Our 2 month old will throw her head back and cry out while eating but still wants to be eating. She has some seriously loud gas (mainly out the back end) and doesn't cry often (we don't thin colic) but sometimes eating time can be hard. We also suspect gas problems because she likes to sleep in her carseat or swing.
She is exclusively fed breast milk (by bottle) and we have tried milicon and little tummies. What else can we try to help?
it's possible that she doesn't necessarily want to be EATING (which is why she might be throwing her head back and crying) so much as she wants to be sucking... if you haven't considered it yet, you might see if she'll take a pacifier to satisfy her desire/need to suck without adding to the tummy-ache
Have you considered reflux. We have had this same problem with our 3 month old which started at 4 weeks. He did the same thing. He is exclusively breast fed so I have tried everything with my diet. I have eliminated dairy and this did seem to help. After consulting with my pediatrician she said it sounds like silent reflux since he doesn't spit up ever. She said that babies will continue to want to eat or eat more often because they think it will help sooth there tummies but just contributes to the problem. We put our son on prilosec and has been so much better since.
I found this website to help you with this. I hope she feels better soon.
http://www.home-remedies-for-you.com/articles/496/alterna...
This website will guide you to different positions you can do with your baby girl to help burp her.
http://www.colic-baby-bootcamp.com/colicarticles/baby-gas...
Have you tried a warm (slightly microwaved) hand towel on her tummy?
I breast fed all 3 of my daughters. My oldest had terrible gas. A mother of 8 once told me she'd never seen any child be as gassy as my daughter. We had terrible times for 4 months till I contacted the LLL and got a pamplet from them. My daughters issue was wheat/gluten. It was the first thing on the list that I tried removing from my diet and she became a totally different baby after I removed it from my diet. After about 6 months of age she could handle it but before that not. Corn was also on the list. I can't remember the others. You should get a copy of their pamplet and work with your diet and see if something is bothering her. What can it hurt?
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Try burping her half-way through her feeding. Also, you could try eliminating dairy from your diet - it's often the cause of gassy breastfed babies.
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Try switching bottles, or maybe consider switching to something similar to the Similac gas sensitive formula with the orange lid?
You could also burp her half way through her feeding and help expel some of the gas in her system. I think more manual burping may help.
My daughter was a BF child and she had similar symptoms as well, and they always seemed to come around her nighttime feeding the worst. Soo about 30 min before feeding I started putting her in a warm bath & doing infant massages on her tummy. I just started where the gastro tract began and worked my way around and down to her colon. She would eventually pass gas & it really seemed to help. Not to mention the warm water seemed to soothe her. You can google "infant massages" & I believe you will find pictures and the like to help if your not sure of the human anatomy. Those little tummies never seemed to help us. Hope this helps.
Have you tried gripe water?
Sometimes it can be what the mother eats, i.e., beans, some raw vegetables, strawberries will sour the milk etc.
Have you actually tasted your milk that you give her?
I EBF my son but I can't pump and put it in a bottle because my milk goes bad. I can't remember the technical name for it but it basically turns sour very fast.
I agree with Dawn that it could be diet - I couldn't eat onions or bananas or we'd be up almost all night. You'll figure out what food might be causing it if you follow Dawn's suggestion.
And burping mid-way is a great suggestion too.
could be reflux, my boys were the exact same, my oldest couldnt lay flat on his back until he was almost 5 months or else he would choke. check with your pedi. could be she is allergic to something you are eating that is being passed through your milk. maybe try a diet change or log what you are eating?
Try another bottle - it may be allowing too much air to get into her system. I"d also seriously look into finding an IBCLC to help you in latching her to the breast - that is usually a big step up.
You can also try pumping her legs in a bicycle pattern to move her bowels better, as well as eliminating almost all dairy and switching to organic only if you simply MUST drink milk. Organic yogurt and milk is ok in normal/moderate amounts and hard cheeses are ok too.
