Pls help- 6 wk old wakes up screaming from gas...

LilliesMommy

every morning. It starts with fussing/loud grunting/farting all in her sleep, then eventually she wakes up screaming and is inconsolable for a while, until I eventually nurse her and she relaxes and falls asleep, only to repeat the same thing a couple of hours later. I just don't know what to do anymore. I've tried everything i can think of: diet changes for me, gas drops, tummy massage and bicycling her legs (usually her stomach is rock hard at this point so it's pretty impossible to do either of these). I feel so guilty b/c I feel like it must be something I am eating, as some days it is worse than others, but I don't know what it could be. She just screams and flails her arms and legs and will momentarily stop when she finally farts and then she keeps going about 2 seconds later. Has anyone else experienced this/have any advice/recommendations?

tia

Mrs.Hizzo

Make sure you're burping her after she eats, since air in her tummy will eventually wind up in her intestines. Do you have a heating pad? When DS gets that way, I turn a heating pad on the lowest setting and lay it across me lap. Then I lay a blanket over it and lay the baby face down on my lap so that my thigh is putting pressure on his lower abdomen, and rub circles on his back. That usually calms him down.

 

CA2006

We went through that at about 6 weeks, too.  I started bicycling legs and pushing DS's knees up to his chest quickly, then slowly to help him get the gas out at each diaper change...whether he needed it or not.  I also have cut out dairy from my diet for a week now and plan to keep it up for another week then bring it back to see if he is sensitive to it.  Have you eliminated dairy yet?  DS has been so much better with the gas lately.  maybe he just grew out of it?  GL!

janinekrause

mine was the same way. she outgrew it. still is a gassy kid. it was so so hard for me. i never changed much with bfing- my pedi told me she would outgrow it and not much usually helps them. i gave her drops, etc and they never helped. i did try and burp her more, etc but the nighttime she always got bad middle of the night. i remember it being bad for about a week. i even went to the doctor because i was worried and then it stopped the next day!