If I stopped breastfeeding...

would I fix Amys wind problems? I am finding her unsettledness really hard to deal with - she gets bad lower wind pain, which can have her screaming in pain for hours. I have tried Infacol and didn't think ie made much difference and am now trying Gripe Water, which I thought worked yesterday as we had a good day, but she is not so good again today.

Just wondering if I would solve her wind issues by switching to formula...

I think I really want people to tell me it will get better and to stick with it, but also want to hear your ideas...

I should have also said: I realise you know what you're doing, I didn't mean that to sound patronising at all but I know sometimes I do. Sorry if it came across that way!

Anyhoo I'm not just talking out of a hole in my head. JJ didn't scream for hours like Amy can but I had a forceful letdown which caused gas and fussiness, and after trying a bunch of different positions to help and only feeding from one side at a time for a while to reduce my supply a bit, we got it sorted and now I really enjoy BFing...

In my experience, Jackson's wind was worse when we switched to bottle feeding, at four months. A lot of people say that breast-fed babies get less wind. Having said that, they make some really good bottles that reduce wind. Jackson still gets wind from the bottles though, and can't go more than about 50mls without needing to burp.

We use Infacol, and I believe it helps, but you have to use it every single feed. I find if I miss a feed, Jackson ends up with some trapped wind, which makes the next feed worse.

Jackson has a long history of feeding problems, and we switched to bottle feeding as he needed extra calories added to his bottles for weight gain catch up. I didn't really have a choice to give up breast feeding, but I still regret doing it. I miss the breast feeding so much and wish I could have continued. If, aside from the wind, you are enjoying the feeding then I would really encourage you to continue. It's a special thing.

A lot of people say wind starts to get better after 3 months, that was certainly my experience too. I found Jackson's wind much easier to get up once he was about 12 weeks. You're pretty close to that time, so maybe you could aim to get that far and then reassess?

Also, have you heard of Sharleen Poole? She does a DVD that has some great ideas for helping with trapped wind. I never got my own copy, but you can often find them on TradeMe. Failing that, the money you save in formula over the next few weeks could be used to buy yourself a new copy to see if any of the ideas help.

Good luck! It's not easy, is it?

Hugs to you ...have you tried to burp her more often during a feed?

Have you given Colimed a go?

eta: It does get better...all of a sudden they do wicked burps & you are so proud of them.

Oh & don't eat spring rolls.....bad bad bad on the wind!!! both Mummy & bubby

Edited by Aliasmum

Hey there

We had problems with lower tummy pain, I wondered about giving up BF but read that wind is worse from the bottle than from the (.)

It ended up that Eva has reflux which gets a million times worse if I have dairy. So I am dairy free and she is on reflux medication and I have found she is soo much better... we never have lower tummy pain anymore.

I think also the wind thing gets easier as they get older, Eva is so much easier to burp now, she brings quite a few burps up on her own without me having to wind her for ages. I think she could give Homer Simpson a run for his money sometimes

The crying over spilt milk website was great for reflux symptoms and the whole dairy thing. I went dairy free for 2 weeks and then ate one meal with dairy and could notice a huge difference within 4 hours.

Good luck!! It really does get eaiser (not that I believed anyone to start with lol).

Edited by Mel&Kel

I feel your pain!
Jaye was a wind hog. My midwife reccommended that I burp him frequently during a feed as my milk was flowing really fast. This did help but I still had to spend a bit of time after his feed getting the rest up. My fiance was fantastic at that! He would hold Jaye upright and cuddled to his chest quite firmly and do a wee bounce-bounce-dip motion. Worked every time.
I also took him to the osteopath at 8 weeks. It does get better. Hang in there

Thanks guys, we are just taking everything one day at a time - last night was better, and today hasn't been too bad...

I have the Baby Whisperer DVD, but have never watched it! Will dig it out and have a squiz...

Laurie, am trying the Infacol again today at every feed, will see if that makes a difference over the next few days!

Am feling alot happier today, so thanks for the encouragement!