Colief

Breastfeeding my nearly 3 week old baby girl. After feeds, she cries like she is in pain. You can feel her stomach hard
she kicks her legs up and down. After some time, she does pump and poo.

I have bought some colief does this work? How are you getting this to your babies ?

Thanks

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Apparently babies don’t know which muscles to use to poo when they’re first born so tense them all and crying also helps force it out so I think it’s quite normal

@Alex thank you, she cries like she's in pain not nice to see 😢 bought some colief to see if that's any help x

Do make sure to burp her all the time. Even without feed. Just pick her up and burp her to help settle the tummy

@Endurance I shall try that, I do burp her after every feed. She doesn't always give me anything

My little one is the exact same, also 3 weeks and breastfed. I think it’s trapped wind so bought infacol drops but don’t know how to give it to baby either.

My LO will not lie down on his back after a feed either no matter how much he’s been winded 😩 sleep is non existent for me🥴

I believe with Colief you have to add it to the milk which I couldn't do with breastfeeding. We went with infacol instead which you can drop directly into their mouth and it has given our baby some relief.

Hi Sarah currently have the same issue and tried Infacol but seems to have constipated him! I also have Colief but not used it yet. Did you try it? If so did it help? I’ve heard nothing but good things about it. I’m exclusively breastfeeding so will need to express some milk to add the Colief x

Hi, sorry for the late reply, colief is very difficult to plan ahead of feeds. I just feed on demand no actual timings. So, getting the Colief ready is a bit of a nightmare. I have just stated infacol as easier to administer, especially if we are out and about. See how that goes doesn't work. I'll have to try to be more organised with the Colief x

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