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Question

I have a 11 day old and she has very bad gas does anyone know anything I could give her besides gas drops? And if not is it okay yo give her gas meds in every bottle?

Answer 1

My son also had (still does sometimes) very bad gas and he's 2 months old. My sister-in-law recommended Baby Bliss Gripe Water. It's all natural (a plus in my book). I consulted with my pediatrician and he approved it. It's been a life saver for us!

Go to www.babys-bliss.com and you can read up on it and find out if it's available in your area. I order it online and I always have it within two days of ordering.

Good luck and congratulations!

Answer 2

Maybe you've done these things already, but in case you haven't:

Try burping her after every ounce and a half or so of formula. Babies with a lot of gas can usually burp after every ounce and a half or so.

Sit her on your lap, her back with be hunched over, and you hold let her face kind of rest in your hand (of course, make sure her nose and mouth aren't covered). Rub her back kind of firmly from just under the hunch (at around the small of her back) on up to her shoulders. Kind of "push" the gas up, but, of course, don't be rough or too hard. Just use a firm pressure and continue to rub her back in an up direction to see if you can help her burp. You should see the little hunch her back makes sort of start to straighten up just a little bit as you move your hand toward her neck - nothing at all really obvious and dramatic, just a slight straightening because of the pressure of your hand.

If she gets bellyaches from the gas, keep her legs curled up rather than making her straighten out. Keep her feeling very safe and warm and snuggly in your arms, which may not help the gas pain; but which helps them be less upset about having it.

I know its been a while since my kids were babies or my relatives kids were babies, but anyone I've ever known (and I've known a whole lot of people with new babies) has always just kind of used the above techniques and never gave their baby anything.

Answer 3

If you are formula feeding, you may need to switch to something that is easier for her to digest. Ask her doctor. If not, try massaging her belly lightly and bending her legs to alleviate some of the pressure. That will help her feel better. Gas drops are okay to use every once in awhile, but I would NOT recommend giving them to her in a bottle. That could end up causing more problems for her.

Answer 4

Bottle? You must not be breastfeeding. That would be the biggest reason her stomach hurts her so bad. Little baby's intestine are NOT made for formula, but ONLY mother's breast milk.

At any rate, always keep her elevated (head up) and let her eat some for a few minutes, then stop her (not if she's going to cry, though) and burp her, then resume feeding her until full.
Also, sometimes people feed the infant with the wrong size nipple and too much comes out at once and so the baby ends up swallowing lots of air with it, which of course causes bubbles.
Another thing that helps with this is holding them a lot, putting a warm rag onto their tummies (not directly; don't burn the skin), and lay her on her back on your legs with her head at your knees and flex and straigten the little legs, and moving them up and down to kind of help work those gas bubbles out of her tiny tummy.
Also one of those bouncer and vibrator chairs really helps with this. The vibrating helps move the bubbles along.
Before you feed her, give her a little drop (what it calls for for her size) of the gas stuff. Mylecol, or whatever it's called, works really great. Then feed her, and then burp her, and then give her a little more. Or give her half of a dose before and then half of a dose afterwards. Don't mix it with the milk because it'll dilute it too much.
Don't give her any medicine, though, she's too young for that.

Just make sure you get all those burps out of her before laying her down. That's the biggest thing.

good luck and congratulations with your new little one!

Answer 5

How are you feeding her? Is she breast or bottle fed? A friend has a very gassy baby - tips she suggests are..
Keep baby as upright as possible, burp them ALOT half way through and at the end of a feed. If bottle fed ensure teats are slow flow and bottle is held upright to avoid air getting in as well as milk. If breast fed make sure she has latched properly - ask your health visitor or midwife to check this for you It's always good to avoid meds where possible - but I guess sometimes it's the only thing left. Good luck - and rest assured that they'll grow out of it eventually.

Answer 6

Gas for babies are normal...but I don't think you should give your baby meds in the bottle let alone every bottle...Please ask your doctor on the meds and conditions because you could cause harm to your baby without even knowing it. Just soothe her/him by massaging the tummy...and singing.

Answer 7

This from experience and I have 3 boys
1-you will go to any Asian store you have in your neighborhood
by Tiger Boom ****it has to be the Green one the red on is too strong you will rub it on her stomach that will help
as well if just before bed you boil water with sugar(one t-spoon for 8 oz)
let the water cold not completely (luck warm) put it in her bottle
give it to her, this might even get her to sleep all night

Answer 8

what you'd want to do is not put them in her bottle but after she's down and after you've burped her and she still has gas is to give her 1/2 a teaspoon of gripe water which costs about 3 dollars at any store that sells them.

Answer 9

I would either lay my son across my legs and rock him while patting his back or lay him on his back and lightly pump his legs to push out the gas. Good luck...I never used any gas drops or meds with him.

Answer 10

Make sure that you burp her frequently when she is eating. If that and the Mylecon doesn't work, you may just have a colicky baby. That bad news is there's nothing you can do about it except try to make her comfortable. The good news is that she WILL grow out of it.

Some tips on making her comfortable:
Put her on her back with her legs facing you and "bicycle" her legs.
Put her on her tummy on your arm with her cheek resting on the palm of your hand and her legs hanging on each side of your arm.
Gently push on her tummy, unless this seems to only make things worse.
Put her in the baby swing.
Gently push her knees up toward her tummy with her on her back.