Baby with lots of wind
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Topic: Baby with lots of wind
Posted By: naysgirl
Subject: Baby with lots of wind
Date Posted: 15 January 2010 at 2:37pm
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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?
He is breast fed and we have got infacol which does help sometimes. I have cut out onions/brocolli from my diet and my midwife has shown us different techniques to get him to burp but its not always working. It is really distressing knowing that he is uncomfortable and it also affects his sleep as he gets overtired. Any advice would be much appreciated. |
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Posted By: mumzrule
Date Posted: 15 January 2010 at 2:55pm
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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  -------------  
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Posted By: littlestar
Date Posted: 15 January 2010 at 4:19pm
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You could try going to the plunket family centre and they can show you all sorts of different ways to burp your baby.
We use infacol and sometimes grip water - certainly no cure but at least I feel like I'm trying! Ryan takes about as long to burp as he does to feed! Ones I've tried are Over the shoulder Over the knee Across the knees Across your forearm Holding them facing out against your chest Sitting up straight and patting or rubbing their back and lastly - tummy time Also like mumzrule said - feeding him on an angle or in the football hold is supposed to help. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: girly_girl
Date Posted: 15 January 2010 at 4:32pm
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Another good product is weleda colic powder - all my friends with bebe's swear by it.
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Posted By: Bexee
Date Posted: 15 January 2010 at 4:38pm
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Oh I feel your pain, Alex was a terror with wind and it was my enemy for the first few weeks.
Here's a link to the baby whisperer method which is meant to be very successful. http://tvnz.co.nz/good-morning/s2009-e210709-babywhisperer-video-2858443 I got a homeopathic mix by our local health 2000 lady, it was rescue remedy and something else, and we swore by that. It was Alex's little helper until he was about three months old. |
Posted By: T_Rex
Date Posted: 15 January 2010 at 6:22pm
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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.------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: naysgirl
Date Posted: 15 January 2010 at 8:39pm
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I am giving infacol before he feeds. It does seem to help sometimes but it is so frustrating not been able to get a burp out when I know that he is uncomfortable with wind. Just gotta be patient I guess.
I will have to try the football hold though i find that slightly uncomfortable but anything is worth a shot. Maybe I will see about a homeopathic remedy that you mentioned BecM. So you can use Infacol and gripe water in the same feed? It makes me feel like a failure not been able to burp him and relieve his discomfort. There have been a few tears shed! Fingers crossed that things improve soon for us T_Rex. I keep telling myself that it won't last forever. |
Posted By: myfullhouse
Date Posted: 15 January 2010 at 9:46pm
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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 ------------- Lindsey 
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Posted By: MrsH23
Date Posted: 15 January 2010 at 10:42pm
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My DH was always better at burping than me, he had this way of holding him upright on his chest and jiggling (gently) and kinda squeezing at the same time (if that makes sense). We did use the gripewater too.
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Posted By: AandCsmum
Date Posted: 15 January 2010 at 11:43pm
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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. ------------- Kel http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: E&L+1
Date Posted: 16 January 2010 at 2:16pm
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Someone already mentioned it but burping during feeding helps. I sometimes burp Esme 4 times during a feed and then again after. That seems to help. Also if you pop him down for a little bit after feeding then try burping sometimes that can bring it up.
I also go over the shoulder and hold bubs close while bending forward and back, or lay her down and gently push her legs up like she's doing a crunch or sit her on my knee and bend over gently so her tummy is a bit squished. Trying different techniques when one hasn't worked often helps. I'll also stop after 5 mins wait a bit then try again if she hasn't brought any up. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Bexee
Date Posted: 16 January 2010 at 4:51pm
| 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. |
Posted By: myfullhouse
Date Posted: 16 January 2010 at 5:06pm
All of a sudden Ben has had quite bad wind in that when I go to put him down 2hrs after his feed he still has wind and won't settle. I tried this way of feeding earlier today and he didn't have as much wind and I didn't have to burp him before putting him down for his nap. Thanks T_Rex ------------- Lindsey
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T_Rex wrote:Posted By: RoSee
Date Posted: 16 January 2010 at 10:23pm
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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  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 17 January 2010 at 8:56am
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i was going to suggest the baby whisperer method too. when gabriel got it real bad i used to have give him a teaspoon of cooled boiled water, nothin else helped. I found tho my husband was better at burping when the babies were still very young. i think its cause his hands are bigger, but dont really know why. so get your husband/partner to do it and see if that helps sometimes. ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: millymollymandy
Date Posted: 17 January 2010 at 10:17am
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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. |
Posted By: naysgirl
Date Posted: 17 January 2010 at 11:04am
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Thanks for all the great advice, lots of good stuff to try. I checked out the link yesterday for the baby whisperer and we have been using this for the past 24 hours and so far it is working great. The most success we have had with a winding technique.
I have been talking to my friends that have had babies and they mentioned that they all had problems getting wind up with their babies. Its funny as when I was searching on the internet alot of websites said that breastfed babies don't really get wind!!! |
Posted By: EmDee
Date Posted: 17 January 2010 at 2:13pm
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. ------------- DS 8 DD 6 DS 4 DD 2 |
Posted By: tiptoes
Date Posted: 17 January 2010 at 8:47pm
Maybe holding their arm up stretches them out? I'm having lots of trouble with my baby having wind at the moment too but he's not nice and calm like that baby on the baby whisperer video he'll scream in pain and it's really horrible. It makes me feel really awful
One thing that he seems to like is when I hold him under his arms and support his arm and stand him up on my legs and lift him up and then bring him down so he bends down and his knees come up (so he's crouching). I do it quite gently and he seems to relax a bit as often his whole body is rigid and it's hard to do some of the other positions. Doesn't actually bring up any burps, so might be helping more for lower gas pain? ------------- http://alterna-tickers.com">  
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Posted By: RinTinTin
Date Posted: 18 January 2010 at 4:14pm
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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! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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