:42

We used Infacol when ds was young (weeks rather than months old).

Also - it may be worth looking into cranial osteopathy - it has been discussed on here before so you could search for the thread. I had a difficult birth with ds, which meant that some of the plates in his skull were slightly misaligned - putting pressure onto the Vagus nerve - which is the nerve that supplies the stomach - so giving him colic/wind. The osteopathy certainly seemed to work for us.

threeangels · 12/08/2002 14:42

What type of formula/milk is your dd drinking? Could it be the milk product. I agree with Suzy2 that you can keep an eye out for the foods she eats and then seems to get gas from afterwards. Especially some veg that can give you major problems. Hope she starts feeling better.

threeangels · 12/08/2002 14:43

Sorry I meant I agreed with bluebear.

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Suzy2 · 12/08/2002 15:29

Thanks - I'm going to keep watching her diet - she does eat quiet a lot of diary products so I'll try cutting that down.
She's on Cow & Gate + milk (ready made).
I've heard that a bottle called Dr Brown Natural flow system can sometimes help reducing trapped wind - has anyone else got experience of this? I've located a Cranial Osteopath near where I live and will try and get Jess booked in.
Any other advise.........

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threeangels · 12/08/2002 16:06

Suzy2, Is this bottle like one that has a tilted top rather then a straight look? That could help eliminate some of the problem. I understand about the gas situation. All three of my children had this from birth until schoolage. It was a little more easier to handle though when they got older. My youngest is 21 mo and I have him on a special milk and I have to watch certain food items like broccoli, cauliflower, limabeans, cucumbers, barbque beans (the worst on his stomach) and so many other types of foods that cause him stomach problems. I think this just runs in my family.

ionesmum · 12/08/2002 22:32

Suzy2, our dd had awful wind for months and we are having to be really careful with weaning as certain foods set her off.

The Dr. Browns bottles are fantastic- they made an instant difference to dd. They're a bit of a faff to do but you can put them in a dishwasher. With milk, dd was on SMA Gold but that was awful. We tried Cow & Gate Omneo- Comfort 1 but that didn't help. Eventually we put her on lactose-free milk which did the trick. She now has Aptimil 1 which she is fine on. If you are changing formula I'd try Aptimil and if that doesn't work, discuss using an l/f milk for a while with your g.p.

Dd also has to be careful veg-wise - no brassicas, sweet or ordinary potato or swede. But then she is only 5 mo.

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Suzy2 · 13/08/2002 09:35

I bought the Dr Brown's bottles yesterday and gave them a try - although they are a bit of a pain (as you say ionesmum!) they seem to work wonders!!! Although I still got up around 5 times in the night (better than the usual 15!) Jess had no wind - amazing!
I also tried the baby massage trick mentioned by bluebear and that really seemed to calm Jess down.
Thanks for all your tips - what an amazing site this is!

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calcium · 15/08/2002 11:09

Suzi 2 - My little girl also wakes up numerous times with wind in the night ahhhhh... I have been giving her the odd formula bottle last thing using SMA gold which I see some of you think may not help. We are also going to see a Cranial Osteopath this afternoon so hopefully this may help although I had a fab birth it is inevitable that their skulls get a little crushed! I have never heard of these Dr Browns bottles where do you get them from?

mears · 15/08/2002 11:24

Calcium - I have posted to you on the other thread. You can get Dr. Brown's bottles in Mothercare by the way but I would still recommend avoiding formula at the moment.

ionesmum · 15/08/2002 22:50

Calcium, have also posted to you on the other tread, mears recommended these bottles to me and they do work brilliantly. If you can't get to a Mothercare there is a phone no. on the website and you can telephone your order- ours came the next morning.

JayTree · 15/08/2002 22:59

Suzy2 - have you tried Tetley?s advice? Infacol was a revelation for us too. It worked a treat and totally stopped my DD?s trapped wind. It takes a few days to build up so don?t give in after one night. I have recommended it to several friends and all agree with me that it works wonders. My health visitor is also a huge fan of the stuff and she is pretty fussy when it comes to children?s medicine.
Dr Brown?s bottles are also great

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