Breastfeeding and Gassy Baby?

Buy some Mylacon, this helps for gassy babies. I have a two month old and the first week he was so good but after the second week for some reason started getting gas and could cry and cry. All I could do was give him Mylacon and hold him. Don't try to feed them because this will make it worse. I tried feeding my baby when he had colic and he would eat for a little while then start screaming again and would get mad every time I offered my breast to him. After his dr. apt the information I was given said not to try and feed them because it makes their colic worse. Good luck.

I would try to stay away spicy foods, broccoli, dairy, oriental foods, pasta sauce. As far as gas I always gave Karson "Little Tummies" Gas drops right before each feeding and It helped tremendously. They are all natural and won't harm her as well as Gripe Water. They sell both at Target, Walmart, Walgreens. Mylicon didn't really helped at all for Karson but all babies are different.

Karson started having colic at 7 wks some babies start sooner some later and they usually grow out of it by 3-4 months.

Good Luck and I hope this helps.
M.

One thing I would like to add is that with my daughter I found that she was sucking alot of air in while nursing, I dont know if that was just from me not latching her on right from the very beginning, but it would make her very gassy. I stayed away from all the foods everyone has mentioned, so figured that was the problem. I just worked with her for a while and eventually she got a good grip and everything has been fine ever since. Hopefully that helps a little.

GRIPE WATER!!! It is a life saver!! It is an all natural liquid that you give them and it works miracles!!! I had a gassy breastfed baby who also had Reflux BAD and this took care of both (even when prescriptions didn't!) And I ate whatever then added a little juice and gripe water in a bottle or medicine dispenser and it helped her pass gas without pain and even helped her keep down her milk!!! Good luck and hang in there!!

I can say this--stay away from Taco Bell! I had a bean burrito when my baby was 2 days old (on the way home from hospital) and so needless to say our first night home was TERRIBLE! (This was 10 yrs ago) Anything that can give us gas can hurt their little tummies too. No onions, hot peppers, light on the garlic and spices. I have to admit--I didn't know about the no dairy rule--so you taught me something bc my third one is coming in May! Congrats on the little one! Good Luck!

I've never heard that you shouldn't eat dairy when breastfeeding. I'm breastfeeding and I eat a ton of dairy. I think every baby is different so when you notice a pattern w/certain foods then cut them out of your diet. I know the most common ones are spicy foods and of course anything that makes you gassy like broccoli,etc. When I occasionally eat a piece of sugar free candy it makes me and my baby really gassy. I also use Colic Ease. My son hates the taste but within a few minutes it calms him down. Good luck!

If you were feeding your baby and she was fine before you bought and ate the whole tub of yogart, you probably could have the dairy only in smaller amounts and build it up. Remember the baby is only a week old and is still getting used to everything. Drink lots of water every day in fact have a glass as you nurse. I had a bottle of beer (Canadian - brewer's yeast) a day until she was 6 months old. Mine baby never had the gas problem again every child is different. Do eat a variety of different foods so that she will get used to them when you feed her later. But start with one at a time so that you know what is giving her a problem and elminiate it from the diet. Good luck.

I too had that problem with my 4 month old! She usually has the sweetest temperment and when she was 3 weeks old, she started doing the same thing.. just so beet red in the face and had terrible gas and reflux! I couldn't even hardly leave the house because she threw up so frequently. I did some online research at breastfeeding sites. Two things that worked for me:
1. cut out all milk and heavy dairy products (I still did small amounts of cheese) I wasn't lactose intolerant, but SHE was! Her father was too at that age and had to be on Soy formula (which in itself can cause problems for some boys)

2.) This REALLY helped: Your breast milk has 3 parts to it, the foremilk, which seems more watery and is what comes out with your letdown. the mid-milk (dunno the technical name) and the hind-milk or back-milk, which has the most fat and fills the baby up or tells him that he's full. the Fore-milk is VERY lactose heavy and also contains the hormone that makes them fall asleep. I was trying to nurse like I did with my first, which was equal time on both sides. My cousin (a real lactation consultant) suggested that I just feed one side at a time. It seemed that my baby was getting too much fore-milk and all that lactose. When I switched to feeding one full breast at a time (although I was lopsided) it make a HUGE difference in the reflux and gas pains!!!

The last resort I tried was to invest in some "Colic Calm" gripe water. I had to get it online and it was quite a bit more than the gripe water at the store. But its SOOOO worth it. Mylicon drops only treat the gas at the top of the stomach, but not the intestines where most gas it. I found it online, it has vegetable charcoal in it, so its BLACK, but don't be alarmed, it really really works and my baby loves it!
We hardly have to use it anymore.

My 4 month old is finally outgrowing a lot of that, but still is gassy. But she's not in pain and that's the most important thing!!

Good luck!

As someone else mentioned, every baby is different. You are correct that dairy is the most likely culprit when you have a fussy baby - if only someone had told me that with my first, life would have been dramatically different for us all. By the time I had my second child I had figured out that dairy caused me problems, so I was off it altogher for my second son. For my second son, things like broccoli (and any of the cruciferous veggies) and orange juice with pulp caused him the most grief. We used the mylicon drops, but as you found avoiding the offending foods is the best approach. You can get your calcium and vitamin D from other foods.