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I know it’s not what you want to hear but other then gripe water/mylicon, and doing the things you are already doing, it was a phase for both of my kids and most my mom friends’ kids. It lasted 2-4 weeks for us all starting around 2-3 weeks old. Lots of grunting, gas, tummy aches, general discomfort especially in the evening and at night. I’m sure someone will suggest cutting dairy if you are BF but the odds are in your favor that it will pass with a short amount of time (dairy sensitives do happen but aren’t as common as anecdotal evidence would lead you to believe). Good luck. I promise you it gets better; these first two months are VERY hard.

I remember 3 weeks being a really rough spot with that for both of my girls. It caught me by surprise the first time because I was starting to feel a bit better myself at that point, almost felt like we were getting in some kind of a new normal routine, and then bam! It's like a switch flipped at week three. She became incredibly fussy, gassy, unhappy especially in the evenings and overnight.

I have a friend who swears by pre-burping her baby to help with gassiness. Basically just burping the baby before feeding as well as after feeding, I think? I never tried it on my girls, so I can't vouch for it. But in case it helps, I figured I'd pass it along. My friend insists it does! But I also think she has the world's easiest baby. Mine were never as easygoing as hers about anything.

I’ll be that person that will suggest cutting dairy at least for a little while. It truly did help my LO even though she wasn’t mspi just needed a little more time for her digestive system to mature. Anything that helps me get a good night’s rest with a little one is worth it!

@ALV91711: I think you’d be ok trying the rock n play. He might like the incline a bit or feeling more “cosy”. Try it; no harm in giving it a go.

I used the baby biogaia probiotic drops for my gassy baby. It maybe helped a bit. My friend used it for her reflux baby and it may have helped. Difficult to say.

@ALV91711: yep, so annoying. However, my take on it was, if they help the baby be comfortable and you and/ or they can get more rest then it was worth it for me to try. It wasn’t shelling out hundreds on a bed, just $30 for drops and I knew it wouldn’t do any harm, if anything I just gave my baby expensive drops. Ha!

DS had reflux and lots of gas. Here is what helped us:
1. Abdominal massage. Very important to massage in the correct order or you could push the gas the wrong way. Start on the baby’s right hip bone and massage with little circles up to their ribs, then over and then down to the left hip bone. Move slowly and repeat 3-5 times
2. Probiotics. We used Klaire labs or seeking health
3. Gas drops
4. Gripe water. I would even dip his binky in it and it seemed to keep him calm
5. Lots of extra burping mid feed
6. Holding upright after feeds
7. Paced bottle feeding if applicable
8. Rock and play for all sleep. I had the rnp next to our bed and found that he always had his head turned towards me, so each night I would rotate it. So one night, his head would be near my head and the next night, his feet would be by my head. That way, he would have to turn the opposite direction to see me. And I could still see him super easily.
9. Warm baths before bed
10. Instead of bicycling, pressing both of his knees to his chest and holding for a few seconds a few times seemed to work to get those toots out

Good luck! I hope you get some sleep tonight!

I remember my DD being gassy right around 3 weeks. The only thing that helped her was for me to hold her while bouncing on an exercise ball. I don't know why, something about that movement made her feel better. And let me tell you sitting on a ball for a few hours it a lot better than walking the floors!!

Windi sticks

https://www.amazon.com/Fridababy-Windi-Colic-Relief-10-Count/dp/B005IGTTIA