Still struggling with wind

So my baby has always struggled with wind and tummy pain. He was breast fed for 3 months, then we combi fed with Kendamil then we switched to Aptamil comfort because I thought it would help. We the we’re all formula fed but still struggling with wind really bad so switched to regular Aptamil. STILL struggling with his tummy I went to the doctors and they’ve prescribed Nutramigen and we’re still struggling! He has green diarrhoea now. I literally don’t know what to do next…?

Basically he thrashes his legs around and cry’s after a feed. As he’s feeding he’s squirming and uncomfortable. I feel so sorry for him, the poor lad just wants to feed and he’s having all this pain.

If anyone else has had this and has found a formula that helped… what is it??? I’m tempted to go back to Kendamil as this is so highly rated and we only tried it when we’re were combi feeding so I’ve not really given it a chance on it’s own…??

He is 4 months.
Literally ANY advice is welcomed.

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Our little one suffered really badly from about a week old and one that has helped is Dentinox drops in his milk. They’re marketed as “colic” drops but most colic is caused by trapped wind/digestive issues that cause pain and discomfort. It’s hard to find in stock where I live and you might find the same - but infacol, coleif and gripe water all serve the same purpose, it’s just a case of finding what works best for your baby.

We also switched milk from aptamil to hipp which is a lot less frothy so helped a lot. My SIL had just switched to hipp from kenadmil too because of the wind issue

I don’t want to say it definitely is but maybe Cows milk protein allergy? The formula Will have a higher content of it in compared to what your breast milk would of had. Would you say it’s gotten worse since going onto formula?☺️

i was also going to say this

Thanks everyone. we’ve tried all the home remedies (gripe water, infocol, colif). None ever seemed to work 😖 my friend uses Hipp and raves about it too.

yes I thought the same and this is why the doctor prescribed Nuteamigen for us. We’re still having the same issues though and his poo is like green water 🙈 Just feel for him so much. We have a follow up appointment with the doctor on Wednesday, I have a feeling she’ll now treat it as reflux 😖xx

You could try a different bottle? Mam ones are quite good, and some people swear by the Doctor Brown's ones. And I think using a slower teat will help. If he's taking in lots of air he might also have a tongue tie, so you could check for that?

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