I have been giving my baby his bottle at room temp. He is 6 weeks old. The past week he has been more fussy than usual. He also has alot of gas. If I warm the bottle will that help with fussiness/gas?
No. People warm the bottle so that it is more like breast milk. If your baby will drink it at room temperature, keep it that way. It will make your life easier.
use "Mylicon Infant Gas Drops." It helped my daughter a ton, and she was breastfed but had bad gas as a baby, and she rarely farted, and thus, she was very fussy and had gas pains.
Make sure, you are making the Formula (I assume) properly. Put the water in the bottle first... THEN the scoop(s) of Formula. I know some parents that would put the Formula powder in the bottle first then the water. But if you do it that way, the Formula will be too concentrated, and that is not good for a baby.
Be sure to burp your baby, as you feed and after.
A baby's internal organs and digestive system... is still, developing.
Get the book "What To Expect The First Year."
Serve the bottle warm or room temp. after you make it. Making it warm does not matter per gas.
There are slow/fast flow nipples. Try different nipples. A young infant cannot always control the flow.
Nope. Pretty much all babies are gassy at 6 weeks old. If he seems really uncomfortable, you could try switching formula to one of the "sensitive" varieties. Both my boys had issues on regular formula but once we switched to gentle/sensitive formula with reduced lactose they got much better. Also, dont shake the bottles - that creates bubbles which create gas. I just invert it back and forth a few times if needed. And burp him a few times during the feeding.
I'm assuming formula here...
1) No formula is right for all babies. My son could ONLY have 1 very specific brand/type of formula, or 'very bad things' happened (read gas, projectile vomiting, constipation, etc.). That SAME formula? For another baby could be the eeeeeeeeeeevil one that causes gas, projectile vomiting, constipation, etc.
So it may well be that that particular formal and your son are a bad combo together.
People often have to cycle through 5 or even 10 different formulas to find "the one" or a "short list" of ones that don't cause digestive upset.
2) Powered formula is notorious for gas. There is simply no way to get the same silken/oily texture of premixed formula with powdered. Even simply the act of mixing it creates millions of tiny bubbles. Also, as it gets wet, chemical reactions start happening, which can also create gas. So do try premixed formulas exclusively for awhile to find the right one, then shift into the less expensive powdered version. That way you aren't fighting 2 battles (wrong formula, plus air from powdered).
3) Similarly, certain formulas (the "gentle" ones in PARTICULAR) break down very, very, very fast. (VERY fast). Reason being; they're already partially 'digested'. The proteins in them have been broken down into smaller chains, and into individual amino acids. This makes it easier to be digested, but they go sour VERY fast. Some start rotting within 15 minutes. For slow eaters, formula turning sour... or for even slower eaters... formula that rotting... causes (wait for it) gas, vomiting, diahrea, etc. To find out if yours is turning... taste it just made, then 5 minutes later, 10 minutes, 15 minutes, 30 minutes. If it ever tastes/smells sour (or worse, fishy) that's your hard limit. Some formulas are very stable, and can stay fresh for over an hour. Some you're on a short clock.
4) Not all babies are gassy. Many are. and there's nothing to be done about it. Most, however, the gassiness can be fixed by changing burping or changing formula.
nope all babies are gassy, just make sure he's keeping it down. Gas with projectile vomit needs questioning.
Your baby sounds fine. Try the baby techniques of gently lifting his legs in toward his chest to help him relieve it if he is really uncomfortable or simply changing positions, most like the belly side down laying across on your lap method with a soft sway sometimes too or a gentle pat on the back while there. you have to adjust this position till baby is comfortable.
good Luck! oh yeah, sometimes I would gently massage just below the belly and that would help too (baby on his back for this).
