2006-11-06 16:39:36 · 8 answers · asked by tia t 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
the gas is painful. Give him some gas drops (in the baby meds section of any drug store) and see if it helps. Is he on fomula? he hay be sensitive to the milk protiens, and needs soy instead. Try to get him to burp more too, stop mid way in the feeding and burp, then resume. If the problem goes on, call his doctor, he may want to see him. Good luck
2006-11-06 16:42:51 · answer #1 · answered by parental unit 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well it may make the lil one a little bit uncomfortable but I wouldn't be overly concerned. The time to be concerned and suspect they are in pain is when the gas stays in there little belly. ( that hurts us as adults! )
So long as they are expelling it, then holding onto you or crying a small amount when they are expelling it is nothing to worry about.
If you are worried. Put the baby on his or her tummy across your legs and rub/pat their backs. This will help them feel better and help the gas to come out. Aslo try Mylicon infant gas drops,(the box says safe to use on even the newest of newborns) $6 at Wal mart. $3 at the dollar store, just a generic brand.
Give the lil one a hug for me!
: )
2006-11-07 00:45:23 · answer #2 · answered by Amber 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing, that is very normal. Sometimes gas passing is very uncomfortable and more so for small babies. Plus at 6 weeks they really don't have any control of their hands to deliberately grip you. To clench their fists during something uncomfortable, yes, but not to grab you. Make sure you are burping well during and after each feeding. Maybe try the infants gas drops also.
2006-11-07 00:43:37 · answer #3 · answered by suzyQ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think for a six week old baby passing gas is painful. But I'm not sure, all I know is that when my nephew was that age we always made sure to burp him because he would cry when he was too bloated or was gassy and whatnot.
It's not a bother now that he's 6 months.
2006-11-07 00:43:17 · answer #4 · answered by pacific_crush 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It hurts. We've learned to ignore much of what takes place while we digest our food, but a newborn is experiencing it all for the first time, and so to them, it hurts. My firstborn was colicky and gripped me for dear life when his tummy hurt. Go ahead and hold them, for when we're grown up, no one can hold us like that anymore. It gives them confidence in you and in the world, even though their tummy hurts. Maybe there's been a change in the food recently? If so, reconsider going back to breast milk. It's so much less work for them to digest.
And they can too grip you on purpose. Newborns will hug you if they like you. As soon as baby sees his hands and realizes because he can feel with them that they're part of him, (and that realization will happen quicker if you show him interesting things and touch his hands with it) he starts to try to control them and use them.
2006-11-07 00:54:15 · answer #5 · answered by Nowpower 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when the gas moves through the body it hurts sometimes. try changing the milk to gentle ease or carnation goodstart
2006-11-07 00:42:03 · answer #6 · answered by Amenah 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you need to spend more time patting its back in hopes you will break up the gas before the bubbles get so big.
2006-11-07 00:41:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It mean his belly hurt and he need to boo boo.
2006-11-07 00:41:23 · answer #8 · answered by mrtoddanson 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋