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Posted: 23 November 2010 at 11:09am |
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DD is a very windy baby, and wont feed depending on what I've eaten, I was given a list of foods that cause wind pain to avoid from AN class.
Has anyone else had a windy bf baby that can offer suggestions / solutions I can try with her?
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AandCsmum
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Posted: 23 November 2010 at 12:50pm |
Colimed.
Burp in the feed, ie doing the same boob.
Sit on your knee, facing away from you with your hand under her chin tilting it up & jiggly or bounce in time to music, Elton John is good  while tapping up back. Occasionally rocking side to side (the baby lol)
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Posted: 23 November 2010 at 2:09pm |
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yeah colimed is good.
If you are bottle feeding (ebm or FF) then I would suggest feeding half of what she has then stop and burp her and once she has done a few little burps or one big one then give her the rest.
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Posted: 23 November 2010 at 2:28pm |
Fennel is really good for wind. You can get tablets from most chemists or health shops. About $13 a bottle so not too expensive. I took them and found them great. 
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Posted: 23 November 2010 at 7:50pm |
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I'm burping her already, will give fennel a try.
Where do I get colimed from?
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Posted: 23 November 2010 at 7:58pm |
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Just from any heath shop . Its by Weleda.
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Posted: 24 November 2010 at 7:41am |
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DS was an extremely windy baby when he was younger. He is still now but is doesn't bother him so much now.
I tried pretty much everything: infacol, gripe water, homemade fennel gripe water. I used Sharlene Pooles burping technique which we had the most success with (can google for this) I used to burp him when he woke up, before a feed, during, after and often when he was playing and then try to get heaps our before he went down for a nap. During those early months, no matter how much I burped him , he would generally always wake crying with a burp to get out.
I also avoided any spicy food, vegetables like brocolli, cabbage and cauliflower, coffee and chocolate.
Somtimes lying him down for a bit and then picking him up and rubbing his back in an upwards motion would bring a burp up. I understand your pain with a windy baby, my DS used to get so uncomfortable with it, it was horrible to watch. I hope you find a solution works.
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Posted: 24 November 2010 at 8:53am |
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I find that if I eat too much dairy then DD has lots more wind. She is a good burper tho, and if it wont come up I give her some water, not much, but when I hear her tummy gurgle I know that it has reached the wind, then i leave her lying down for about 30 secs, sit her up and viola a burp. Also if her nappy is on too tight/ digs in alot when she sits, she wont burp no matter what, so I have to strip her sometimes to get the wind out.
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Posted: 24 November 2010 at 8:53am |
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naysgirl how long did it last?
I've got a list of foods to avoid for the first 6-9 weeks, does their digestive system cope with it better after this time?
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Posted: 24 November 2010 at 10:43am |
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It wasn't until DS was about 6 months that I started to notice a difference, when he could sit up by himself. DS did have reflux as well which would have contributed to his uncomfortable state.
I ended up going dairy free as well which seemed to help his reflux and not be so gassy.
Now I am able to eat everything that I gave up, including all dairy and caffiene and chocolate (yippee!!) So over time as his digestive system matured he could handle things better.
Hopefully your little one won't take as long to cope with it. I never realised that wind could be such a problem, it was never talked about at the ante natal classes I went to. I found it was harder to deal with the wind issues than breastfeeding once we got going with that.
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Posted: 24 November 2010 at 11:06am |
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The diet sheet I got from AN class gives a list of foods to avoid and a list of foods that can be eaten during lactation.
Chocolate is the last to go, and I was having tigers milk for my supply. Don't think that's the issue as I seem to have an abundance of milk now.
I don't think she has reflux as she's ok sleeping once she's settled and she plays fine on her back.
I'm finding wind an issue now that we're on track with bf as well. It took a bit of practice on the bottle for her to get the hang of sucking now she's going great.
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Posted: 24 November 2010 at 5:58pm |
Colimed is by Naturopharm. I used to give it before every feed. It was great. In the first day you can give it 2 sprays, 15 mins apart up to 6 times. This will help get on top of it. I did find that I still needed to give it every feed after that. A bottle lasts ages though.
It's going to be my Xmas present to my SIL
Wind does get better from around 9-12 weeks. If it carries on it could be reflux.
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Posted: 25 November 2010 at 4:37pm |
Yep colimed is the best stuff!! I love it... Has saved my sleep 
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