Wind or over tired?

I kinda feel like there are two schools of thoughts out there when babies cry/scream and are unsettled:
- those that mostly attribute it to wind, and
- those that mostly attribute it to being overtired

As the mum of a 1 month old baby - I have no idea!!!!

My baby has quite a few unsettled/screaming/crying times and I can't tell if it's wind or being overtired, therefore I don't know whether to keep trying to bring burps up (or bring more burps up if I've already managed a couple) or keep him in his moses basket and keep trying to get him off to sleep.

Is there any way of knowing????

He's definitely not sleeping a lot, only 2.5 hours so far today although other days are better.

I've never been able to distinguish the blueness above the upper lip.....

Are there any other sure signs that wind is the problem and not over tiredness?

http://www.thesleepstore.co.nz/Sleep+Information/Newborn+Sleep+and+Settling+information/Recognising+Baby+Tired+Signs.html

Love this site!!

From experience wind pain is more likely to be if baby pulling there legs up or arching their backs after a feed
Try burping half way through a feed or a couple of times during a feed

Hope that helps

found this too
http://www.thesleepstore.co.nz/Sleep+Information/Newborn+Sleep+and+Settling+information/Burping++Winding.html



Edited by Raspberryjam

If you've got wind out, then chances are he is over tired. Mine always get to the overtired stage very quickly.
Do you use a dummy because even if he is windy then that usually help settle tummys. Also I think most little ones can get sore tummys in the beginning as their digestive system starts to settle down.
Infacol (supermarket) helps to get up wind as does colimed (chemist) and colimed contains cammomile that helps to settle them. Gripe water can help (supermarket) also.
I've always found the 5 s's (swadling, sucking, shushing, swaying, & side lying) helps to settle an overwrought baby, if you look up Dr Harvey Karp on You-tube you'll find videos showing how to settle newborns this way.
Unfortunately babies cry and some cry more than others, and though sometimes there is a good reason for it, a lot of the time they are just crying and you can drive yourself mad trying to figure out what is wrong. It is a stage that passes and it does get easier.
ETA also if I feel that I haven't got all the wind up I will sometimes elevate the head of the bassinet with telephone books so that he has a better chance of getting it up himself.

Edited by JoJames

My wee man was pretty unsettled until aboiut 6 weeks. He would cry if I put him down, and I had no idea if it was wind or hunger as were werent in any kind of routine at that age. I also found the wind pretty hard to get up at that age.

Sorry not much help but it does get easier

NB: Not all babies manage the 1hr up/2hrs down rule... but it's a goal to work towards. They have a sleep cycle of 45 mins so try and get him back off to sleep after he wakes up around the 30-45min mark and he'll usually sleep for another 45-60mins or thereabouts.