Baby with lots of wind

We used infacol. When Willow was newborn she was ready to go back to bed after 40mins but I was still trying to get her wind up. Do you give infacol before or after a feed? You can also use gripe water as well as infacol.
I also found that if I held Willow on more of a 45degree angle (head at breast, feet on couch) it helped reduce the amount of wind she got. I had been using breast feeding pillow but that got pull away

Another good product is weleda colic powder - all my friends with bebe's swear by it.

My little one is often the same. It is horrible hearing her so uncomfortable, especially when I just want her to go to sleep so DH and I can go to sleep!

It seems to be a bit better if I stop between boobs and change her nappy, burp her for a bit, and then give her the other boob. Then I burp her again and put her to bed, but I don't always get it all and she'll often wake up grizzling 5 minutes later. If that happens it can be ages to get it all up and her back to sleep. If for some reason I'm not changing her between boobs, then I've found it can help to keep her lying the same way up for both boobs - so one in the cradle hold, one rugby hold - so I don't flip her over mid-feed.

Other than that, I just keep remembering that this too shall pass Hang in there. This can't last forever, for either of us.

I found the Baby Whisperer's technique worked well with Ben and he would burp almost instantly. Do check out the link BecM posted.

I also found that the NautroPharm Colimed (or Colicmed??) worked well, or you could also try giving him some cooled boiled water via a teaspoon. Have had success with both of those

You could also try burping throughout the feed, i.e. feed a few mins, maybe until his hunger has gone, burp, feed again, burp, nappy change, feed other side, burp, feed again, burp.

Good luck, I know how hard it can be

I found sitting on bubs on knee, facing outwards & bascially being held by your hand under their chin, so you are stretching up their torso a little, put on some Elton John, tap your foot in time with the beat & rub their back.

The music helps keep you in time & cut down on their sound as with facing them away from you.

The other thing we tried was an osteopath for Alex. I'm not entirely sure it helped, but it certainly didn't do any harm. It was only about $15 for him and she reckoned he had some tight bit somewhere that was making it hard to wind him. If you are desperate (like we were) it's worth a shot. And other people I know absolutely swear by them.

When Ty was newborn he had TERRIBLE wind. I struggled big time with it. We tried different techniques, infacol, gripe water, burping during feeds, leaning back when I was BF so the flow was a bit slower, also tried a homeopathic remedy from Quintessence in Titirangi (alot of people I know have found this stuff really helpful). However the only thing that worked for Ty was Weleda Colic Powder. I would mix it with hot water then cool it down and give it to him in one of those munchkin medicine things before every feed.

And hun it definitely won't last forever! He will grow out of it... alot of babies have this problem

Yep - my little girl had heaps of wind when she was born. She was premmie and they can gasp a lot when feeding. I had a lactation consultant show me how to massge her tummy and how feel for wind on the side of her tummy (about where you feel the stich). It helped a bit. Worth doing.

I also found husband was much better at getting the burp, he had better pressure.

Boiled water was OK - personally I'd try that before other stuff as gripe water etc tastes and my girl spat it out.

It did pass really by about 3 months she was over it, and is no longer problem. As my midwife said if the wind passes too out one end or the other.

naysgirl wrote: Its funny as when I was searching on the internet alot of websites said that breastfed babies don't really get wind!!!

Lol, that is funny!

Lilia was also a windy baby (fully BF) and we found Weleda Colic powder and Naturopharm Coli-med spray both worked really well (didn't have as much long term success with Infacol or gripe water).

I also used the Baby whisperer technique with some success. Something else that I read on here (and thought was weird) was holding one of baby's arms up while burping them. More often than not it seemed to work, don't know how or why, but maybe something else to try.

naysgirl wrote: My 3 week old baby always has lots of wind and it take forever to get him to burp. Just wondering if anyone has any tips for burping him or if someone has had to deal with this with their own baby?

I use a product called Colimed Relief by Nathuropharm which helps. I found a great tip was to walk up some stairs (if you have them of course) for some reason this action seems to help.

 

Mac was really difficult to wind for about the first month but in the last week or so he's gotten heaps better. Keep at it, they are still learning to work their guts and stuff and once he gets the hang of it he'll be off. Before you know it you'll be telling him off for being so rude!