Baby Gas

Sounds just like my son when he was about that age. He was a NICU baby and learned to eat form a bottle so I gave him breast milk thru a bottle but also had to supplement with formula. It was so frustrating to see him in such pain. We used Gripe Water which didn't help with the gas too much but as a side affect got rid of hiccups. We also started giving him gas drops at every feeding and halfway between feedings (up to 12 times a day is safe). I believe that helped. We kept him on the drops until he was about 6 months old - he is now 7 1/2. We also changed his formula from Enfamil to Nutramegin. It was expensive but it helped out tremedously. He stayed on that until he was 5 months old and then we transitioned him to Enfamil Gentleeae. He is doing great - really chubby and really happy. It is very hard to see them in such pain, but more than likely it will pass once his digestive system matures. I hope this post helps. Feel free to contact me with any questions.

My son was about that age when he had colic/gas, so I used gas drops (little tummies) and put it in each bottle every time I fed him. Mylicon did not help at all. I used the playtex bottles and changed his formula to Gentle Ease which helped a lot and ended up changing his bottles later to Dr Brown's. I also burped him at every ounce he drank. You might also try Soybase formula.

The yellowish bowels are normal and bowels after every feeding is normal as well. You might want to see what your daughter is eating. She might want to limit herself to spicy foods, caffine. The baby might have a milk allergy as well.

Try moving his legs in a bicycle motion both ways, that helped my son..
Good Luck!

We also tried gripe water directly in our daughter's bottle and it did seem to help. Of course, there is always Mylicon - which we still use and my daugher is 9 months old now. We started with Avent, and even tried Dr. Brown's. But we've had the most success with - and still use - Plaxtex VentAire Natural Shape. The bottles are made to lower the amount of bubbles. Good luck!

We have had success with the gas drops (mylicon?) and burping half way through feedings. It could also be your daughter's diet that is causing him to be gassy. Caffiene and rich and spicy foods can be awful on little tummys. I found that my first son was very irritated after I drank lots of cranberry juice. Good luck!

If he's squirming at an ounce, burp him then. Try burping every ounce for a while. Maybe he's gulping air often. If that doesn't work, try a different bottle. We used Avent successfully with my daughter (who switched back and forth between nursing and bottles when I went back to work), but my son could never get a good latch on them. We tried the Playtex nursers and finally had a successful bottle feeding after struggling with the Avent for a month.
Runny yellow poop is normal for a breastfed infant.
You might try a lactose-free formula first and see if that helps his tummy. It's not as expensive as the other "specialty" formulas, so if it works you'll save hundreds of dollars over the course of the year! Also, Good Start is often easier on babies tummies than regular Enfamil or Similac. Have ask her pediatrician for samples of the different formulas.

My baby was in the same way and after doing a lot we did better results after using babies magic tea.

The fact that he begins to squirm and cry after only an ounce or so could be indicative of reflux. The Dr. Brown's bottles really help eliminate air in the tummy, so they really do help with gas and reflux issues.

Is he getting 100% breast milk, or is he getting supplemented with some formula? If he's being supplemented, it could be the formula. Switch to something that does not have DHA/ARA (aka: lipil) in it. Nestle Good Start makes a non-DHA/ARA formula, but it can be hard to find. I've had the best luck at Walgreen's and Kroger.

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L.
Newborn Specialist, Parenting Coach, Infant Sleep Trainer
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