baby has tons of gas! SOS!

pregmama · May 2012

So my 2 week old baby is VERY gassy. He farts all the time. I feed him and I can immediately hear and feel the bubbles in his belly rummbling. He is swaddled right now, napping after crying non-stop for an hour. That was after he spit up and burped numerous times. I always burp him after every feeding (and sometimes in between). Anyway, as he sleeps right now, he is whimpering. Poor little guy! I believe this is because his poor tummy is so gassy and uncomfortable. I have been trying to space out his feedings.. as he breast feeds on demand. What else can I do? Any suggestions? He was up last night between 9pm and midnight and up again this morning between 4 am and 6 am just crying away. Then again this morning from 11am to noon. During these times, he is crying and screaming and burping and spitting up and farting.

shotzie · May 2012

What is your supply like? I have an overactive letdown and started out with an oversupply. That meant DD2 was gulping in tons of air as she nursed because she was trying to keep up with the flow of my milk. I started block feeding to reduce my supply and I also leaned back when nursing to make it so gravity slowed my milk down a bit.

Here's info from kellymom on the topic:

https://kellymom.com/bf/got-milk/supply-worries/fast-letdown/

You can try Mylicon gas drops to help with the gas and bicycle his legs up and down and gently push them into his stomach to help get the gas out.

pepomntpat · May 2012

In addition to what PP suggested, try keeping him upright as much as possible.When DD was small wearing her in the Moby was a life saver. Being flat on his back will not help him work the bubbles out. I wouldn't space the feedings out, let him eat when hungry. But stick to one breast for two or more feedings depending on your supply. And keep an eye on diaper output.

laurmar21 · May 2012

I also had this problem because my let down was/is so aggressive. Even when I don't have an oversupply I still have a very strong let down. The lactation consultants suggested I recline my chair and have him laying on top of me to nurse. That definitely helped. They had also suggested having baby sitting facing me to nurse. You wrap their legs around you and sit them facing you (obviously support them) and then they nurse sitting up. For me, my son was already too tall to do that with... and yours might be just a big young... but in the future you could try that. Are you pumping at all in addition to nursing? If so, I would stop! That makes it so much worse!

judahsmommy1 · May 2012

The bicycling his legs helped my son. It took a few minutes for it to kick in, and he wasn't happy when we started, but it helped a lot. We also used gas drops and they helped some. If you don't think you have an overactive let down, a fore milk imbalance is also a possibility. What do his diapers look like? Block feeding would help with that as well as with an over supply if that's an issue.

pregmama · May 2012

Well, I could have an overactive let down... I really never thought of this! I have never pumped, so not sure how fast my milk flows... He does seem to gulp a bit when we start nursing. His diapers are yellow, runny, grainy. What is "Block feeding?" Thank you so much for all of the ideas, I will take all suggestions and try to implement them. Very appreciated!

thankthesox · May 2012

it could also be a bit of reflux maybe. try holding him angled up for a while after each feeding. also you could try putting a towel under the mattress to elevate his head - just a tiny bit and UNDER the mattress (never have loose towels/blankets obviously). for gas you could try gripe water maybe, it's supposed to help their tummies altho check with dr to be sure (mine said she neither recommends nor discourages, just that it helps for some babies). pushing up their legs with knees bent to push their knees toward tummy helps.

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