https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 21 May 2026 20:53:29 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gassy-baby-sleep-issues#post-2627042 Sun, 25 Sep 2016 08:14:23 +0000 MrsSRS 2627042@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@meadow: Yep! Gripe water is nice and soothing, usually made from fennel and ginger. Gas drops are the drug simethicone and they make the bubbles in baby's belly break up smaller so they pass more easily. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gassy-baby-sleep-issues#post-2627038 Sun, 25 Sep 2016 07:58:36 +0000 meadow 2627038@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsSRS: hmm I'll have to look into that....I thought they were the same!</p> <p>@Mrs. Goose: Yeah....it is trickier with 2 but not impossible. Most feedings day/night I'm on my own (my husband helps out at night until they are latched then returns to bed). I appreciate your thoughts "from the other side" of where we are now!</p> <p>We tried the gripe water last night when he was fighting sleep big time and he puked some of it back up then I nursed again and we had our longest stretch of sleep ever...so I'm not sure if it was the gripe water - but it was a treat! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gassy-baby-sleep-issues#post-2626915 Sat, 24 Sep 2016 13:11:32 +0000 Mrs. Goose 2626915@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I used to nurse my daughter to sleep (also ebf) at this age and worried about putting her down flat too soon because of spit up and gas. She would fart in the early mornings sometimes and they were adult volume. Can you feed for a little bit (like half of the time you think he'd eat or from one breast) and then burp and hold him to fall asleep? I used to stop feeding her part way through and sit her upright until I could get a burp out. Sometimes she would be awake and sometimes she would be sleeping. Then I'd try to feed her a bit more and have her upright on my chest for 10 minutes following the feeding. Then I'd carefully transfer to bed. She had projectile spit up, like a fountain, but usually in the mornings. She was a "happy spitter" though and it stopped just after 6 months. Maybe burp him after the feeding and then rock him standing up and run his back until he falls asleep. Sort of gets rid of the sleep crutch....well the nursing one anyway. </p> <p>I know it's probably pretty hard with two to just focus on one's nighttime routine. I'd say it would be a good idea to work on drowsy but awake when going into bed. I was pretty freaked out to try it initially, but it ended up working out and at night sometimes she'd wake up when I put her in to bed and then lie there for 10 minutes quietly and fall asleep. </p> <p>Naps were a totally different story and took a while to be longer than 45 minutes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gassy-baby-sleep-issues#post-2626902 Sat, 24 Sep 2016 12:24:49 +0000 MrsSRS 2626902@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@meadow: I liked gripe water, but felt that it and simethicone worked very differently FWIW. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gassy-baby-sleep-issues#post-2626862 Sat, 24 Sep 2016 09:39:25 +0000 meadow 2626862@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ValentineMommy: @lioneyes: @MrsSRS: Thanks - we are going to try some gripe water tonight to see what happens....</p> <p>@Portboston: Earlier on I thought reflux was an issue but the ped discounted my fears because he is a "happy spitter".</p> <p>@T.H.O.U.: That is very interesting! I do have a fast let down on one side during certain parts of the day - I could see where gulping in addition to that could be part of the problem!</p> <p>Thanks all for the advice/input! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gassy-baby-sleep-issues#post-2626224 Fri, 23 Sep 2016 02:02:37 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2626224@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>FYI the LC told me football hold was the worst for babies that eat too fast. It may be he's getting too much milk too fast and gulping air which causes gas. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gassy-baby-sleep-issues#post-2626092 Thu, 22 Sep 2016 21:27:01 +0000 MrsSRS 2626092@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Simethicone gas drops ftw. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gassy-baby-sleep-issues#post-2626091 Thu, 22 Sep 2016 21:24:32 +0000 Portboston 2626091@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We thought we had a gas problem but it turned out to be silent reflux. DS never really spit up much so it took us by surprise. We started him on Zantac and it was a game changer. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gassy-baby-sleep-issues#post-2625995 Thu, 22 Sep 2016 20:28:05 +0000 lioneyes 2625995@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>gas drops were a godsend. used the little remedies brand at bedtime. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gassy-baby-sleep-issues#post-2625205 Thu, 22 Sep 2016 08:39:52 +0000 ValentineMommy 2625205@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We used Gerber soothe probiotics and it significantly helped DS2. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gassy-baby-sleep-issues#post-2625173 Thu, 22 Sep 2016 07:52:22 +0000 MrsKRB 2625173@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@meadow: I hear ya! We aren't there yet either! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gassy-baby-sleep-issues#post-2625166 Thu, 22 Sep 2016 07:37:59 +0000 Silva 2625166@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@meadow: my 6 week old son has this issue and it's why I'm still cosleeping. That said, most of the time, if I nurse him/hold him to a deep sleep and then gently move him so he's sleeping on my shoulder he won't wake up. Then I have to wait like 20 minutes- I gently pat or rub his back but mostly just holding him upright releases the burps<br /> I've been giving gas drops at night and they are helping some with farting. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gassy-baby-sleep-issues#post-2625160 Thu, 22 Sep 2016 07:32:13 +0000 meadow 2625160@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsKRB: So I agree that would probably work....my BIG fear is that he doesn't really fall asleep on his own. So he would then be awake. Usually we go from nursing to falling asleep on the nursing pillow to carrying him horizontally to his crib and setting him down SUPER gently.</p> <p>So should I probably work on the issue of being able to fall asleep on his own - yes. But it scares the bajesus out of me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gassy-baby-sleep-issues#post-2625147 Thu, 22 Sep 2016 06:57:24 +0000 MrsKRB 2625147@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Have you tried just holding him upright for a bit? Usually just that position and maybe a little walking can get dd to burp before I put her down. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gassy-baby-sleep-issues#post-2625137 Thu, 22 Sep 2016 06:16:16 +0000 meadow 2625137@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 16 week twins sleep very differently. DD can be put down sleepy but drowsy (not something I ever did intentionally - it just happened to work and I later read about how good it is for babies) and she will fall asleep within 10 minutes. DS is much more high maintenance. It probably originates from the fact that he has always spit up more and in the early days we held him to sleep on many occasions. I have only been able to get him to fall asleep on his own maybe once per week. </p> <p>I nurse both babies to sleep before naps &amp; at night. If DS wakes up during the transfer to his crib, he can sometimes be consoled with tummy rubbing, but I often have to nurse him for a few more minutes or give up on the nap window.</p> <p>Both babies certainly have a decent amount of gas (which boggles my mind for EBF babies). Farting is a frequent part of our day and they burp a decent amount too when being held upright.</p> <p>So knowing this - I probably should burp DS before putting him down. But I know that it will wake him up and then I'd have to re-nurse him. And the cycle would continue.</p> <p>I do think the gas has increased since I started BF in the double football hold -- but I don't see how that would be a cause.</p> <p>Any tips? Anybody know how to burp a baby without waking them up? Should I try gripe water? If so - do I give that before I BF? Any ideas on how to teach a baby to go to sleep on his own better?</p> <p>DS often wakes himself up farting and is super uncomfortable from that gas. </p>