Gassy Baby? - Gilbert,AZ

Hi K.,
Congrats on the new baby!

As a new Mom, I had a really hard time with burping, too. I felt like I was going in circles trying everything, with no luck. My husband was the one who figured it out - we had to balance our son's little gut in just the right spot on your shoulder to get the burp out.

Get your hubby or a close friend/family member to help you try different burping tricks. Sometimes just having someone to help who has NOT exhausted every option can make a big difference :)

Our second son - if we'd just *look* at him the right way, he'd burp! Totally the opposite of our first -haha!

Lots of {hugs} for Mom! Take care!
T

Sounds funny, but this is the old school suggestion..... Aside from watching what you are eating, after each feed roll your little sweetheart stomach down on a large ball or yoga ball vs. burping over the shoulder. You will be amazed by the noises that come from your child when you do this. Plus it's kinda fun.... takes some of the stress off you. I use to carry a large deflatable beach ball with me in the diaper bag, just in case we needed "burb treatments" when we were on the go.....

My son would cry, and cry, and cry, and spit up a ton. I took him to a Gonstead Chiropractor to get adjusted (it took about 6-7 visits) and to a Naturopatic Dr (Dr. Kail at Arizona Advanced Medicine) to work with his food allergies, and he was a whole new kid!! I suggest eliminating one thing a time from your diet, and see if he seems better when you are off of certain ones. The big ones are dairy, wheat, soy, corn, citrus, tomatoes, etc... Good luck! Oh, you can also check out doing an elimination diet. I also found that wearing my son in a wrap so he was upright during the day really helped. I also used Mylicon after I fed him. You can also bicycle their legs to help get out the gas. Let me know if I can help in any way!

I could not eat lettuce or soda with my son. I drank the soda for my spinal headaches, but my son just could not tolerate it. Broccoli was also a culprit for my daughter. Hope this helps. Have you tried the Mylicon drops? Those seemed to calm my children almost instantly.

I also would lay a blanket over my lap and place my children so their bellies were on one leg. I would then burp them that way. If that didn't work I usually cupped my hand under their chin and sat them up on my lap to burp them. My children were exclusively breastfed, but rarely burped. But when they did have to burp, boy were they in pain! Good luck.