Mamas & papas
Any tips on how to really work the wind out of a newborn. Ds2 will be one month old on weds. He is largely breastfed (getting formula for one night feed from daddy). He often falls asleep after feeding with that lovely Cheshire Cat content look that a baby with a full belly has. Trouble is even if I get a burp or two out of him, he still has wind, and if I put him down to nap, he squaks every half hour or so. If I pick him up he burps and settles for more sleep. All told this is not half bad, but I'd sooner for him and me, that he worked out all the gas at the outset and we could both get a meaningful rest.
His ped says this is ok and since he is so quick to resume napping it isn't that big a deal. It probably isn't but I'd sooner we were both sleeping comfortably.
Any tips or suggestions?
F. B.
What Squirrely Tots said, but add that you start patting on their lower back and work up the shoulders, each pat with an upward motion. That worked for me!
hee hee! i'm loving picturing the month-old baby B. sqakking!
i don't have any surefire tips. my older did better being rubbed, my younger seemed to burp better if he was patted. but in both cases it sometimes took some time for the gas to work its way either up or down far enough to get out.
happy sleeping!
:) khairete
S.
Do you burp halfway through? I often had more luck getting the burp at the halfway point than I did at the end, when they are full and sleepy.
I don't have any tips, sorry, but wanted to say congrats on your little one - you made it! I noticed we were pregnant together - I have 2 1/2 weeks to go! Happy for you on Ds2!
Some tips that worked for us:
- if you have stairs or even a few steps. Just carry them up and down the steps holding them on your chest, face over shoulder (like you would carry them normally). My husband did this with ours and we always got a big burp.
- I used to hold them sitting up like on my lap with my hand under their chin/neck to support them while I rubbed a circle motion on their backs (holding them up with hand that is rubbing back). That worked for me.
- My mother (who trained in babies and small kids and was a pro) used to lay them down gentle on her lap and rub their backs just lightly enough to get a burp out - not so much as to have milk come up. It would depend on your baby for this one (some spit up). She got huge burps out of mine doing that.
- My husband also used to walk with them if we were somewhere without stairs or steps - and position them a bit higher so that there was just enough pressure on their tummies to get one up. Not so high they could fall off your shoulder.
Good luck :)
You can try babies magic tea to get rid of wind and tummy gas in your little one. I have used this tea for my wind trapped 3 months old son and got him soothed.
http://yourbirthcoach.com/2012/02/16/10-tips-to-get-your-...
hope this is helpful.
We had tremendously good luck with an upright burping position. With the baby sitting upright in your lap, place one hand under the baby's chin (circle his neck with your thumb and index finger beneath his chin) and lean him forward slightly, patting or rubbing in upward strokes with the other hand. One side benefit was no warm partially digested feedings down your back if it all went off kilter.
http://www.allinahealth.org/Health-Conditions-and-Treatme...
Good luck and congratulations on your new baby!
my sister had the same problem with her oldest child and what she had to do was even though he was sleeping its best if you rub his belly and then after rubbing his belly for like two to five mins turn him over and sit him up right leaned over and burp him some more and he should be relieved of 90-95% of the gas in his stomach. my nephew had colic and this was the best way for him to release the enclosed gas that was kept on him belly.
We did a lot of gas drops the first 8 weeks.
