newborn and feeding

[happyfeet88]

Hi ladies, I knw ths isn't a pregnancy question I ws jus wondering my daughter is about 12ds old, I'm struGglin to gt her to drnk water, I nrmlly boil it an let it cool dwn, does anyone hv any advice wt did u do to gt ur lil one to drnk a lil water?

[KTowne]

Ask your doctor for a different formula, it's not bad for her at this stage, if anything it will help her, there's formula especially for fussiness and gas, so ask your doctor, go by her recommendation!

[rachyrou]

Hun everyone has or will be a new mum. Don't feel.stupid. yes water isn't good for babies until they are much older. She will have the necessary hydration from her formula or breast milk. For her wind..burp her.. massage her belly softly after a bath and try infacol..we had wind issues for months. The midwife prescribed Infacol and it was very helpful. It basically bursts the little bubbles of wind and brings them out. :) itt won't harm her..its orange flavour too so she'll like it xxxx

[happyfeet88]

Wt is the nme of it? Cn she use it? I dnt wnt upset her tummy, I feel so bad tht I dnt hv breastmilk mayb she wudnt hv ths prblm :((

[TxMamma]

Burping during feedings will help if you don't already. You can also add infant gas drops to her bottle or give directly to her. I had to do that with my daughter. I wasn't able to breast feed either.

The first month is a lot of trial and error. You are getting to know her and she's getting used to this big scary world.  It's all very normal. You are doing the best you can and that's way more than a lot of people.

[happyfeet88]

She's cn the pedi nxt wk I thnk u ryt, cos she's got a very healthy appetite, she ***** so hard on her bottles during feeds, she doesn't giv herslf a momnt, at the moment she's drnkn about 100mls per feed, every three hrs or so, I did ask the doc an nurses bout her appetite an they al agree she jus hs a healthy appetite, bt I thnk I need to pace her mayb she won't hv these terrible winds she cries wen she shud break wind an I feel so helpless :((( like I said I cnt stnd her cryn any noise she mkes I'm there I'm so paraniod I dnt sleep, love her so much, I'm gona tke ur advice thnk u it mkes sense

[sorenr]

Of course they're not stupid!

Its hard to cope with a windy baby, I've been there, I'm not too sure that water would help though...try taking her off the bottle to wind more often during feeds, I used to use a product called Infacol which helped a little but I believe a doctor could prescribe something if it is particularly bad. Theres no real magic solution, not that I found anyway! It does get better in time though.