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Suggest Treatment For Stomach Disorders In Infant Child

My Baby is almost 6 weeks old and is bothered by a lot of wind. He always seems very uncomfortable and seems to strain a lot when passing wind or doing the toilet. We are currently using Colief in his bottles but it doesn t seem to be working. When he has dirty nappies there is small white blobs in it. They resemble curdled milk. Please can you advise.
Wed, 20 Dec 2017
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Hi, First of all congratulations for your baby. I can understand your every concern related to your baby. Usually all infants produce lot of gas and strains, grunts, turns their face to red while passing stool and it is absolutely normal. Their stool texture will be continuously changing, so unless there is very hard pellets like stools or blood tinged stool, there is nothing to worry. I had the same experience with my baby. It is hard to see your new born baby turning red, crying , grunting, straining while passing stool but this will remain only few weeks. What has helped me during those days are - Giving tummy massage or exercise 3 -4 times/ day and while passing gas or stool, burping after every feed.
Even Colicaid didn't work for my baby. Giving 2.5 ml of gripe water has helped sometimes. Don't worry, as far as your baby is gaining weight, passing urine and stool frequently. Continue exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months, that increases baby's immunity and also reduces the chance of constipation and diarrhea.
Good luck.
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Suggest Treatment For Stomach Disorders In Infant Child

Hi, First of all congratulations for your baby. I can understand your every concern related to your baby. Usually all infants produce lot of gas and strains, grunts, turns their face to red while passing stool and it is absolutely normal. Their stool texture will be continuously changing, so unless there is very hard pellets like stools or blood tinged stool, there is nothing to worry. I had the same experience with my baby. It is hard to see your new born baby turning red, crying , grunting, straining while passing stool but this will remain only few weeks. What has helped me during those days are - Giving tummy massage or exercise 3 -4 times/ day and while passing gas or stool, burping after every feed. Even Colicaid didn t work for my baby. Giving 2.5 ml of gripe water has helped sometimes. Don t worry, as far as your baby is gaining weight, passing urine and stool frequently. Continue exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months, that increases baby s immunity and also reduces the chance of constipation and diarrhea. Good luck.