My four week old is <I>constantly</I> gassy. He grunts and pushes all the time, even in his sleep! He wakes himself up because he's groaning and pushing and then starts crying. It seems that even in his sleep he's never peaceful for longer than five minutes, the rest of the time he's struggling. During his second or third week I thought maybe he was constipated because he would be so fussy and only have a poopy diaper once a day or every other day but my OB nurse said that was normal-I thought they were supposed to have 1-3 dirty diapers a day?? I've tried so many things, he gets both breastmilk and formula. His regular formula is regular Similac with iron but I tried switching to the soy for awhile because it's supposed to reduce gas, it didn't seem to help. I burp him several times during feeding and make sure he gets as little air as possible. I even tried the infant Gas-X drops, which also didn't do any good.
Should I try a different formula? How can I help my fussy baby? :veryconfused:
Should I try a different formula? How can I help my fussy baby? :veryconfused: