18 day old baby with really bad trapped wind help please?!!?

Question

my baby is 18 days old and she has really bad trapped wind, i have changed her food to the milupa easy digest one and it seems to be a bit better but she still has bad wind i have been advised to use the infacol drops but unsure what to do has anyone used them or can you give any other advice?!

Answer 1

yes they r a godsend and really do work-try to hold baby upright too-its gotta be uncomfortable gettin wind up while semi lying down in your arms

Answer 2

God you feel for your little one dont you? I can swear by infacol as my son who is now 5 months old was on this from about 5 weeks to about 17 weeks and it made all the difference. Make sure to give befor each and every feed, it is vital that you are consistant with the doage wich can be 5ml/10ml which is either 1 or 2 full syringe worths.

Infacal is something which you can use long term every day, you do not need to worry about it it is not like a proper medicine or anything. Some tips to help you help your baby with the trapped wind would be to make sure you feed him/her as upright as possible, increase the amount of times you are windind throughout the feed, make sure the teat of the bottle is at the correct position which is just having the teat itself in the babys mouth as its easy for the remainder to slip in a little [thats if ur baby is bottlefed].

Good luck, Infacal is fantastic at breaking up the wind trapped from both ends! You can get this on prescription from your doctor too.

Answer 3

Infacol drops will work if you use them according to the instructions.

Also a little cooled boiled water with a touch of brown sugar in it will help[it's an old fashioned cure but it does work]

Lying the baby on her tummy across your knee and gently rub her back also helps relieve the wind

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Infacol wasn't around when my daughter was a baby but I believe, from my nieces who have young children, that they are good. We just used to put warm boiled water in a bottle and that often did the trick. It's hard going with a new baby, isn't it, as my daughter will find out next March when she has hers. I wish you well and hope you soon get some rest.

Answer 6

my son is now 4 months and got trapped wind all the time. I would give him mylicon drops and then put a burp cloth or towel in the microwave for about twenty seconds. make sure it isn't hot, then put it on their belly and lean them over, holding the towel on their stomach and propping their head so that their body is horizontal. If my baby didn't burp right after feeding, he would get them all the time and that was and still is the only way I can get rid of them. Hope this helps

Answer 7

You can try all those things if approved by your pediatrician but also be aware of the possibility that your little girl is lactose intolerant. Mine was (and still is as an adult). When we started giving her soymilk formula, she improved dramatically and thrived from then on. You might want to ask your doctor about that.

Another thing that worked well for my babies was to hold them upright against the front of me with their back to me and one of my arms giving a little pressure to their belly while the other supported them. Then a little gentle bouncing. That sometimes helped when regular over the shoulder burping didn't. My grandma had the across the knees technique, but it never worked for me.

Also, are you aware that Milupa has been accused of making false advertising claims? Check this website:
http://www.babyfeedinglawgroup.org.uk/monitoring/monreportmilupa.html

Answer 8

Infacol is really good, i used for my four children, also try cooled boiled water, i also changed the milk to cow & gate omneo which i found really good. Also make sure the bottle doesn't have slow flow teats on them, it makes the wind worse, i changed mine to medium flow, it stops the baby from gulping to much air, hopes this helps at all.

Answer 9

The way I used to do was, after feeding, put baby on it's back for less than 5 minutes, then sit up. Then up comes the wind with no problem. On the odd occasion I used gripe water, purchased in chemist's

Answer 10

Give her the drops, follow the directions on the bottle. I dont know where you're from, but mylacon drops work really well too.

My son was breast fed and still needed them from time to time, I know there was about 2 weeks straight where we had to give them to him every time before he nursed, and some times in between.

It really will help a lot.

Feed her before she's crying for it, so she's not sucking in air just before eating. Burp her half way through, and slow her eating down a little bit so she's not getting so much so fast. Keep her upright for a few minutes after and burp her very well.

Answer 11

im useing infacol and my baby is 13 days old, it takes 7 days for it to work and ive been useing it for 5 days and is just starting to see the effects, is really good stuff recommend it so far xx