How can i settle a 6 day old baby with bad wind problems?

Answer 1

Lay the baby on it's back and bend it's knees in towards the chest. This will help them to pass the gas. We've used this trick for years on all the kids in our family, and I also saw it on an episode of My Wife & Kids.

Answer 2

If the baby is suffering from colic - this generally start at about 3 weeks old - I found a product called Colief to be the best thing.

Colic is usually caused by a transient lactose tolerance - ie the baby's immature gut finds it hard to digest the sugar (lactose) in the milk. By adding lactase (an enzyme), the sugar can be partially digested thus relieving the baby of the need to struggle to digest it by itself.

The Colief comes in a little dropper bottle and you add 2 drops to the warm milk when you make the bottles up. Allow to cool, refrigerate, then you can warm the bottle up and give to the baby as usual.

Colic isn't caused by wind as most people believe. The Infacol will only do so much - it doesn't get rid of the cause of the problem and on some babies (like my youngest son), it had no effect at all.

www.colief.com

Answer 3

Gripe water, gas drops, if you're breastfeeding change your diet as suggested, if formula check with your doctor about soy based formula if you suspect a milk allergy or switch to a better name brand formula. My little guy did not do well on the no name formula at all, switched back to the Nestle formula and he is doing great with few gas problems.

If you're bottle feeding, try different nipple styles until you find one that baby likes and latches on to without sucking in too much air.

For sleeping, keep them sitting upright, either in a swing, car seat, bouncy chair - whatever they feel most comfortable in. Let them sleep over your shoulder if that feels best or if you are going to be right next to the baby you can lay it down on it's tummy. Sometimes the pressure on their belly helps get rid of the gas pain, just either flip them over onto their back when the do go completely asleep (usually about 20 minutes after drifting off) or as soon as they wake pick them up so they don't root into the mattress/surface they are on and suffocate.

Answer 4

Make sure you are winding the baby correctly and for long enough. Sit the baby on your knee, place the back of your hand firmly under the babys chin and tilt the chin upwards. Lean the child forward on your knee til about a 45-70 degree angle and rub in an up and down motion quite firmly on the childs back

Answer 5

there is mylicon which never worked for me or anyone else i asked, but i give my baby chamomile tea, very very light at first and then stronger as she gets older, i use the tea bags or the whole chamomile which gets better recomendation since its fresh but the tea bags are so much more convenient. other than that maybe switch formulas ive heard that could help. or also, when your lathering your baby with lotion make an effort to rub their tummy in a downward motion for a good while, the massage really helps release the air, so they are less fussy, and its a good way to also be lovin on your baby.

Answer 6

Have you talked to your midwife about this? I would be reluctant to give a baby that young anything. Have you tried sitting baby on you lap and rocking him/her gently back and forth. alternated with laid over your knee gentle patting of back. Then make sure they can stretch out... not all folded and creased in the middle laying flat in a pram is best. Your baby is very young I'm sure things will settle down give it time.

Answer 7

Dentinox colic drops are good and can be used from birth. Gripe water is not suitable before 1 month.

Also make sure you are winding him/her properly after his/her feeds. Don't put him/her down until every last burp has come up!!! If you need to wind him/her halfway through the feed as well.

If sitting them up to wind them isn't working, try putting them over your shoulder (that was always the best position for my son) and rubbing/patting their back, walking up and down with them until all the burps are up.

Answer 8

i use infacol and have done since my baby was 1 week old. ive found it very good. u give one dropper full before each feed..
gripe water cannot be given to babies under one month old.
after each feed give him/her a good wind over your shoulder for 5/10 mins and wind during feeding. when your baby gradually drinks more milk. then wind after about every ounce
hope this helps

Answer 9

give the baby a dose of mylecon drops or even the generic brand works as well. to the first line 0.3 on the dropper. my little girl had to have them when she was less than a week old. also hold the baby real close to you that calms them, and rub/pat from the bottom to the top of their back this eases the pressure and bloating on the babys stomach.

Answer 10

We found that the gas drops did little and we researched some ways to help her. We found that when my husband put our baby over his knee with her face in his hand and pats her back, she falls asleep. He gets lots of gas and burps out this way. This saved us when she was a newborn, because she was so gassy and babies have not yet learned to push and open there anus at the same time to release it, so they need help.