in February 2025 Babies 🇬🇧

Feeding, burping, being sick

Oh baby is 2 weeks and 2 days. We thought we had his feeding figured out a little but the last two/three days he has being really difficult to feed. He was taking 4oz every 2.5/3 hours. Which the HV recommended as he was drinking his full 3oz and waking for more. The last couple of days, he has been waking during the early evening until morning every 1.5 hours ish and only having 1/1.5 oz of milk. We burp him, which we have been told we weren’t being patient enough with, and then put him to bed but every time we lay him down, he is sick and wants more food. A friend told us he was very windy and she could tell…but we’re not sure what we’re looking for. She said when his legs are scrunched up he has trapped wind but how do we know if that is just him being a baby? Are there any other signs? We try to check his nappy, if he is hungry and if he needs a burp when he is crying but sometimes we do all of these and can’t tell. Last night we tried to burp him for a lot longer and got burps every time we tried. But still when we lay him down he was sick. He didn’t do this a few days ago.

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i also have a two week old and i found burping after each ounce helps a lot to stop her being sick, annoying of course but it’s stopped her from throwing up every bottle. also laying her on my chest and rubbing her back brings up a lot more burps that just sitting her on my shoulder or on my lap. i hope it gets better!

We had a bout of sicky spells and the advice we’ve been given is keep them upright for 20’mins after feeding and we haven’t had a sick spout since 🤞🏼

To add mine is also 2 weeks (and 1 day!)

Our little one (2 weeks 3 days) is the same. She’s also been throwing up and wanting more. So we’ve slowed down her feeds. Whenever she stops swallowing we stop and burp her, otherwise it’s normally about every 10-20ml we stop and burp her. Seems to work. It also gives her time to process what she’s already had so that she knows she’s full, we’ve found she’s ended up having less milk because she’s not wanting any more where she’s full. Before, when we didn’t stop, she’d guzzle the whole bottle then puke

My 5 week old is suffering with colic & trapped wind we think. You can tell from the scrunched up legs, he appears in pain and strains a lot after feeds, appears relieved when he does eventually pass wind/burp/poop. We’ve been giving him dentinox & it seems to help a bit. We also feed him in an up right position and keep him upright for a while after feeds to help him keep it down and not throw up immediately. We give him a mid feed break & change his nappy at that point & massage his tummy. Frequent burping during feeds too xx

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