Those with oversupply, come in.

jsprague2

So I'm normally a lurker but I have a question about gassiness related to oversupply. I know I have a forceful letdown/oversupply and only offer one side per feeding.  During the day, LO seems fine but at night time, particularly early morning (4am-7am) LO is so gassy that he'll only sleep if he's in bed with me and I constantly lift his legs. Is this related to the OS issue? I always use the side lying position at night, and he always falls asleep at the breast.  Is it possible that he's getting too much foremilk as he's falling asleep before finishing, and that's what's causing the gassiness?  I know he could sleep longer stretches at night, but the gas always wakes him up. Any advice? TIA! 

ETA: I also give him gas drops with each night feeding, not sure how much it helps.  

el_twirpo

i found that when i had oversupply, the gas was building up throughout the day and by the time it got to be night, his belly was so bloated. i did the leg exercises throughout the day to try to get some of it out before it got too bad at night.

i didn't have good luck with mylicon or gripe water, but you can give some of that before one of the night feedings.

maybe try nursing him a little more upright so the forceful letdown doesn't make him choke on too much milk at once. that might help. and keep him upright as much as you can when he's awake during the day so he can further burp up air. 

silvercamaro77

Instead of side lying I lay on my back and drape LO across me. That way she's working against gravity to get the milk. She is still really gassy early in the morning but she also does a good poop too. I'm hoping it stops waking her up soon. 

mabst196

My DS needs to be burped after feedings no exception or he is super uncomfortable. Maybe since you are side lying he's bit getting burped afterwards and it's causing the gas?

thetheisens

IMHO, most babies are pretty gassy the first couple months, breast or bottle fed. I remember my first being gassy and trying all kinds of things, like gas drops, and he was ff, and this time my ds was gassy as well (ebf this time). I think when you bf you tend to blame the gas on something you did or is wrong with you more so than when you ff. OS could be making the gas worse. I had OS and I did block feeding to get my supply under control. You can read about block feeding on www.kellymom.com . My ds was still gassy for awhile after getting rid of my OS until he grew out of it between 2 and 3 months.Someone on here once said, when a ff baby gets gassy, no one asks "What did that cow eat?" and I thought that was a excellent way of looking at it. Babies are sometimes just gassy and it's not anything your doing while bf-ing.

AmyRI

At your LO's age, my DS needed to be held upright and burped for 10-15 minutes before being laid down or he was too gassy. I would get up, change diaper, feed and hand him off to DH, who would burp and simultaneously rock back to sleep. Being held upright helped immensely with the gas issues.

I also agree with doing the leg exercises throughout the day, and throughly burping throughout the day so there's no buildup. I found that putting DS in my Moby wrap after feedings and just walking/bouncing around the house while doing other things kept him entertained, helped burp, and let me get things done so I didn't feel like all I ever did was the change/feed/burp cycle.