Fun nights with Miss A are continuing. She goes down for the night between 7.30 pm and 8pm with a full tummy after feeding both sides. I usually try to feed her as often as I can in the afternoons to get as much into her as I can but she is frequently disinterested and/or distracted. She will wake up around 10.30 pm for a feed. And then around 1.30am, 3am, 4.20am, 5,30am and 6.20am. She gets lots of wind - sometimes wakes with a squeal, will be lots of wriggling and kicking going on, farts, grunts etc. It can take an hour for her to settle. I've tried Infacol, Infant's Friend, grip water and Brauer's Colic Relief, all of which work to some extent but it can still take an hour for them to take effect and move the wind through. During the day she doesn't seem to have wind problems, and as soon as she's fed I sit her up and she burps really easily.

I had been feeding her every time she wakes, and lately taking her into bed with me and just leaving her there so I can at least doze but it was getting ridiculous when her feeding literally every hour and not settling unless she was on the boob, and then it really was just comfort sucking. Not adverse to that but not every hour, every night. We're all (touch wood) over colds/flu so I'm back to try to settle her without a feed because I know she can go much longer stretches than that. Last night I had to feed her when she woke at 10pm, 12.30am and 2am, but when she woke at 4am I finally got her back to sleep by just jiggling and swaying her hammock for a mere hour, only to have her wake at 5.30 am for a feed. And then at 6.20 am (she REALLY likes 6.20 am).

So I would love some ideas of what I can do, if anything to deal with this wind issue because I am really starting to think that its the wind that's waking her, and then she thinks oh well hey, if I'm awake I might as well have a snack. I really don't like medicating, but someone is going to have to medicate me soon if I don't get some sleep, so I'm wondering if I can give her a dose or six of something before putting her to bed at 7.30 pm, and then again when she wakes around 10.30 pm.

We do the usual deep baths, cycling legs, pushing legs up but nothing seems to stop these painful wind episodes.

Does anyone have any ideas?

ETA: Oh, and the decent day sleeps we were getting are out the window too, and she will only sleep if she's fallen asleep on the breast and in my arms.