https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:33:07 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-gas-remedies-for-newborn#post-1977080 Tue, 09 Dec 2014 13:50:08 +0000 .twist. 1977080@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I know when we used to do tummy time, L would try to lift his head and he would fart a bunch. Maybe some tummy time?? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-gas-remedies-for-newborn#post-1977076 Tue, 09 Dec 2014 13:45:43 +0000 MrsF 1977076@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Littlebit: I came across this post because it's breaking my heart to watch my 2 week old baby J strain and struggle to poop or work out his gas. He wakes up grunting and straining and just seems very uncomfortable. If I hear him poop or let the gas out he settles down immediately, but I know that's not easy for little babies.</p> <p>Just curious if anything specific helped your little one! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-gas-remedies-for-newborn#post-1899946 Tue, 14 Oct 2014 01:42:16 +0000 chibee 1899946@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I read somewhere that trying to burp them more than 3-5 min is actually counterproductive and can create more discomfort so I stop burping him if I can't get one out of him within 5 min. I also have a super gassy baby and he also has reflux. He was breastfed until recently and I cut out dairy and caffeine while nursing as well as avoiding any and all "gassy" foods and it did seem to help him slowly. It's so tough watching them strain and grunt - hang in there! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-gas-remedies-for-newborn#post-1899676 Mon, 13 Oct 2014 18:34:56 +0000 Maysprout 1899676@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Did you try the qtip trick or a baby enema? It's gross but it helped my daughter tremendously. She can poop fine now but she seemed to have a learning curve </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-gas-remedies-for-newborn#post-1899593 Mon, 13 Oct 2014 16:22:48 +0000 Littlebit 1899593@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ugh. Nothing is working and it seems to be getting worse. His sleep is getting worse and when he's awake he's constantly straining, grunting, and being fussy.</p> <p>I have him on the probiotic drops as well as gripe water and haven't had any luck. I cut out chocolate and caffeine the on Saturday to see if that was the issue, but it doesn't look like it. Had his one month appointment today and the dr basically said I was shit out of luck until his stomach gets more developed. We've both been in tears all day :(</p> <p>Right now we're starting him on formula (enfamil gentlease) to see if it's a breastmilk issue or a digestive issue we just need to wait out. I'm pumping in the meantime. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-gas-remedies-for-newborn#post-1896701 Fri, 10 Oct 2014 12:02:37 +0000 Little Misters Mom 1896701@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Have you examined your own diet for potential culprits? For me cutting down on dairy and eliminating things like broccoli seemed to help. There are lots of resources online about breastfeeding diets to help with gas. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-gas-remedies-for-newborn#post-1896670 Fri, 10 Oct 2014 11:44:16 +0000 linzeelou 1896670@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Some of the others have already mentioned this but it seems like 4-8 weeks is about the worst. Our doctor explained it that their digestive systems are "sleeping" those first 4 weeks and then when it starts to wake up you seem to have the most problems.</p> <p>Since you're breastfeeding you could also take a probiotic yourself - then it is passed to the baby in the breastmilk. Might be easier to remember than giving the baby something each day. Also, the football hold (on the babies left side) seemed to work wonders. There were a couple weeks where that position seemed to be the only position he was 100% comfortable in.</p> <p>Good luck! It will pass. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-gas-remedies-for-newborn#post-1892679 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 05:31:37 +0000 Dandelion 1892679@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nothing worked on M and then he grew out of it around 12 weeks. My doc said that breastmilk is the most gentle thing for his tummy, so just help bicycle legs and lay him on his side when you can. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-gas-remedies-for-newborn#post-1892623 Tue, 07 Oct 2014 23:14:34 +0000 SweetiePie 1892623@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Subscribing! My guy is 4 weeks today and has a lot of the same issues as @littlebit:. But I've been thinking it is reflux because he spits up like its going out of style. In fact spit up makes it sound tame. It's way more than normal spit up.<br /> But maybe it's gas or a combination of reflux and gas. Seeing a pediatric GI tomorrow so we'll see! But the probiotics I find interesting. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-gas-remedies-for-newborn#post-1892477 Tue, 07 Oct 2014 19:44:36 +0000 misstatas 1892477@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We gave the probiotics before bed because we have acid reflux medication in the morning. Another thing that helped was tummy time, football hold, or resting her on her belly on our knees and patting/rubbing her back. Sometimes she would protest a little at first but as the gas released she would relax into it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-gas-remedies-for-newborn#post-1892421 Tue, 07 Oct 2014 18:46:56 +0000 LovelyPlum 1892421@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've had good luck with the "I love you" massage:</p> <p><a href="http://www.babycenter.com/0_a-fathers-guide-to-infant-massage_3834.bc" rel="nofollow">http://www.babycenter.com/0_a-fathers-guide-to-infant-massage_3834.bc</a></p> <p>After each step, we put our thumbs behind her knees and pushed them to her chest. It helps!</p> <p>We've also had good luck with gripe water. We would give it to her either before or after she ate. I also avoided broccoli and beans for a while, because they seemed to be a problem earlier. They're not so bad now at 6 months, though. Good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-gas-remedies-for-newborn#post-1892408 Tue, 07 Oct 2014 18:30:42 +0000 Littlebit 1892408@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Boheme: great, thank you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-gas-remedies-for-newborn#post-1892402 Tue, 07 Oct 2014 18:22:46 +0000 Boheme 1892402@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Littlebit: I did gripe water as needed (when LO was fussy) and probiotics in the morning, just so I remembered I did them :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-gas-remedies-for-newborn#post-1892401 Tue, 07 Oct 2014 18:20:47 +0000 Littlebit 1892401@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ok, so I bought the gerber probiotics and mommy bliss gripe water. They don't have much instructions...should I give them before or after feeding him? The probiotics say 5 drops a day. Is that one drop spread out? Or all 5 at once? Should I do that at night? Or a certain time of day? Any help would be appreciated :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-gas-remedies-for-newborn#post-1892072 Tue, 07 Oct 2014 14:44:29 +0000 Sparkler 1892072@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I never got this desperate, but plenty of people on my local moms list serve swear by the Windi (and I even saw it at CVS last week!)<br /> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Fridababy-Windi-Colic-Relief-10-Count/dp/B005IGTTIA" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Fridababy-Windi-Colic-Relief-10-Count/dp/B005IGTTIA</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-gas-remedies-for-newborn#post-1892051 Tue, 07 Oct 2014 14:33:13 +0000 Boheme 1892051@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Littlebit: Yes! hyoscyamine sulfate drops. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-gas-remedies-for-newborn#post-1891324 Tue, 07 Oct 2014 09:52:54 +0000 Maysprout 1891324@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p><a href="http://www.metropedsnyc.com/metropedsnyc/q&#038;a_constipationtreatment.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.metropedsnyc.com/metropedsnyc/q&#038;a_constipationtreatment.html</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-gas-remedies-for-newborn#post-1891297 Tue, 07 Oct 2014 09:29:37 +0000 Foodnerd81 1891297@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Littlebit: Aw C had issues with this too-- it's so sad! Not to mention exhausting for you, but mostly it's so hard to see them straining. We did everything you mentioned, plus regular gripe water. I'm not really sure if any of it worked, or if time worked, or what. One thing we started doing that might have helped was doing the gas drops in between sides- I always fed both sides, so I'd do side one, gas drops, side two. Occasionally we would lay her on the floor on a blanket, tummy down, and almost thump her back we were patting so hard, and that seemed to help, even though she usually hated tummy time, but then I was always afraid to let her sleep on her tummy like that. I also tried to limit my caffeine intake at this time-- again not sure it made any difference but it felt like I was doing something at least.</p> <p>I second (third, fourth?) that it will pass. It's just so hard during. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-gas-remedies-for-newborn#post-1891281 Tue, 07 Oct 2014 09:19:08 +0000 Littlebit 1891281@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ok, this is the first I'm hearing of the probiotics! It's worth a shot! Thank you!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-gas-remedies-for-newborn#post-1891260 Tue, 07 Oct 2014 09:06:44 +0000 Orchid 1891260@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Boheme: I second Gerber Soothe probiotics. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-gas-remedies-for-newborn#post-1891231 Tue, 07 Oct 2014 08:47:23 +0000 Ree723 1891231@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had all those issues with DD1 - she was impossible to burp and you could tell she had such painful gas bubbles! What worked for us was probiotics. We started them at 5.5 weeks, just a quarter of a teaspoon (I think) mixed with a bit of BM in a bottle, and her gas troubles disappeared overnight. As our midwife told us, you could treat the symptoms (gas drops) or you could treat the problem (probiotics). Their little digestive systems aren't quite mature yet and helping them grow the healthy bacteria through probiotics can solve a lot of problems. For us, it worked brilliantly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-gas-remedies-for-newborn#post-1891227 Tue, 07 Oct 2014 08:46:29 +0000 Mae 1891227@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm sorry :( Our LO had a lot of gas issues too. One thing that seemed to help (and she still loves at 4.5 mo) is when you hold her with her back to your stomach/chest and your arm around her belly with your other hand supporting her butt/legs. That gentle pressure on her stomach seemed to really feel good and calm her, and a lot of times walking her around like that while holding her legs up in front of her seemed to help her work out some gas. Also maybe try some gentle massage on her stomach? I think you can google good massages for working out gas. But yea.. unless it is a food issue-- it will just pass. (and then come back. and then pass again. lol) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-gas-remedies-for-newborn#post-1891213 Tue, 07 Oct 2014 08:40:27 +0000 Littlebit 1891213@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BakerBee: god, I hope so. I feel so awful watching him strain! His little face gets beet red :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-gas-remedies-for-newborn#post-1891205 Tue, 07 Oct 2014 08:37:01 +0000 Littlebit 1891205@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@babycanuck: colic calm is a type of gripe water, I believe..but my husband is picking up plain old gripe water tonight on his way home from work!</p> <p>@Boheme: I didn't realize prescription strength gas drops were a thing! I've spoken to a nurse and had an appointment with the doctor and he never mentioned them. I thought about keeping a food diary but it's never worse at one point or anything based off something i ate, I don't think. It's every time. He's also starting to be more fussy while eating. Latching on and off a lot, grunting, not wanting to latch on at all, acting frantic when my nipple is in his mouth and all he has to do is close his lips! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-gas-remedies-for-newborn#post-1891201 Tue, 07 Oct 2014 08:35:09 +0000 LBee 1891201@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This isn't necessarily a tip, but an "it-gets-better." I remember going to T's 1 month appointment and describing exactly what you described. His gas was literally waking him up and I just couldn't comfort him! My ped told me that 4 to 6 weeks is the biggest time for them figuring out digestion and that it would pass. I remember at 6 weeks it was a complete 180 - suddenly he was able to comfortably pass gas.</p> <p>Eta: I was reading over my post and laughed to myself at saying "it will pass" - didn't mean that pun! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-gas-remedies-for-newborn#post-1891188 Tue, 07 Oct 2014 08:28:28 +0000 Boheme 1891188@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO was really sensitive to caffeine and chocolate, we figured out by process of elimination. He also did really well on the Gerber Soothe probiotics, and we got prescription strength gas drops from our pediatrician. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-gas-remedies-for-newborn#post-1891185 Tue, 07 Oct 2014 08:25:17 +0000 babycanuck 1891185@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>gripe water? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-gas-remedies-for-newborn#post-1891184 Tue, 07 Oct 2014 08:24:28 +0000 Littlebit 1891184@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Help! My LO will be 4 weeks tomorrow, and for the last two weeks has had horrible gas. </p> <p>He wakes himself up grunting and straining every time he sleeps which is making us both miserable. He's a horrible burper. We change positions and burp him for like 20 minutes and only *sometimes* get an actual burp out of him. </p> <p>We're getting pretty desperate. I'm starting to consider trying formula to see if it's an issue with my milk (he's gaining weight like a champ). </p> <p>Things we've tried already:<br /> Burping<br /> Bicycling his legs<br /> Colic calm<br /> Gas drops<br /> - all of which do basically nothing. </p> <p>Help!! Any tips or secrets I'm missing? Poor guy is so uncomfortable! :( </p>