I am breastfeeding and my 6 month old daughter seems to get really bad gas every night (as in arching her back, squirming around, crying, and then loud stinky gas) so I'm up with her usually from 11 a.m. to about 4:30 a.m. at which time she's so exhausted she goes to sleep. I am trying to eliminate things that cause gas from my diet as well as things she might be allergic to and have begun limiting my milk intake. I use gas drops but they don't really seem to help much. What else can I do?
Thanks all, good suggestions. I have not introduced food yet. But was planning to soon. She seems to be teething all the time for a while now...so maybe that is part of the problem. I will continue to cut out dairy and try the warm bath and massage and bicycling her legs!
My daughter had bad gas problems when she was a baby. But the Mylicon Infant Gas drops helped.
For her, she did not expel gas. Rarely.
It caused gas pains, internally.
And as she got older, it started to subside.
Sit her up to sleep more. Perhaps in her car seat? I know it's not a great option at her age, it works wonders for younger ones that can't turn over yet.
She is hurting when she's laying down right? That may be something you need to test out during the day. If she's sleeping fine after eating during the day then it's something you're eating/drinking with dinner. That helps narrow it down right?????
We slept our little guy in a bouncy seat in his crib. He say up almost his whole pre-rollling over life.
Once he got fussy during the night hubby figured out what he wanted. He took him out of the bouncy seat and laid him down on the mattress. Little guy promptly roller over and stretched out. Slept like a log on his tummy....
We still used the gas drops in his water before mixing in the dry powder formula. We gently swirled it, not shaken. We also didn't give him table food like crazy either. Your little one only needs what you give them. Your milk is enough, they only need food when they need to learn to chew and swallow. That's not now.
Once you introduce food to little one you'll be up even more.
Is she cutting teeth? Sometimes teeth change their latch on and they end up swallowing a lot of air.
There's a lot of techniques to get her to expel the gas. I'm not an expert, but here's a good link.
Hope you get some sleep soon!
:)
Arching back, = acid reflux? That what it meant for my daughter.
Watch gasey foods, but also acidic foods. Oranges/juice, spaghetti, pizza etc..
I would place a call the the doc.. and see what they think.
How long has this been going on? It could also be a sensitivy to X food, ie, dairy or gluten.. things that are in everything so it is harder to pinpoint.
Good luck.
Try not to eat dairy.
Have you tried Gas X drops for infants?
Document what you eat throughout the day for a day or two to see what
possibly could be triggering gas in your baby.
She could, also, be teething. Rub Infant Orajel on her gums & possibly
try Infant Tylenol in case she has teething pain.
it is just an immature GI tract..
a tiny gas bubble for us.. is a huge gigantic pain and pressure for them.
it will get better as she gets older and moves around more..
Bear in mind that it can take a few weeks for dairy to get out of your system... So if it doesn't seem to be working, make sure you stick with it for at least 3 weeks.
I propped up one end of my Dd's crib for several months to help with her reflux. It helped quite a bit with her gas as well. (Prop up the crib itself, not just the mattress. Just make sure it's sturdy.)
Abdominal massages after a warm bath and "bicycling" her legs will help work the gas through her system. I would try bicycling her legs throughout the day, and do the bath and massage before bed.
Give up all dairy products and dairy proteins. It takes about 2 weeks to leave your system.
