I Have Not Slept Properly For 9 Months – Baby Sleeping and Passing Wind

As a result of recurring urinary tract infections, my 5.5 month old baby boy has been on antibiotics for half of his short life. While he needs them in order to prevent another hospitalization, they have caused him very severe tummy trouble, much like you describe. He basically was just not sleeping. I would hear his belly rumbling and he would wriggle and writhe in pain all night (though thankfully, he seemed to tolerate the pain enough not to scream or cry) and would sleep some nights only 10 minutes at a time, finding brief relief when I did ‘bicycle legs’ and got the wind out of him.

I cannot comment on the poo situation with your 9 month old, and I know our situation is different, but so much of what you speak of resonates with me, in terms of our experience, so I would like to share what has helped us.

1. A complete overhaul of diet. I do strongly think that my baby has food allergies or intolerance and it sounds as if yours may as well. I would definitely consult a doctor or nutritionist before drastically changing your diet (if you are breastfeeding) or the baby’s, but I think it has helped us. As I am exclusively breastfeeding, I did a strict elimination diet. I have found that when I eat a lot of sugar, wheat or any amount of dairy my baby has an awful night’s sleep. It has been two months of being very strict, but it has helped A LOT. Even small amounts of caffeine and alcohol are also culprits. Sugar is a surprisingly big factor.

2. Probiotics. There are drops for babies called “Biogaia” that you can put on your nipple, if you breastfeed. If you do breastfeed, you should take them too – a very good strain, not just cheap drugstore ones. They help good bacteria to flourish in your tummy and you will safely pass the benefits onto baby.

3. Changing sleep position. If you can catch your baby at the first signs of becoming uncomfortable, perhaps you could try switching her sleeping position to the left side. I know babies are to be put down on their backs, but if she is older she can roll over anyway, so…

4. Our baby has the stiff legged resistance to ‘bicycle legs’ now, too. Now I help him get the wind out by lifting just the right leg up and in against the stomach. Always works.

5. Well-steeped Chamomile tea before bed. For you, of course… once again, if you are breastfeeding.

Good luck…

by: danielle

My baby is nine months as well and erything u describe with ur baby happens to mine. I work and am exhausted from no sleep since he was born in January! Doctors did an x ray and ruled out gerd but found a varicose vein on his esophagus I don’t know if this relates to the crying while passing wind\poop though. He sees a cardio vascular specialist next. He also was switch to good start soy formula to try and take care of any intolerance or allergy but nothing helps! Other than the symptems he expresses while doing those bodily functions he is overall a happy baby so I stay on my doctor to refer me to different specialist based off of whatever research I do online about his symptoms. She gave him zantac twice a day 1.5ml but I discontinued that after there were no gerd symptoms. I still don’t know what is wrong but I pray and will do the same for you and your baby as well. Keep me posted please if u discover the cause of this irritation with our babies which is not colic in my opinion.

Hi
my little one is 9 months, he’s suffered from wind since he was born Doc’ prescribed ranitidine this ispurely anti reflux,I did not go for it but instead went for a traditional tested method ie Garlic this is very effective as you can hear instant burps few drops is what I go for on spoon mixed with babies milk. Dosage is question am not an expert but what works for my little one is few drops of garlic mixed with babies milk twice aday.

Hi

I just wondered how everyone who has posted here was getting on?

My 9 month old baby has very similar issues, and I feel like we’ve tried everything (changing my diet as I’m breastfeeding, changing/restricting my babies diet, osteopathy, and homeopathy) but nothing has made any real difference.

Have talked to Dr and to health visitor who are very vague but promise baby will grow out of it.

Would be really interested to know if your babies symptoms have improved over time or if you’ve found anything that has made a difference?

Thanks in advance to anyone who gets back to me.

Hi

I posted a couple of months back and just to update that there is little/no change really since my last post. We just have teething and the occassional cold adding to the rubbish sleep pattern now too 🙁 Such a shame as he’s such a great baby during the day and to get to sleep and isn’t waking to be held, as half the time he’s still half asleep and eyes closed whilst groaning and rolling in pain. Doctors last said it would go at 10 months ( after saying 12 weeks, then 6 months etc etc) and he will be 12 months in a few weeks time, so will see what they say now. He is still having lactulose everyday and his stools are soft enough and he seems fine passing them It just after being lay asleep for a few hours that seems to set it off?? We are kind of used to the odd hour, 2 hours sleep here and there now but I’m due back at work in 2 weeks so not sure how that will pan out 🙁

Look forward to some good news being posted soon!!

Hi, I know this is going to sound so simple, but my son had the same problems- the solution that worked for us was during feeds (breastfeeding) I would stop every 3 mins to sit him upright and burp him- and not put him back on the breast until he had burped or passed wind. If bottle feeding do this every 30mls. Your baby may cry in protest but it is much better than hours of struggle later. Do this at every feed. I know it seems ridiculously simple- but it works! We really thought we had the burping/winding thing down, but once we started this regimen he improved greatly and now has no colic!!!
Good luck 🙂

You need your doctor to check your baby for a bowel obstruction. This has gone on way too long and that doctor needs to think outside of the box. My son had the same symptoms but by the age of 5 months the doctor found the obstruction and surgery was necessary. Don’t always rely on what a doctor says or thinks. You have a brain, search and find your own information and ask about being checked for this.

by: Anonymous

We have had very similar problems and a very senior ped suggested we try cutting out dairy – overnight he was a new baby! Soya is also a problem for him – so mother and baby are on a limited diet.

Ahhhh the nighttime devil gas! Our lil girl had such bad gas she would cry every time we laid her on her back. She even slept upright in a swing for weeks just so we could get a Few hours of sleep aT night. Here are all my tricks. Just see maybe one will work for you as they have for us. She now sleeps 12 hrs and only has her gas issues maybe once a month. I so feel your pain.

-fill a sports sock with 1 cup of rice heat in microwave for 25 seconds. Heat helps lil tummys.

-hold baby in crook of left arm holding right leg into their belly. Upright almost sitting. With other had pat the back just above the bum. The farts fly out.

-when changing diaper if baby has gas press knees up to tummy gently and spread baby’s bum cheeks really gently open and closed. Usually get some out this way too.

-buy a crib wedge gassy babies hate lying flat

-Iberogas a homopathic drop helped her pass more gas and sleep.

Ok a few tips hope they help!
Cheers!

Our little girl is now 11months and has never slept well, in fact until recently we struggled to get more than 2hrs consecutive sleep! This has been due to very similar problems with wind and stomach cramps. The problem was made worse by a bout of gastroenteritis that gave her a temporary lactose intolerance. This combined with a number of minor illnesses that required antibiotics gave her even more discomfort with her stomach.
We brought this up with the health visitor who told us ?well she is gaining weight and looks healthy, so i’m sure its just a phase?- helpful!!! We had tried everything, cutting out certain foods, changing her milk etc but nothing worked. The doctor referred her on to a paediatrician who diagnosed her with constipation.

Even though she was managing to go to the toilet, some were hard like bullets and others being very soft and watery. The pain was different to wind, she did not bring her legs up like when babies have wind, she was doubled up with cramp and you could feel her stomach muscles contacting. She explained that the change between watery and hard poo was due to blockages in the colon and the pain was due to the muscles trying to contract whilst being overstretched from the blockage. She was prescribed MOVICOL that made her have a ?clear out? within 2 or 3 days. It did give her more pain to begin with and we sought medical advice, who said it was just the bowel regaining its normal pattern and would settle once all of the blockages had been removed. We give her half a sachet a day to help keep the stools soft and the pain has settled.

She is now like a different little girl. We were getting to the point where she was sleeping for 1 ½ hrs and then waking for comfort and a love going back to sleep for another hr…..and on and on throughout the night. If she had not been for a poo in the day it was even worse. She was becoming run down and ill and we were getting into a vicious circle.

Within 2 weeks we are getting 8hrs consecutive sleep and she is now in her own room!!!!!! She still wakes up in the middle of the night for 2 hrs or so, sometimes for a poo but we are hopefully on the mend.

Who would have thought something as simple as constipation could cause so much upset?!

I know this thread is quite old now but I have only just come across it. Julie’s comments are amazing, as they basically have described my little boy almost to a ‘T’. My son is now 12 months old and I have still never had more than 3 hours of sleep on a trot (and I went back to work when he was 4 months old!). My son goes to sleep in his bed and sleeps well for the first 2 – 3 hours, then he starts waking up crying dvery so often until about 4am, at which time he starts to settle more and sleeps until 7.30am. He sleeps fine during the day, two naps of about an hour each, but I think that it’s because he’s fine for the first hour or two before it all starts. By about 2am I give up and put him in bed with me to save me having to get up every time. This still does not settle him, but at least I don’t have to get out of bed when he cries. Most of the time he is not even awake and he seems to settle after he has passed wind. When he is awake he is such a happy baby and no-one can believe he does not sleep well. The doctors and mid wives just fob me off because he eats well and is healthy and happy, but surely we know our babies best and I know that something is not right with him. I started him on cow’s milk (just in his cereal in the morning) about 2 weeks ago and his sleep pattern has gotten even worse. He is now waking every 45 mins on average and is even struggling to go to sleep in the first place. He’s not constipated as he goes at least twice a day. I’m going to try him on soya milk instead and hope that helps. If anyone on this thread has managed to resolve their problem, please share your experience, as I’m willing to try anything just to have my baby have a good night’s sleep.

Hi Sandra

OMG what happens with your little boy is exactly what happens with my 9 month old boy. He is happy enough throughout the day and eats well but when it comes to bedtime its a nightmare. He also sleeps for a good couple of hours at first and then the noises start and he is basically uncomfortable, twisting and turning, sleep crying/screaming until he manages to pass wind!!! He normally wakes up also every 45mins until around 4.30am but then like you he sometimes manages to sleep until 6am 🙁 but recently its started to be every 25mins and i recently have returned to work too (so am shattered). He had reflux as a baby and was prescribe gaviscon for it which helped at the time but doesn’t help any with his night discomfort. He has now been refurred to a paediatrician by the doctors as they don’t want to give me anything else to try. Another theory that I have recently discussed with my health visitor and we suspect that he has silent reflux along with a slight milk intolerance. How did you get along with trying soya milk? Which I am willing to try or Rice Milk 🙂

Thought it was just me. My dd is 9 months and this wind and constipation issue is getting worse. Have lactulose and suppositries but am still up between ever 20 mins to hour and half from 10.30pm onwards.

Thought I was going crazy health visitor suggested attachment issues but she wants to see my little one writhing in pain.

I’m exhausted. After initial reflux I really thought she would have grown out of it. She slept through from 10 weeks till a few months ago and is the most delightful child in the day. What happened.

I too end up taking her to bed with me to sleep upright ony chest just so I don’t have to keep getting up. When it gets to 4 in morning and you’ve already been up 4 or 5 times what are u supposed to do.

I feel so sorry for her. She’s desperately trying to sleep.

Nothing she eats seems to make it any better or worse so don’t want to start eliminating everything in her diet.

My daughter is 8 months and reading all of the emails is like you are talking about her. She is on nutrimagen, on a hyperallergenic diet and takes 1.5mls of Zantac a day 3times a day. She has silent acid reflux since birth. She twists and turns so much in her sleep I have to hold her in the bed to try and keep her in one position.

WE have given up trying to get her to sleep in cot cos she can’t. She sleeps in bed up on 2 pillows She is so pale.

Her symthoms are worst at night but some days and nights we walk the floor with her screaming and crying in pain. She is not always crying but she could have 2 bad days and 3 good ones. She is always twisting at night.

She has had blood tests and they did ultra sound on her kidney, bladder and liver (which are all fine) but advised that you cannot do this for stomach or intestine.

Myself and my husband are so sleep deprived. It’s soul destroying to see her in so much pain and nothing I can do. The paedrition is rubbish and even asked if maybe the twisting and turning and bouts of crying was a bad habit and she was getting spoilt. This is my second child.

I am still waiting for results of intolerance tests but I know what ever they are it won’t make a difference as she is alreay off milk, soy, all the grains and already on the hyperallergenic diet and it has made no difference. She had a massive nappy every morning at 5 am and it is so big it nearly reaches her neck(sorry for gruesome description).

She is always bad after spoon feeds and sometimes I hate feeding her but as she is not putting on too much weight I have too.

I would do anything for someone to offer suggestions or advice and am so distressed I’m thinking I have to train to be a paedrition myself!!! I have a review in 2 wks so going to demand action at that. If I get anywhere I’ll update you all but if any of you get a diagnosis please let me know.

My baby is exactly the same, I’m going mad!!dont know what to do!!HV not very heplful..;(

Hi I can totally relate to distressed bubs and not getting much sleep!

All the same symptoms as most of you are experiencing with my first, as she is nearly 18years old the doctors couldn’t work out whether she was lactose intolerant and the only solution was to put her on Karicare infant Soy formula, which was wonderful for her as she would never attach to the breast right from birth and I had to express and feed from a bottle. She took to the bottle without a glitch, but she was already in the habit of needing help to go to sleep as she was already 4 to 5 months old by then, but as she wasn’t actually diagnosed back then we still gave her dairy later on and Ice scream etc, which resulted in her constantly feeling sick and always having a belly ache.

She gave up all dairy and when she was 16 finally was offered the lactose intolerance hydrogen breath test. Yes she’s lactose intolerant and has “liddels lactose free milk or cream” or Soy, Rice, Almond or Oats milk. She is very sensitive to everything she eats and we are considering getting more tests done regarding the milk proteins (A1 casein milk to A2 type milks) and perhaps preservatives, doctors said yoghurt would be ok for her still as it has the cultures in it that help with intolerance, but she can’t it still makes her sick.

Then 3 children later and no intolerances or sleep problems with the middle ones and my currently 6 month old Son is lactose intolerant and sensitive to the solids I introduce.

He had trouble from birth with colic type symptoms, explosive poo’s (mainly green) constant wind, constant crying, always unsettled and unhappy.

At 6 weeks we found he had Tongue tie so that was causing him attachment issues and we had that corrected to prevent him having speech problems later and it could have been causing him to swallow alot of air causing his wind pain. But still no relief to him.

After researching his symptoms, I found that regular green mucus type poo’s mean he’s getting too much lactose, he could not digest the milk properly and was getting alot of gas,

I then thought perhaps it was because I was feeding from both sides every feed whether it be from one side first then the otherside 2 hours later, as he always wanted feeding, ( but this would then create more pain for him) so I fed from the same side in roughly 4 hour blocks, this improved things slightly.

He occasionally had a normal poo. Still unsettled all day long and did nothing but scream everytime we went in the car.

Nuture sling (Nuturesling.com.au) was the only way to get things done, (after buying asnd trying 4 other sling types!) He would sleep everytime he went in it, I think it’s the cradle type position I put him in but he could still see and it was like I was holding him, but had free arms!

my psot was too long so I will submit it in 2 sections….

by: bec

I couldn’t believe my eyes when i was reading all of the posts you have all written. We were facing the exact same issues with wind probs in the night, not the day and he has just recently turned 10 month.

I was feeling desperate for answers as we had tried everything and maternal health or doctors would fob it off like it was nothing and either said he will grow out of it or it was for attention and do controlled crying….they dont seem to realise that he is squirming in pain and can barely seem to stay awake when we are up with him…ggrr.

We tried so many things like infocol, breurar colic relief, massage, oesteopath, probiotic, eliminating his and my diet but nothing was working. We got onto infants friend which made a big difference but still was not sleeping through.

Not to fear we have found a magic potion that works and i now have complete uninterrupted sleep…yay.

We give him gaviscon once a day at about 4ish (2 sachets with about 50mls of water) and infants friend before every milk feed (still breast feeding) which is 3 times a day. He farts like a trouper all afternoon and went to bed without any issues or tummy aches. Slept from 8.30 til 7am!!!

We initially tried gaviscon on sat night at about 7.30pm and we were up for about 2 hours. I think it was because we gave it too late and the wind was moving around when he was asleep causing pain. Giving it to him earlier when he moves has worked like a treat.

He is such a happy baby and very content. The only time he ever really grizzles is if he has wind. So i would get really frustrated and upset when so called professionals were fobbing me off. We are a mum and should always trust our gut instinct caus we know our babies. I hope this thread post helps all of you amazing mums out there and it can work for you too. I know how desperate you can feel when you have tried everything and all you want is to see you bub happy and not in any pain.

Bec

Hi, I’ve ‘discovered’ something called colic calm, its homeopathic potion from USA and..it works!!perhaps not in 100%, not 4 my baby anyway but it definitely relieves poorly tummy!!

my lil boy is such a happy chap during day but at night he struggles with wind terribly!!and Colic Calm truly settles him and although unfortunately it doesnt work all night, once topped up works within minutes….

by: Anonymous

I’m back with nothing much more to add. I had my review with paedrition and it takes weeks for allery and intolerance tests to come back to we are still on hyperallergenic diet. She has started to put on weight and put on nearly 2 lb in two weeks which is fantastic. After 6 weeks on diet I can slowly start to see my little baby starting to settle. Her form during the day has improved 100%. The contact whinging and cryihng has stopped. Nights are also alot easier. She is still twisting and turning a small bit but not as much. Her nappies have settled which is great.

So to sum up I have her on hyerallergenic food diet and nutrimagen milk. She is on zantac (1.5mls x 3 times a day).

If anyone wants me to post details of her diet let me know.

From much happier Mammy!

by: Paula

Hi Mammy,

Yes, please post the diet details. Maybe someone else will find help through them.

Paula

Diet is very basic and my little girl is 10 months old.

For breakfast and tea she has pure baby rice with a spoon of apple or pear through it to add a bit of flavour.

For dinner she has sweet pototoe on its own or sweet potatoe with another veg – carrots/broccolli/parsnips/peas. I have given her lamb and chicken through the veg but her nappies are very bad when I added these so have now stopped. T

The dietican advised lamb is the most hyperallergenic meat so always try that first. I buy packet of Organic Carrot sticks (find these in baby section aisle) and she loves these and good for eating them and good practice for eating from her hand. I have given her beans/peas/broccolli and carrots as snacks also (not purreed) but just so she can eat out of a bowl.

She cannot have any grains or dairy in her diets so thats why it is so basic.

hi,my 7 month old boy suffers terrible trapped wind,has huge difficulty farting and excess burping…have tryed all prescribed formulas from paediatrican,with no avail….seems alot worse since he went on solids,esp in last month or so…can only sleep for short periods at moment,writhing and crying out in pain….i take him into bed and leave him sleep on me upright,and he still seems very uncomfortable….havent slept myself more than an hour at a time,and thus causing alot of stress wihin family…have pnd also,so finding it quite tough going and feel very sorry for my boy….would appreciate any tips in relieving these symptoms..thanks

My bub has terrible trapped wind issues at night particularly. I worked out that he would start to stir and squirm exactly 3 hours after he went to bed. I eliminated a few things out of his diet and mine and WHEAT was the issue.

He now has only porridge in the morning and sometimes a wheat reduced slice of bread for lunch but nothing else wheat wise…. particularly after 1pm. I find now he pretty much sleeps all night every night for about 10 hours approx without any fuss and self settles properly now caus he doesnt have any tummy pains.

For dinner i sometimes give him wheat free pasta, veges, meat, and sometimes fish…all without any wheat products and he has no issues now. Hope it helps

My son had the same problim till i tried infacol and colyxol. The infacol helps pass the wind, and colyxol helps with poop. My son needed both, but your little one may just need infacol. It worked for me. He started sleeping through. Worth a try.

Hi everyone, just want to echo what everyone else has said, in same position with 10 month old with problems at night and being fobbed off. He’s having a urine test and we have put him on Soya Milk so we will have to see how it goes.

So tired and frustrated that doctors will not listen to mothers who know their own baby. It is not normal for children nearly one to be screaming in their sleep and rolling around in pain. It is ridiculous that they do not take notice! Hope we can get to the bottom of this problem, i feel like the little man is being mentally affected by these stomach problems as he seems very anxious at night!

Dear All, my baby boy has been exactly the same and he is now 14 months, although we know he has reflux this seems to be kept under control with Omeprazole 5mg daily, the issue is the stomach cramps and wind which have never subsided no matter which foods were elimiated from his diet.

He has been on a very restricted diet for a number of months as the doctors suggested multiple food allergies. He has just been tested and this is not the case and it is more likely the cause is due to a digestive problem, possibly constipation even though he too has a mixture of hard pebble like stools and very soft pastey stools.

I would just like to ask Louise if your little girl is still having Movicol daily and if it is still working as I also recently tried half a sachet for my little boy and as you say he has a clear out and slept really well for a night or so after having it, but I’m worried about giving it to him everyday. The only way I can get him to sleep is to apply pressue to his stomach or lie him on a hot water bottle most nights.

The Paediatrician and GP prescribed Paediatric Movicol with a daily dosage and said that it might be an ongoing thing. It did take a few days to get the dose right so that things were a little easier to move whilst avoiding loose runny stools.

I was also concerned about giving her a medicine each day but we found that when we did not give her the medicine the problems reoccurred despite plenty of fruit, fibre and water. Apparently the active substance in Movicol passes through the gut without actually getting absorbed in to the body. It helps by reducing the amount of water being absorbed making the stool softer.

We continued with it daily for approximately 10-12 months and then gradually reduced the amount, then gave it every other day, every three days etc. We currently don’t give her the Movicol daily and only use it when symptoms reoccur which are now few and far between. I think as she matured so did her digestive system and she no longer needed the extra help.

This is only our experience but it did help our little girl and we have not seen any ill effects from using it.

However, I would speak to your GP for further information or if you have any concerns as they will be able to give you more advice.
Hope this helps

Thanks for your reply Louise, Oliver was prescribed Movicol by the paedatritians yesterday which I am pleased about as the only nights that he has slept through in 15 months are the 4 occasions when I have given him half a sachet so cross fingers. Thanks.

Such amazing posts and seems to be the only info on internet. My heart goes out to each of you. Your words describe our exact situation. Were any of your children given a specific diagnosis? Were intestinal malroatations, ect considered? What diagnostic tests were performed?

I did ask the paed gastro how he was so sure the problems were reflux and constipation and not a more sinister issue which may require surgery e.g. intestinal malroatations, he explained that such conditions would present as vomitting and as Oliver has never vomitted this was his reasoning. Oliver is 18 months and on 10mg omeprazole and 2 sachets of movicol per day, he has improved but still wakes with trapped wind and stomach cramps.

Finally people with the same issue! My son is 8 months and has had UTIs since birth and is on antibiotic that kill his poor tummy and has never slept well. He had reflux which I controlled with changing my diet and the way I BF him. Oh and is lactose intolerant which again I manage by cutting out dairy and soy and crush up lacteeze before every feed. Everything was under control until I started him on solids which I was told would help reflux…. Well it did the opposite life has been hell with no sleep. It’s now a trapped wind issue that starts after I put him to bed at 6-7 pm and we rock him in shifts all night. He is under the care of a Urologist for UTIs and an allergy paed next week as I am so sick of feeling guilty that even on my limited diet something I ate might be doing this to him.

Day sleeps are terrible 20 mins in morning and I sit and rock him for up to 2 hours whilst my toddler has her day nap. So frustrated with drs telling me he will grow out of everything, waiting for that magic day I will wake up and he will have slept thru the night for first time in his life!

Thanks everyone for posting their stories I feel not so Aline now!!

Hi
I posted way back (2009)when my little boy was almost 12 months old. I still get notifications from this page and apologise for not returning sooner. I felt totally alone at the time as no doctors seemed concerned and no friends or other mums seems to have any of these issues with their babies and I know there is little on the net for help advice.

All I can say is hang on in there, things do get better. Our boys first year was the worst for sleeping/pain and then as if overnight turning 12/13 months ( as the Doctors had said, although they did give many age milestones!!)it all seemed to just STOP. I have no idea why or how, so, I’m sorry I can’t really offer any further advice and can only imagine his tummy was sensitive when young and just took a while to mature and deal with the passing of wind/gas etc?? I really don’t know, as he has always eaten well and had no toilet troubles.

He is now 3 and half, still eats well, is a great, happy kid and sleeps GREAT!! from 6.30/7 for 12 hours, it’s been a long time coming and never thought we’d get there after having the odd 2 hours sleep on and off every night…thankfully there are no long term effects from this weird pain/lack of sleep in his early year 🙂

I now have a daughter and noticed similar signs but no where near as extreme as my son, but with the rolling, lifting legs etc with wind pain, but somehow she seems to be able to ‘release’ the wind easier and sets back off to sleep, she’s now 16 months and where with my son, his pain disappeared at 12 months, she does still have nights where she has this pain, but obviously all children are different. I’m just hopeful that there is light at the end of the tunnel, so to speak.
Hoping all your babies find comfort ( and sleep!!) soon xx

My little girl is 6 months 2 weeks I only started her on solids 2 weeks ago she has always been a colicky baby and had reflux but slept all night from8 weeks old, from I started solids its made her wind a million times worse she is squealing in pain when I lie her in her crib bringing her legs up severe trapped wind she is maybe sleeping for 10 mins then squealing through the night what I have done these last 2 days is just give her porridge for breakfast and her formula milk rest of day and she is sleeping in her cot again and sleeping all night I’m still questioning myself am I doing the right thing here, she only weighed 6 pound 4 at birth And takes 6 oz bottles every 3-4 hours, Is her tummy not ready for solids yet or cud there b something wrong with her wee tummy I use coleif and infacol give gripe water nothing seems to b working for her

I am so glad I found this and know that I am not alone! We are waiting for an appointment with a new pediatrician and hopefully we can get some answers. Our son has also had frequent uti’s and has been hospitalized for them. As a mom I just feel something is not right so we will see.

Use of asafoetida, an Indian spice when dissolved in water would soften up. Use dis solution on babies stomach included the sides of the stomach. Put few drops of it in the navel of the baby. It sure smells really awful. But it woud help relieve the wind or gas in stomach. I know it sounds crazy that something applied externally wid resolve the problem internally .but it works. Iin fact, it’s brilliant remedy. So be sure to use it next time n wait for few minutes. Baby would all be full of smiles again. Again I want to point it out that lack of sleep contributes to constipation which in return causes various problems including stomach issues. So get a baby on regular schedule. Regulate the eating, playing, sleeping patterns. It would ultimately regulate bowel movements. A baby would probably pass stools in the morning after a few days on regular basis jus as v do. The way it should be. A good rest at night helps in easier bowel movements in morning which in turn helps elimanete formation of gas in the system from the wastes buildup later on. Hope it helps.

Just to clarify for all, my two year old girl does not suffer from constipation. Quite the opposite, she could have up to 5 soft stool nappies a day and if given wheat or dairy that number will double or even trible!

by: Anonymous

Can’t believe this problem is affecting so many people. This is my 2nd child and I had no problems with my 1st. She is 5 months now and had silent reflux as a baby so was prescribed Gaviscon which did nothing. Then we we advised to out her on lactose free milk which has helped with her reflux but she still gets an incredible amount of trapped bottom wind, even though she burps fine at each feed. She is very contented during the day and will settle at around 7pm but then in the early hours she will start crying as she is so uncomfortable. She is wriggling and tossing and turning trying to get comfortable. I have to pick her up and rub her tummy until all the wind goes before she will settle to sleep again. The doctors just keep saying she’ll grow out of it but have been saying this for a few months now and I can’t see it. I was advised to wean her early as she is not tolerating milk but now I am worried this is going to make her worse. She certainly isn’t any better for it. The doctors just don’t want to know as she is gaining weight ok and always appears happy and smiley. Wish I could make them spend a few nights with her s they could see the problem. Why don’t they listen to the people that know their child best and spend 24 hours with them, not 5 minutes?

by: Kellie

Ohhh I feel your frustration! My son suffered with silent reflux to the point he hadn’t slept in 24hrs without rocking so I took him to emergency as it was weekend. The dr looked at him said he looked fine and actually printed me off some googled info about reflux and tried to send me home!!!!! Later they did the dye berium test that proved he had reflux… Could have throttled the dr! We tried gaviscon but it constipated him causing worse gas then zoton which seemed to help (he’s just come off it now at 13 months).

The trapped wind didn’t get better until he crawled and could push it out. Not sure it it’s helpful but after dinner we gave him infacol and gripe water and laid him on his tummy to push out gas. He didn’t sleep thru until 8 months without waking every 40 mins to 2 hrs in pain. In the night I would put his knees to chest and rotate in clockwise circle and that helped… We also wore out 3 rocking chairs to get him to settle during the 8 months.

Also just to top it off both of mine are lactose intolerant and the reflux was secondary to this issue. I breast fed for 9 months by changing my diet and also giving a lacteeze tablet before every feed. One then went to neocate and the other is happy on soy formula now, but it all seems to be intertwined! Best of luck and I say always demand a second opinion as like you say you know best

by: nasiha

Hey ladies… I have visited the pead and a simple solution was change my formula from Novalac AR to Infacare which is the lightest formula on the market right now. I have been giving woodlands gripe water 4ml in water throughout the day they drink it then 4ml before bedtime and for the past 3days no screams , no crazy gassy nights. Hope this helps someone.

by: Anonymous

My two little ones both breast feed woke screening every ten minutes. It took 14 months to work out but it turned out to be a gluten intolerance. The older girl sleep through now and the baby wakes every four hr like a normal baby.

She is on a hyper allergenic diet so off wheat, dairy, soy, eggs, nuts etc. she is on very simple diet. They try to introduce wheat back into her diet last year but she got so sick she was in hospital 3 times. It’s like her immune system doesn’t work when she is given wheat. They did tests to see if she had any allergy or if she was coeliac but all tests came back clear. Very frustrating, as keep hitting brick walls. It’s easy to deal manage something when u know what yr dealing with. She is 2.5 yrs old now. I have to keep researching