Breast feeding and wind in babies

[TeniBear]

I'd love to see what people say, Amelia's having the same trouble

[onthefly]

Yeah, it may be that she's feeding for comfort and actually making it worse in the process. Is she refluxy? DS had silent reflux and was like this. I had to sleep sitting up in bed holding him as he just couldn't get comfortable lying down. How is she for sleeps during the day?
Hopefully once she's a bit bigger she'll handle the forceful letdown better. Chiro can't hurt.

[Barb Glare]

Hi,

it is really hard to deal with this sort of thing. Doe adults, your little one keeps very unsociable hours. It is when we are at our lowest ebb. For them, midnight and beyond means nothing. *colic* is our word for babies who have nothing medically wrong but are super unsettled, feed frequently and cry a lot at a certain time of the day. Culturally, we call it wind - but it's probably just *being a baby*. The good news is - things are about as bad as they will get, and will generally resolve by 3 mnths.
I wonder, how many times does she feed in 24hrs? How is her growth going? There is so much more to breastfeeding than just milk - babies are hardwired to such - to help them relax and go to sleep, to feed, to relieve boredom and to give them a connection with their mum

[Beautiful Disaster]

subbing as having the same issue. Baby be asleep then all of a sudden scream fart and be unsettled.

[Roryrory]

I defer to anything Barb might add but my midwife (who attended Rose's birth) suggested to me that babies actually feel better if they suckle when they have wind. I was so keen to constantly burp my first two but once I tried just feeding Rose through all her newborn pops and farts she settled much better than the boys ever did. HTH.

ETA: One thing I did with all my babes when they were tiny was try to remember that the early breastfeeds are the first time their tiny tummies have ever experienced anything but amniotic fluid. So it will all be strange and unsettling for them - the taste, the feeling of milk in their mouth, the sensation of poo in their bowls, the feeling of wind in their belly. So I tried to love them through these early discoveries, and I mean "love" in the active sense. I looked at them and cooed at them and tried to empathise with their little moments. If nothing else it helps pass the ......hours...........!! you spend feeding a newborn. And I found it helped me "tune in" to their individual languages. Each one had a different way of "telling" me what they needed.

[Cassius2]

I defer to anything Barb might add but my midwife (who attended Rose's birth) suggested to me that babies actually feel better if they suckle when they have wind. I was so keen to constantly burp my first two but once I tried just feeding Rose through all her newborn pops and farts she settled much better than the boys ever did. HTH.

ETA: One thing I did with all my babes when they were tiny was try to remember that the early breastfeeds are the first time their tiny tummies have ever experienced anything but amniotic fluid. So it will all be strange and unsettling for them - the taste, the feeling of milk in their mouth, the sensation of poo in their bowls, the feeling of wind in their belly. So I tried to love them through these early discoveries, and I mean "love" in the active sense. I looked at them and cooed at them and tried to empathise with their little moments. If nothing else it helps pass the ......hours...........!! you spend feeding a newborn. And I found it helped me "tune in" to their individual languages. Each one had a different way of "telling" me what they needed.

I totally agree with this post...just cuddle them through it!

also, i too had a very windy baby (haha that sounds really funny...or is it just late and beyond my bedtime ) and the best bit of advice i was given and one that has seen me through both girls was to not burp! totally went against all my other ideas of babies and feeding, but i have found it to be awesome and like Rory mentioned we just feed on through. that said, both girls pretty much only fed off one boob per feed. drain it baby drain it

even at 6.5 months Marta still is a one booby at a time kinda girl...and never been burped...

just a thought...

[Crystalwings]

i have found a teaspoon or 2 of cooled boiled water after a feed really helps to settle Hazels tummy. I have also taken both my baby's to the osteopath which i find really helps and sleep them on their side supported by nappies front and back. with DD1 i also raised the top of her bassinet but Hazel is in the cot so this is tricky.