One Month Old Cries and Spits up in the Evening After Nursing-

Our doctor recommended a little bit of Mylicon drop before nursing to relieve the gas pain. worked for us!

S.,
Try holding her more often.
Try sitting her up after she nurses. - a car seat works well - and wonders!
Good luck!
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M.

I would check for food allergies. Watch what you are eating and speak to her pediatrician. My son, now 7 years, was the same way, especially with the stomach pain. He would turn red and scream for each bowel movement and he was strictly nursing, never constipated. Within the past few years we've found out that he is allergic to peanuts, shellfish, possibly soy and even more things. So the food I was eating and thinking it was healthy was probably what was causing his pain. Even the docs didn't pick this up. My second child doesn't have any of the problems my son had so I don't expect any food allergies from her (9months). Hope this helps. Good luck and God bless.

It sounds like GERD which is contributed in large part from what you may be eating. You may want to read up on it.
Feeding baby & keeping baby upright for a time after eating will be helpful to the baby.

It sounds like reflux or colic to me. I would call your doctor and get it checked out. Good luck!!

My now 2 month-old was doing the same thing at about the same age as your little girl. She would seem to cluster feed in the evenings, getting really fussy while she ate, then she'd unlatch and seem to vomit up the entire contents of her stomach. Then she'd either mellow out and go to sleep or be crying for more since her stomach was now empty. We took her to the pediatrician and they didn't think it was relux because she didn't seem too upset about it. She wasn't much of a burper so they thought it was gas and suggested we just make sure she stays upright for at least 15 minutes after she nurses. That definitely helped and she doesn't have that problem anymore. Because of the crying your little one is doing I would say it sounds like reflux (as the other moms have suggested). Definitely bring her in to see the doctor because reflux can affect the esophagus if left untreated for long periods. Good luck!

I think the burp and gas problem just takes time, and some gentle help from mom and/or dad.

I have twins who were opposites as infants. my daughter never spit up, but had gas that needed help to get out . she would cry for at least an hour in the beginning... I would do some bicycle movements with her legs and squeeze her knees into her stomach gently. Out came some gas, and then off to sleep she went.
This became a daily routine for a month, with less and less crying each week.
Meanwhile, her twin brother got the same breastmilk or formula, and he rarely had gas, yet he spit up so much I cried and thought he never kept anything down.
His solution was to be burped after every ounce.... surprise, surprise he had a burp in there even from breastfeeding. Plus his burps didn't come out easily. sometimes, he needed quite a few minutes of burping.. and just when I thought there's no way a burp is still in there.. out it came.

I'm more of a homeopathic fan, vs. a prescription approach.... I did buy "Gripe Water" with my daughter, and I do remember this was a noticeable improvement. I just can't remember if she had less gas, or if the gas came out easier...

Wow, now I remember how much work this was. I think it all worked itself out by 6 months.
But when you get over one hurdle, you star worrying about something else...
GOOD LUCK!

Dear S.,

My son had identical symptoms. I took him to a pediatric gastroenterologist, who advised me to eliminate all dairy, soy, eggs, and nuts from my diet. I found out later that many moms whose kids exhibit these symptoms also eliminate wheat, but my PGI didn't mention this. I know this may sound hard, but it cleared up my son's symptoms INSTANTLY. It also had the welcome side effect of postpartum weight loss for me. (I don't mean to imply that this is a issue for you, it just happened to be one for me.) My son was ultimately diagnosed as having a milk-protein sensitivity, which he still has at age 3, though this is fairly uncommon.

Some docs will respond to these symptoms by prescribing meds (I think Xanac) or insisting that the baby stop nursing and be put on soy formula. I personally don't like these approaches. The former simply masks the symptoms and doesn't get at the underlying cause. It can also enable the buildup of undetected allergens, which can cause serious problems later. The latter deprives the baby of all the benefits of breastfeeding! This is necessary in some severe cases, but not most. I really recommending looking around for a doctor who will recommend a dietary approach.

Hope this helps,

Mira

P.S. Not relevant to your question at all, but you have a beautiful name!

Try Activia yogurt. When my son was about 3 weeks old, he developed colic. He never spit up, but he also seemed to have alot of stomach pain. It was also very difficult to get him to burp. I tried Mylicon drops - didn't help at all, tried gripe water - maybe helped a little. Eliminated dairy - didn't notice too much of a difference. When he was 2 months old I decided to try eating Activia to see if that would help him - ??maybe the probiotics pass through my breast milk. Well, within a day or two he was the most content baby!! It was like a light switch. Also, the diaper rash that he always seemed to have cleared up and he hasn't had a rash since. Give it a try. If you do try it, I'd love to hear about your results.

Make sure you feed her in an upright position and burp her halfway through the feeding even if she objects. The best way to burp is to put her in a sitting position on your lap, put your right hand on the tummy and rub her back with your left hand. If her head bobs support it with your thumb and forefinger of your right hand. Having burped countless babies I discovered this is the quickest way to get the gas out. I never did understand why people beat the baby's back. It never worked for me and seems harsh.

Sounds like she might have reflux. Talk to her pediatrician about the symptoms. They may put her on xantax. My daughter had reflux as an infant and xantax didn't work...we used prilosec and it was a miracle. Good luck.

I used Mylicon drops religiously and that helped about 90% of the time.

Hi S.,

This sounds like a food allergy to me. My daughter was "colicky" and most people just said "oh well..." Lucky for me I found an amazing doctor who told me that colic is a food issue. He made a list of the possible culprits - garlic, broccoli, dairy, tomatoes. I kept a diary and tried these foods one at a time. It turns out, my daughter didn't like dairy and tomatoes. I could eat broccoli and garlic okay. Once I eliminated dairy and tomatoes (ketchup, etc.) she never cried or spit up again. You don't need drugs for reflux or any of that garbage. Try to find the food culprit. Trust me... Best of luck.

Could be reflux? My son had reflux and was put on a daily dose of prevacid, worked wonders for him.
L.

My son was the same way. He was very tough to get to burp and always acted like his stomach hurt. I had to take all dairy out of my diet, and we put him on reflux meds, and it worked wonders. We diagnosed him in 5 weeks, and once I had all dairy out of my system he was an angel. Hope this helps, and good luck to you

This just sounds like vanilla colic to me. If she had reflux or gas it would happen after every feeding, not just in the evening.

Ask yourself the following...

Did it start about 2 weeks of ago?
Is it getting progessively worse?

If you say yes to these two questions you may notice that it will get worse until 6 weeks and then will be gone by 12 weeks. Colic masks itself as many things, but if it's a breastfed baby and it only happens in the evening then it's likely not physical. You'll just have to grin and bear it and realize that it'll be over between 12-14 weeks of age.

My second son had that problem and I used Maylicon only twice and it worked and never had to do it again, he was able to burp after that and he was a gassy baby, poor thing. I learned from a friend that you can rub the baby in the tumy way in a certain way and that helps relieve the gas.If I remember correctly (and see if the pediatrician can tell you or someone from Mamasource) that if you use the first three fingers of your hand and rub it around the belly button in the "L" form and it helps but I don't know if it's "L" doing it in the opposite direction or the right driection of the "L". It's been some time now and it seems to help. That poor girl! Let us know what happens.

Hi there,
It could be reflux or a milk oversupply. You can read about it at http://www.kellymom.com/bf/supply/fast-letdown.html

There is a fabulous lactation Dr that takes insurance in Stratford. Her name is Dr. Smillie. I cant recommend her enough. Her # is ###-###-####.

Good luck!