Twelve weeks and waking at 5am with terrible wind

[Bellenden Belle]

Has anyone else experienced this?

5am like clockwork my little one wakes and seems in tremendous discomfort with wind. Legs draw up, lots of straining, this continues on and off until about 8/9am when he finally manages a proper poo.

It was significantly worse when we introduced a bottle of formula as a dream feed - we have tried two brands now. We have stopped this now.

But it seems to be happening even now when I have returned to solely breastfeeding. He feeds at 6.30pm, 11pm, 2am.

Any ideas? We have no similar symptoms during the day. He was very colicky in the early days but that settled apart from this 5am stirring? Could this be a dairy / lactose intolerance issue?

[midivydale]

Not a medical expert but it could very well be a lactose/cows milk protein issue. Any other symptoms? Any vomiting? Stuffy nose? Grizzly when sleeping on his back? Gulping when feeding?

[Hande]

This is actually very common, my son was solely breastfed and we had this 4-5am grizzly state for months and just because of wind discomfort. Most of my NCT buddies also experienced the same. Your baby will eventually grow out it. Mine took his time for sure. Hope this helps. Best of luck.

[Ginster]

We had a really noisy grunting baby between 5am and 8am for many of the early weeks. We even tried a Cranial Osteopath. I feel like he actually grew out of it (tho Osteo may well have helped as mentioned his stomach area was all a bit out of line). We still have the occasional night time lifting up both legs and slamming down but the noise went a while back. He's 5 months now.

Hope yours grows out of it soon, in the meantime I found earplugs helped me sleep and filter out some of the noise but you can still hear when they're asking for food.

[newbestfriend]

My son is 8 weeks and suffering too. My daughter was exactly the same. I introduced a dummy which gives some comfort (and you can get rid of it when the pain passes) and I put my hand firmly on his tummy while he is moaning. And as much burping as possible. This seems to calm him a bit. I reassure myself that he isn't in masses of pain. It's more that he is getting used to the feeling of pooing and farting and his little insides aren't wuite developed yet. My daughter grew out of it but not until I had angsted myself to the doctor several times and tried everything around. it will pass. But realise that isn't that helpful when you are in the thick of it

[Bellenden Belle]

Huge thank you to everyone for all your advice and support. It's so helpful to know I'm not the only one.

A mum told me that a doctor had told her it was likely to be because she was dehydrated or not drinking enough water. This sounded like the simplest solution in th world so for the past two days I've been drinking and drinking. And it's made the most enormous difference.