Newborn baby Wind

Jilly14

Hi,
I have a two week old baby & having difficulty getting wind up. We have to wind her for at least an hour maybe more after each feed. She is bottle fed on Aptimal. We starting using Infocal a week ago and its providing a little relief but not making much of a difference.
I have tried many different winding positions, some work, some dont.
Any tips on how to relieve a windy baby?
Thanks

angeldelight

What bottles are you using? Mam, Dr Browns and other brands do colic ones so baby takes in less wind when they’re feeding.

The best position I’ve found is where you sit baby up on your knee, support their head under their chin with one hand and hold their back with the other then move your hands round in a circle so you’re moving their body with you.

If you google the tiger in the tree hold it can help too as it gives them comfort and can help with wind.

Also you might already be doing it but wind after an oz or two don’t wait until the end of the bottle... good luck! Lots of trial and error for each baby

shesty

Wind!!!The bane of my existence with newborns.Hours of your life spent searching for an elusive burp.....

Suggest warming the bottle slightly if you don't do it already.It helps them digest it.Lot of time with baby up on your shoulder, rubbing their back.The sitting them up, holding them under the chin and gently circling is good too.I always view it as....think gravity.Try and straighten baba as much as possible and keeping them vertical when winding helped.Often winding every couple of ounces can help too.Feed the baby in a fairly sitting up position too, not with them lying back or flat as this makes it worse, and try to avoid lying them down directly after a feed, especially if they are a windy baby (mine ALL were).You just create a rod to beat yourself with for the next few hours that way......You can try changing bottles, but it's hard to say what will work.It's an experimental process, and usually you end up knowing what does not work for your child (like lying down straight after feed etc), rather than what does work to get the wind out.

And a sling can help you so much on the bad days.Baby is upright, and often helps them work the wind out.

But honestly, I mostly just ended up gritting my teeth until the the first six weeks were past, because they were the worst.I promise it's not forever!

Milly33

Oh the wind! It does get easier Jilly14, it seems like forever at the time but hopefully it will only last for 2 weeks or so...

We breastfeed herself and then later bottle and for both we actually found doing squats with the baby got the wind up.. 30 squats and the wind would be up..Makes sense when you think the up and down movement, that and also rubbing the little ones belly clockwise slightly like a massage, and I know some people think tis all hocus pocus but I found the pressure points on their feet work also, great for pooping time ...

We tried the infacol also and found it ok, i did not work wonders like we thought but it worked a little bit..Best of luck with it hope you find what works for ye and dont forget it does end they are just so new

shesty

You can also get gripewater in the pharmacy (non-alcoholic!).Works great for some babies, not so well for others....it was my go-to when the wind just wasn't budging and the baby was really uncomfortable.

margo321

a nurse at breastfeeding class gave tip hold baby facing away from u while u walk using one arm. like sesy belt they are across your body holding them. good luck

BigPoppaDump

What feeding position do you use?

We had trouble with wind so got a nurse out that specialises in feeding, winding and sleeping, since she gave us the techniques at two weeks old we have not had an issue and she is now 7 months.

Baby was bottle fed so if breast fed the feeding position below might be difficult.

For feeding sit the baby completely upright on your knee holding the back of their head / neck between your thumb and forefinger, this will drastically reduce the amount of air they take in in the first place. Having baby tilted back wards or flat on their back means the flow of milk can be too quick and cause them to gasp.

For winding, still in the upright position, use your full open hand and place it on their chest with thumb under one arm pit, forefinger under babas chin for support and other fingers under the other arm pit. Use your other hand to support the back of babas neck/head. With the hand on their chest, gently raise baba so their bum is still resting slightly on your knee. Then move baba in a circular motion while holding hands in the same position, basically looks like the baby is pivoting from their tummy up, in a 360 degree motion. It takes a bit of getting used to but when we got it down our little one never suffered from wind or colic afterwards.

Lolococo

Simple suggestion but it might work. Lie baby down in flat surface and then hold up straight wind should come up.

whiskeyman

YAll babas are different.
You could be an hour trying your best and your partner could walk in and get the burp after a min!
Infacol really helped us.
Walking around slowly rubbing baba on back helped too.
As others said, it's a phase and you will get through it.

Best of luck.

Jilly14

Thanks a million for all the suggestions, they are very helpful. We have moved to Dr. Browns bottles & have noticed a slight improvement.

J82

margo321 wrote:

a nurse at breastfeeding class gave tip hold baby facing away from u while u walk using one arm. like sesy belt they are across your body holding them. good luck

This absolutely works for my little one. Do a search for "Magic Baby Hold".

It seems to have a really calming effect when baby is upset too.

Citizenpain

J82 wrote: »

This absolutely works for my little one. Do a search for "Magic Baby Hold".

It seems to have a really calming effect when baby is upset too.

Worked for our 3 too .

catrionanic

I also had an extremely windy baby. Later discovered he has cows milk protein allergy though which probably accounted for a lot of it.

They have to be a month old to use it, but gripe water worked so much better than Infacol for us. My baba is breastfed, but I found that winding him at the first hint of wind, rather than letting him continue to eat, makes it easier to get it up. Also lying him on his tummy for a while, across my knee, or holding him facing forward while putting gentle pressure on his tummy with my arm. Bicycle legs were good for farts but not so much burps. And when all else fails, put him in the sling. Cures all ills!