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Has anybody experienced of dc getting tummy pains/trapped wind during night when weaning?

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MidgetGem · 16/03/2008 19:51

Hi there, wonder if anbody else has had a similar experience. DD 25 weeks, big baby 98th percentile has been sitting up for a few weeks now and chewing everything in sight so introduced some first tastes over the last couple of weeks, mixture of blw (broccoli,avocado, banana) and baby rice and purees, I have just given her little tasters nothing major. Her sleep has been disturbed since about the time I introduced the food (I have just put two and two together!) and now I think it is because she has trapped wind or pain just before she is about to poo (only seems to happen during the night). I have been really lucky and never had any wind or colic problems with her before now. She has gone from not pooing through the night at all to having about two poos through the night and waking up and crying before she has these poos, (poos are nice and soft so don't think constipated). I tried coming off all food for 3 days and it didn't make any difference. Has anybody else had any experience like this or can anyone suggest anything I can do to help her...or is it "normal" side effect of weaning.

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1sttimerandlovingit · 24/03/2008 07:28

Hi, i have just started weaning my DS and he is 20wks, and to be honest he has been ready for the last 5 weeks!!! he loves his food and really enjoys lunch time he started waking in the night for more feeds which settled after giving more BF's. since starting solids he has also starting waking scream (not normally a cryer!) and although he has been teething slightly im sure this pain is wind, as like you his poo is fine but the last few night's have been a real challange as he is waking from around 9-10pm sometime every hour in what seems like a lot of windy pain. How are you getting on now, has it passed with your DS? I have been told that it can take at least a week for the digestive system to get used to the changes but i'm not sure if i should stop with the solids.

fireflytoo · 24/03/2008 08:02

Have you tried giving her tummy a massage? Maybe at bedtime. Use nice warm oil and rub gently from HER right hip over the top of the tummy and down the other side .. in other words the direction of the colon. And do this again in the mornings. Little excercises like, knees to belly button, bicycle etc when changing nappy all help with digestion. My DDs both loved the massages and excercises.

seeker · 24/03/2008 08:03

Could be because his gut was/is not ready to deal with non-milk food yet?.There are reasons for the age recommendations.

1sttimerandlovingit · 24/03/2008 08:45

I will try that, thanks fireflytoo.
Seeker, i was waiting for a "your a bad mum" comment like that, i understand the guidline's but unlike the goverment and text book mum's i realised my baby is an individual not a number! If it was such a bad thing to wean earlier than 6 mths then large companies would not take the risk of a law suit by selling products aimed at 4mth's plus. The word RECOMMENDATION say's it all in my opion!

MrsBadger · 24/03/2008 08:49

but you said yourself 'i'm not sure if i should stop with the solids'

if he's having trouble and pain digesting them then he may not be ready

seeker · 24/03/2008 09:03

It wasn't a "you're a bad mum" comment. It was a "your baby seems to have a problem, you have recently introduced something new into his life - maybe it's the something new that's causing the problem?" comment.

And it does really seem from your post that solid food doesn't suit your baby yet.

If you are happy with the way things are going, why post on here askling for advice?

1sttimerandlovingit · 24/03/2008 09:13

Yes your right MrsBadger and i'm am seriously considering stopping. I'm just fed up of reading scarky comments on this site when all people want is help! I've spoken to lots of mum's who have been put off from posting there problems for fear of being ridiculed and made to feel like a bad mother.

MrsBadger · 24/03/2008 09:27

It's a shame people feel they can't post, but surely so long as they have decent reasons for eg ignoring guidelines and are willing to defend them then they shouldn't be scared of people challenging them.

1sttimerandlovingit · 24/03/2008 09:53

But why should anyone be challenged and need to defend themselves? this site is for mum's to help other mum's that have been through the same problems, is it not? Everyone has there own opions and so they should, but why make someone who is probaly alreally tired, stressed and in need of help feel even worse! Anyway, i posted a question to hopefully find someone else who was/is experiencing the same problems as me, not to get into a debate about why there are so many unkind mothers on this site! Present company not included

MrsBadger · 24/03/2008 10:04

Because helping people isn't just about going 'Aww hun, how awful for you, I feel your pain xxx', nor is it just about saying 'do it THIS WAY because it's RIGHT'.

It's about making sure they have enough information to make an informed decision, and the scientific evidence, however uncomfortable/inconvenient people find it, is part of that information.

MrsBadger · 24/03/2008 10:05

oh and if you want specific responses to your own question you may be better off starting a new thread

(sorry MidgetGem...)

seeker · 24/03/2008 10:16

But the fact remains that the problem might be because you have weaned too early. I am not being sarky or unkind or any of those things, I am stating a fact. There is no sscientific evidence that weaning before 6 months has any benefits at all, and there is evidence that it may be potentially harmful. So if it isn't making life any easier for you, or benefitting your baby, why do it? I genuinely don't understand!

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MidgetGem · 24/03/2008 10:48

Don't worry MRS B it is fine!! Hi to 1sttimerandlovingit, sorry to say our problem got worse over the past few weeks, realised from the way she was behaving it was trapped wind, also her poooing was really erratic would have 6 poos one day and none for a couple of days. Anyhow, I took her to a cranial osteopath last week, best 10 pounds I have ever spent, so interesting discussed DD in detail and ruled out food sensitivities, she has got a form of colic and apparently is jammed at her pelvis and neck which is causing the colic. When me and DH thought about it her sleeping had been getting worse since Xmas but I hadn't linked it to trapped wind then. Anyhow she would have had this since birth but because she is getting stonger in neck and sitting up now that is what is causing the pain to get worse. She got adjusted once last week and straight away was sleeping better and poos were regular and none during the night!! She has to go back a couple more times but I am just so relived that I know what is causing the problem now.

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MidgetGem · 24/03/2008 10:49

Don't worry MRS B it is fine!! Hi to 1sttimerandlovingit, sorry to say our problem got worse over the past few weeks, realised from the way she was behaving it was trapped wind, also her poooing was really erratic would have 6 poos one day and none for a couple of days. Anyhow, I took her to a cranial osteopath last week, best 10 pounds I have ever spent, so interesting discussed DD in detail and ruled out food sensitivities, she has got a form of colic and apparently is jammed at her pelvis and neck which is causing the colic. When me and DH thought about it her sleeping had been getting worse since Xmas but I hadn't linked it to trapped wind then. Anyhow she would have had this since birth but because she is getting stonger in neck and sitting up now that is what is causing the pain to get worse. She got adjusted once last week and straight away was sleeping better and poos were regular and none during the night!! She has to go back a couple more times but I am just so relived that I know what is causing the problem now.

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MidgetGem · 24/03/2008 10:54

OOps sorry about mammoth post...twice. What I wanted to say firstimer, is if all else fails I would def recommend going to a reputable Cranial Osteopath for a 2nd opinion, I know how upsetting (and tiring) it is when you can't pinpoint or solve your babies problems. For us I was linking it to weaning but it was more of a coincidence that it happened around this time (when she was sitting up on her own, having first tastes etc..) than a cause. Good luck and let us know how you get on

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seeker · 24/03/2008 11:19

A 5 month old baby has gut problems after the introduction of solids. Well, stop giving him solids, then. Why is that so hard?

pendulum · 25/03/2008 11:25

Also, 3 of the foods you mention (broccoli, banana and avocado) are notoriously 'binding' and likely to cause constipation/ wind at first. Better to start with more digestible first tastes eg carrot, parsnip, apple and pear IME.

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