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My DD2, who is just over 5 months, has trapped wind problems which keep us both up all night, have done since 2 weeks old… I have sought much help from the bf (she is EBF), allergy and reflux boards but sadly we have not been able to pin point a solution. DD1 was the same but grew out of it at 7-8 months, so just hoping for the same thing
So my questions are more about if there is anything else I can do to deal with it at night
She usually starts off by getting restless, so I give her the dummy to settle with (she does not have this to go to sleep any more, recently weened and rarely any other time now). This may work for a while but she gets increasingly restless, it falls out, etc. she is pulling up both her legs trying to pass the wind, getting increasingly agitated. I then feed her. This seems to provide comfort – either as it relaxes the digestive system so she she can pass the wind or it moves it on. She will then resettle, but there is always more wind later on. I can sometimes also settle her by literally pinning her down in the bed beside me until it passes, but this is rare
Things move in phases. Sometimes she is more restless early evening, others in the middle of the night, others early morning, often all 3
Because neither of us continually get enough night sleep bed time is usually 7.30, get up 8.30
I hate using the dummy, hate feeding her when she is not hungry, hate not seeing my DD1 in the morning as we are so tired but don’t know what else to do. We have tried settling her with water, no luck. When her sister improved she woke less and therefore did not look for breast or dummy, but its such a fine line re creating the props….
Her days are not great, she feeds every 4 hrs but is a 40 min napper, I am trying to deal with this too. I am sure some of the earlier wakings are over tired related but the latter ones are def wind
Any thoughts??
