I have posted this in the general chatter section too but...
Our little man seems to get the worst wind pain every two to three days. We are FF but he gets about two BF's per day (5 - 8 mins/side). We burp a few times during a feed (using different burping positions), have tried gripe water, massaging his belly with his knees (in a bicycle motion), etc, but nothing seems to ease his pain until he does a massive 'fluff' or a pooh.
Could it be that he does not like my b/milk? I am eating pretty blandly (trying to lose weight ), and I don't think he would be getting enough to make a difference?
Constipation from the FF perhaps?
How do we get the air out before it gets stuck in his belly?
DD2 has had some pretty bad wind pain too and I am using Infant's Friend (I got some from the chemist) and it gets the wind up immediately. The stuff is magic (at least for DD2, I don't know about for all babies). We had a couple of really bad nights early on because she was in so much pain but have found this gets it up very soon after a feed and then she settles into a nice long sleep. If you want info on what's in it and what other people say about it you could google it. I googled it and couldn't find anyone who didn't find it good and it is made from all natural ingredients.
Hope that helps.
Last edited by Just Me; November 24th, 2009 at 02:20 PM.
I have also heard great things about Infants Friend. I have no advice for you other than the things you've been doing. I hope you find a solution that works real soon
With wind... a friend of mine is using a combo of gripe water and Infants Friend. I haven't used anything with Caitlin so far other than the burping positions... it takes a deal of time sometimes for her to bring the wind up but thankfully she is fairly efficient in bringing up her wind.
I can't believe Caitlin will be 8 weeks old tomorrow! I am the same as Lisa with co-sleeping... Caitlin loves it when she is in our bed but she isn't there the whole night. I bring her in if she is super unsettled or if I am too tired to sit up and feed her... I bring her in and feed her laying on our sides facing each other and then she usually drifts off to sleep but somehow I am awake enough to make sure she is on her back once she is finished feeding (I think it is autopilot!). DP is terrified of squashing her so it is him, me then Caitlin (with my arm around her and my knees up to sort of cocoon around her if that makes sense).
Hope you are all sleeping where possible and more importantly enjoying your babies!
Hi Girls,
Can I join this thread? I have just scraped in as my daughter Ella Georgia was born 30th Sept at 11:53pm!!! She was 3.280kg and 54cms long (so very long and skinny!) and head circ 33cms. I have just got home from Hosp today and so far so good as she seems mainly content, am just waiting to see what happens tonight when I can't press my buzzer for the midwives to help me with feeding / settling etc. I was due on 12th Oct so 2 weeks early but was very glad when at my Ob appoint last weds he announced I was already 4cms dilated and to head on over to the hosp as I was going to have my baby that day!!! Can't wait to get to know you and your babies better! xox
Caitlin's burps are getting bigger... lol I have to check that it is not a chuck cause they sound like chucks but there was no follow through. We have Caitlin's hip ultrasound tomorrow as when she was discharged from hospital her right hip was clicky (actual 2 weeks old, corrected 36 weeks) and when we saw the paediatrician both hips were clicky (actual 4 weeks old, corrected 38 weeks). I have to take the ultrasound to the paediatrician for him to review and am going to ask him to look however the umbilicial hernia... I am not so worried about it now but DP is worried cause it sticks out quite a lot when she cries - you can see it poke up through her clothes!
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