why does my 9 month old baby have tummy ache at nightime?

Question

is just over 9 months old and has been sicky since he was introduced to formula milk at 4 months was breast fed until then...at 5 months old the GP a put him on gaviscon infant powders which we put into his bottless she thought he had reflux . this helped short term but then the pain came back with a vengance!!! we have tried gripe water, swaddling, car drives and sleeping in our bed....nothing seems to work. he now sleeps in his cot but will wake 3-6 times with pain, he back arches, kness up and will not be cuddled. Please can anyoe advice us on who to help our little one???

Answer 1

I have a nine month old baby 2, he is my 4th,so I sympathise with you! Have you tried putting a pillow under her bottom sheet so her head is raised? This way she wont get under the pillow! Have you tried a haberman feeder teat system? It helps with colic! Have u tried a different milk formula? I would say raising her head is the most important ! Have you seen the series on t,v called the baby whisperer? It's very good and has lots of advice esp for reflux etc! good luck hope your baby has some good nights!

Answer 2

Sometimes a little magnesium in the bottle can be a great relief. Milk is a source of calcium but has little magnesium. You absolutely must have magnes to absorb the calc or you it can cause constipation and bad cramping. Its one of the most common causes of these type of problems but a little known one. Ive used this on my niece since she went on bottle as she got badly constipated and its great. Its not harmful and more natural than commercial remedies.

Get a magnesium supplement thats in a capsule that can be opened and sprinkled in, not a pressed tablet. The other thing i'd say is sometimes those formulas are very artificial. The goats milk infant formula is good.

Answer 3

Sounds like colic. I think you've got plenty of better answers from better-informed people, but I always found when I had what my own doctor referred to as colic that homeopathic remedies were the only thing that helped, particularly carbo vegetabilis. Might be worth a go if nothing else works.

Answer 4

If the formula has iron it could be causing him to be constipated. This sounds about like my son and we took him off of the iron formula and started lying him across my knees face down and patting his back and really burping him. Other than that it just took time and alot of sleepless nights.

Answer 5

It could well be just wind. Maybe you need to check the size of the hole in the teat. Is he having to suck really hard to get the milk? Or maybe it is coming out too quickly. He might be producing too much acid. If this is the case the Gaviscon will help.
(I practically lived on Gaviscon throughout the whole of my two pregnancies!)
Try sitting him up REALLY STRAIGHT on your knee after feeds, and put your right hand gently under his chin raising it gently, whilst at the same time gently stroking his back in a firm, but gentle circular motion.
Any wind should come-up after a few minutes.
NEVER let your baby just lie and suck on the bottle, and NEVER leave him with it propped up on something so that he's feeding himself. This is DANGEROUS.
Sometimes older brothers and sisters like to have a go at feeding the baby too - so make sure that they keep the milk going through the teat at a steady pace to minimise air being sucked in. He might just not like the change from mother's milk! Persevere, but keep in tough with the GP and Health Services.
NOW - please don't panic but read this carefully.....
Is there a history of oesophical or throat/breathing problems in your family? Have any of your relatives lost more than one or two babies shortly after birth? My mother lost 7 babies (all boys) and had 3 surviving girls. My two sisters and I suffered with indigestion, breathing problems, Asthma and various allergies when I was very youg, as did many of my mother's and father's families. As a youngster I practically lived on milk, milky rice puddings, white-bread and chocolate spread! None of the Asthma remedies seemed to help. When we were given Cod-liver-oil we were terribly sick, vomited and had dioreaha. In my teens I had some tests which showed allergies to grass and tree pollens, dairy products, cheap-soft white-sliced bread, fungus and mushrooms.
Two years ago at the end of a routine medical check-up I asked my GP should I be concerned about the awful heartburn and constriction I was having in my throat and upper chest. So many of my relatives had suffered with stomach ulcers, indigestion and Astma/heart attacks, and
died in their 50's and 60' from apparant Asthma attacks. Many were non-smokers. I mentioned that I had researched the inter-net and found that my symptoms were like those of "Barrettes Oesophagus/Syndrome". The doctor had never heard of it! Right there and then she looked it up on her computer. She immediately wrote a letter to the local hospital and phoned the Specialist. Within three days I had an appointment at Raigmore Hospital in Inverness. The specialist said my gullet was "ripe for cancer". I had Barrettes Oesophagus - my stomach produce too much acid, this damages the cells of the gullet and pre-disposes it to various infections. He told me I had never been Asthmatic at all. I was just reacting to the various allergies etc. All I have to do noe is take a daily dose of 20mg Omeprazole and have regular check-ups at the hospital. I have tried to reduce the amount of fats, milk , cream etc that I eat and try not to eat too late at night before going to bed. I was warned to inform ALL my relatives that if they suffered similar discomfort they should get it checked out immediately. Evidently it is a heredatory condition, especially with people with O+ Blood.

Answer 6

put a hot water bottle (well, not too hot) on his tummy. That can help w/ stomach ache

Answer 7

oohh...poor baby.. Try burping your before putting him to bed. and if that doesn't work, see take the little one to the dr's right away.

Answer 8

most likely gas is the culprit