Baby Gas//BottleFrustrations

this is very normal behavior for this age. babies are fussy in the evenings . Crying peaks at 6 weeks and gradually diminishes till 12 weeks..so you have acouple more difficult weeks to go.

my daughter was alos fussy in the evenings.. I think she was probably just tired..and she should have been putto bed.. instead we walked the floors and tried everything..

you can carry her throughout the day in a front pack.. that helps move the gas around and may make her feel better.. but really it is just the age and she will outgrow it..

my duaghter took zantac for her gerd till about 6or 7months once she started solid food the problem vanished..

Have you tried changing formulas or your diet if he is nursing? My son is sensitive to milk. As soon as I stopped eating milk products he was good. That may not be the case with your child, but I thought that I would just mention it.

My son had severe reflux and was on Prevacid also. We used the Dr Browns wide bottles and the Playtex Drop Ins. The drop ins work really well because you push all the air out of the bottle so there is not air for the baby to ingest.

I HATE the Avent bottles! They leak unless you have the lids on them just right, not too loose and not too tight. They are very touchy!

Are you using formula? If so, are you using the powder and shaking it to mix each bottle? If you are, that could be part of the problem. If you are using powder formula, mix the bottle about 10 mins before the baby wants to eat because this will allow time for the bubble to settle.

Also, there are many options available for formula, including some that are for gassy babies and some that are for reflux babies. Ask your pediatrician if they have any samples of other formulas you could try. Just keep in mind it takes about a week on a formula for a baby's system to adjust and to determine if its the right choide for her.

Mylicon drops are safe to use with every feeding. Burping more often, keeping the baby upright and still during a feeding and for about 30 mins after a feeding can also help. My son spent a lot of time in the bouncy seat, swing and propped up in the boppy to help with his reflux and gas.

When she is especially gassy, moving her legs in the motions of riding a bike can help to get the gas moving in her system and help her to pass the gas to become more comfortable.

I have twins, now 5, and both had reflux and were on prevacid. I would recommend a reflux wedge. This is a medical device that your dr can write a prescription for and home health care will deliver it. I know that Cook Childrens home health in Fort Worth has them and they do deliveries. You put the baby in it for the first 30 min after they eat. My daughters would take their naps sometimes sleep through the night in this. They come in different sizes, my daughters were micro-preemies and we still got the large so they could use it for longer. We just rolled up blankets or towels to prop them up on the side and folded burp cloths or wash clothes to prop them up under their bottom....to get them high enough when they were little. (If you see one it will make sense.) We used Mylacon drops for the gas, which really helped. Our dr recommended Dr. Brown's bottles too, but I hated them and they did NOT make a difference with my girls. So many parts to clean! They weren't any better. We stuck with the original/premium Playtex bottles, they seemed to help the best and they were very easy to clean with the drop in disposable liners. The original liners were great for freezing breast milk in (you just have to double bag the breast milk for freezing, but still cheaper than the bags sold for freezing breast milk) and then you just though out and pop in the bottle. Make sure you are keeping her upright for at least 30 min after she eats, this really helps with the reflux. I highly recommend the medical wedge, most insurances cover it, but a lot of physicians don't seem to know it exists. Much better than the ones online that attach to the bed.

We had Avent bottles. They were a miracle to my son.

To relieve her gas and help with some of the fussiness, try Mylicon gas drops and/or Gripe Water. The Mylicon drops have the same active ingredient as Gas-Ex, just in baby doses. Gripe Water helps with gas, constipation, discomfort and general tummy problems. The active ingredients are
fennel and ginger extracts, both of which are good for digestion. You can give either or both before feedings, during feedings (I used to add the Gripe Water to my daughter's bottles and she never had a problem with the taste) or after feedings and they can be used often without harm. Little Remedies makes a Gripe Water that you can buy in most drug stores and Baby Bliss makes an organic one that can be found in some grocery and drug stores, but I don't think either one is as effective as the one made by Wellements. There's is also organic and it's hard to find, so I suggest just ordering it from their website, but it's so much more effective the extra trouble is worth it for your baby's comfort. Good luck!

We had many feeding issues with J when he was little, I am going to share with you what we did.

1. We used a medicaion called Reglan. There are lots of drugs out now and many work differently. Use it the way the doctor says. We used Reglan and J got it before EVERY bottle, even the ones in the middle of the night when he was starving and screaming. If you can then wake up before your daughter gets to that point and give her the meds then prepare the bottle. The crying will reduce and she'll get less air in her tummy.

2. We added Mylicon gas drops to every bottle before we poured the water in. When we started the day out we lined up his clean bottles and put in the recommended amount of drops in each then poured in the Nursery water. It looked slightly milky so we always label them to say "Contains nursery water and Mylicon drops", this way anyone who looked at his bottles would know exactly why they looked slightly milky.

3. It just takes time to adjust to a new Formula. We tried several and finally settled with Enfamil Lipil. The state didn't offer it through their WIC program so we went through a local tribe. You should always talk to your baby's doctor before changing.

4. Keep her elevated while feeding and even after. We kept J in a bouncy seat almost all the time, we even kept him in one in his baby bed until he got to fussing too much. When we let him out he rolled over on his tummy and slept all night.

5. I think this was the most important information we got from the doctor. Feed numerous small meals. Most reflux is a reaction to being continuosly over-fed. This isn't always the case but small meals helps the tummy to digest the food better.

Here's a link to information about bouncy seats, you can click on a link at the bottom and look at different brands.
http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/babies-kids/baby-toddl...

we use gripe water, the best is called Baby Bliss it's sold at Walgreen's. It def helps so much! I didn't see a difference with Dr. Brown bottles either, or any bottle we tried. The mylecin drops did nothing. The only thing that helped was the Gripe Water (but not Little Remedies) either the Baby Bliss, or Colic Ease. Good Luck!

Hi R.,
My baby had GERD too, but was discovered when she was 3mo. old. I noticed that Prevacid gave her a lot of gas. She used to waked up crying during the night because she had gas. So, I change the time I gave her the Prevacid so when she had the gas episode were during the day and not during the night. Since she is in formula, she might get the gas from the bottle and also the Prevacid. We, the moms, know our babies better than anyone, so you need to figure out the source the gas. It could be the formula, the bottle or also the Prevacid.

GRIPE WATER!! Best thing ever!!! Herbal, safe & works great. Walmart or a herbal store is where I got it.

Use Mylicon or the store brand in every bottle. It helps a lot!

try the baby gas drops.. even only 1 drop really helps... good luck

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Best wishes.

A. Feleke

Our youngest gets gas, and we use simethicone (generic Mylicon). You can get at Walmart.