gassy baby

[dreamgirl]

Lately, dd has been having a gassy tummy. It seems like no matter when she eats, no matter what I eat, she gets horrible tummy aches.

I usually give her some mylecon or when it gets really bad, a little sugar water.

She will wake from a dead sleep SCREAMING until she either burps or passes gas.

Anyone else deal with this? Any ideas on what to do? I bf, but on occassion, she will get formula.

It breaks mynheart how much pain shes in

[brit1017]

May 17, 2012 5:20:01 GMT -5 @barefootbarista said:

Take her diaper off, lift her bum a bit by her legs and then push her legs into her belly. My daughter would fart so much like this.

Tummy time helps as does carrying her face down, across your arm, with her belly on your arm.

You can try these, and also bicycling her legs. Have you tried an elimination diet? One of my CWs had to eliminate all dairy and gluten from her diet b/c her son was having major stomach/gas issues. It really made a difference and he is much better.

[dreamgirl]

Thanks for the ideas! I do the bicycle legs and that helps. I will try the tummy ideas.

I have eliminated things, but i was looking for spicy foods, onions, peppers and things of the like. I will keep an eye on the other foods.

We have a dr appt tomorrow so i will discuss with her too.

[Ashley&Scott]

Have you noticed a correlation between gas & when she's eating formula? It can be harder for them to digest.

Per the pedi's recommendation we tried to give DS formula for 2 days when he was 3 weeks old because of jaundice. It was the worst 2 days, after 12 hours he was screaming from discomfort & we went back to breast milk.

[brit1017]

Also, I don't know how often you give formula, but sometimes different formulas will have different effects on babies. DS was super gassy and constipated when we tried Similac, Similac Organic, and Enfamil, but it completely went away when we switched to Earth's Best Organic.

[Jem]

Not sure how old your DD is, but DS was like this early on and it turned out he had a dairy allergy. Once I fully eliminated dairy he was much more comfortable.

[cheese]

May 17, 2012 12:05:09 GMT -5 Jem said:

Not sure how old your DD is, but DS was like this early on and it turned out he had a dairy allergy. Once I fully eliminated dairy he was much more comfortable.

This. My son had MSPI and I cut out dairy and soy. It made a HUGE difference.

[zeewifeandmama]

I did all of those massage things last time as well as the mylicon....the only thing that finally worked for us was gripe water. This is the brand we used www.colicease.com/ GL I know how frustrating and heart breaking it is!

[satama]

I cant link, but we got this thing called the happy tummi. It is a little herbal heating pad that you warm for 20 sec in the microwave and put in a wrap around their waist. It helps DS a lot when he seems gassy. It works better then the gas drops for us.