Babies Born June 1st - 15th 2008

**jess_i** · July 1st, 2008, 03:04 PM

Hey Rach,

Sorry to hear that Lilli is experiencing bad wind - I can completely understand where you're coming from as Ruby has been experiencing the same pain and wind each night. We also tried the Infant's friend which wasn't any help (if anything it made the pains worse). I saw my naturopath/kinesiologist/homeopath today with Ruby and she has confirmed that peppermint tea along with a list of other foods that are causing problems for her. She'll probably grow out of them but for now it's best I avoid them so she can be more settled.

Maybe you could try writing down what you're eating as see if there is a pattern? I found looking at what was going into my body and which nights were good/bad along with it, helped me to identify the tea and some other food items.

Good Luck and I hope you and Lilli can rest well soon!

**rach2281** · July 2nd, 2008, 05:31 PM

thanks jess. the only thing that imhaving everday is english breakfast tea. do you think that would contribute?? i see the health nurse on friday, so maybe she can help me.

**amberj** · July 2nd, 2008, 06:04 PM

Hi all! Its so cool to see us all on "the other side" of pregnancy with our little people!

Peter was born on June 10- I can't beleive its been three weeks already.

I totally sympathise with all of you experiencing wind problems. Peter gets pretty unhappy with it as all- his face goes all red and his little legs jiggle around everywhere. We saw the chemist and have put him on drops called Iberogast- they are a herbal thing. They have definately helped his tendancy to chuck up half his food and helped his wind a bit- not eliminated it, but helped. But he still gets upset....especially at 10pm when I really, really want to be in bed!

I also am having "debates" with DH about the division of responsibility. We are in a unique situation in that we both work from home so, in theory, can share things more equally.... yeah, that theory works.... Sigh. No matter what your situation, I think this is such a huge adjustment. I am finding it hard on my relationship with DH. And there just doesn't seem to be the time to sit down and really talk about it.

How is everyone recovering from birth? I had a traumatic birth- dangerous heartrate drop for Peter, LOTS of tearing, shoulder dytocia, and a whole lot of complications for me. I am still very sore, and they say it will be 3 months before I am really recovered. But I take salt baths (with Peter) everyday and they are wonderful!

Anyone with other tips on wind or getting back in touch with DH?!

**rach2281** · July 8th, 2008, 03:50 PM

well looks like Lilli is lactose intolerent. The health nurse told me to put her on formula and see how she goes, and she is a completely different baby. She can do and fart without screaming now!! She even slept for 5hrs straight last night. The poor girl looked very tired, her eyes were all dark. Its a shame that i have to stop breastfeeding though, ause Lilli was thriving of it. She has already gained 600grams since birth and grown 2cm. She is going to be a little chubba i think.

Sorry amber i tried everything for wind, but seems the lactose in breast milk was the problem. hopefully someone else can help you.

RochelleW · July 9th, 2008, 04:48 PM

Hey all, been a while since I posted, my dial-up connection is a bit dodgy out here on the farm and I can't get broadband or anything. Cooper's doing ok, he has colic so i spend a lot of time just holding him cos he can't lay down without screaming

My mum came down this week, which was great cos I haven't seen her since I had him. We went shopping in Wagga when I picked her up from the airport and bought one of those automatic rocker swings for him cos a friend reckoned it was great for her colicky baby. Hopefully it helps but when we got home we realised we'd forgotten to get the D size batteries to power it and the nearest shop is half an hour away...lol i thought it was just being pregnant that had ruined my memory but i'm worse than ever now with him to distract me!

I'm glad to see that everyone's babies seem to be doing well, apart from the wind that seems so common! Rach, it's not so good to hear Lilli is lactose intolerant but it must be a relief to know what was wrong (

at the very least, it'd be a relief to your eardrums!)

I read somewhere on the last page (sorry, can't remember who!) mention of co-sleeping. Is anybody doing this? We are, but sort of accidentally! Cause of Cooper's colic he won't sleep laying down and is especially unhappy straight after feeds so to try and keep him quiet so he doesn't wake DP I prop myself upright on the pillows to feed him and then rest him on my chest for a while afterwards, which helps a bit. Then, lol, I usually fall asleep with him like that! I worried about it at first but everyone's content that way and when I spoke to the doc about it he just said that as long as I'm not sleeping so deeply that I don't feel him move it's ok, so now i just make sure that i've got a pillow against the side of the bed so even if he were to slide off me he wouldn't fall off the bed.

Hope everything's going well for all the new mums and bubs that've joined up that i haven't said hello to yet!

**HotKim** · July 10th, 2008, 12:16 PM

Just thought I'd introduce myself and my son, Nate.

Nate was born 12th June by elective c-section. It was my first ceaser so I wasn't sure what to expect but my recovery has been fabulous and much easier than what I had anticipated.

Since being home we've had a few minor problems. Nate has turned up feet and a tongue-tie. So in the first three weeks we've battled vaginal thrush, breast-feeding clinic, physiotherapy, speech therapy, mastitis, thrush on my nipples and the ever popular WIND. That's how I found this thread, I was looking for something to help with the wind. All in all though it's been great. We only have the wind problem to resolve and everything will be roses.

So nice to meet other mums of June bubs...

**jess_i** · July 14th, 2008, 05:22 PM

Hi Kim,

Sorry to hear about the problems you've been having although sounds like you're still dealing with them well. I hear you on the mastitis - I got it for the second time last week... god it is awful!

My DD had terrible wind pains early on but it now seems to be sorting itself out - that said though, I have modified my diet to exclude all 'windy foods' (onion, garlic, cauliflower, legumes, dairy) aswhich has actually helped me too!

I can only suggest what I did which was keeping a journal of what I ate along with how she was that day and then eliminating things to see if it made a difference.

We tried Infant's friend and it nothing - in fact, I think it made things worse. We got that originally as she wasn't 1 month old yet however as your DS is over a month, you can probably try the other formula's available.

Good luck!!