Help!

My baby is 6 months old now, he will go to sleep fine around 8pm then wake up hysterical, his belly seems quite hard so we’ve been prescribed gaviscon which goes in his last bottle to help with any pain in his stomach, last night he was awake crying every 15 minutes or so and it looks like tonight will be a repeat, has anyone experienced the same, could it be teething? (He already has 2 bottom teeth) 😣 not sure what to do anymore we’ve tried everything to help him settle!

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Has he been having dirty nappies? My little boy always has belly ache and a hard belly if he’s not been pooing enough xx

he’s been having 1-2 a day, he also had one last night around midnight but was still crying over night 😣xx

Aww poor thing. Could it be trapped wind? If it’s flaring up at the night it could be a built up. Maybe baby massage? Xx

we thought it was so we bicycle his legs on a night, let him sit up for at least 30 minutes after his last bottle and do massage on his tummy 🙈 hoping it just a phase and will go away it’s just so tough lasting on little sleep when he was previously so good at sleeping! Xx

My son is also waking up screaming and crying only at night and very frequently. Feel so bad for him

it’s awful isn’t it, I wish I knew what it was to be able to help

My LO is 5 months and having the same problem! X

Gaviscon is known to constipate typically so could potentially add to discomfort! Gripe water is fab for trapped wind, would definitely recommend giving a go.

The other thing to consider would be an allergy potentially? One of my sons symptoms was discomfort when lying flat and a sore belly, bringing his legs up and arching his back!

it’s interesting you say that, he’s recently come out in a rash all over his face and chin, the doctors have put it down to eczema and have given us some cream but I’m giving the cream another week and then going back to them!

It’s strange as it doesn’t happen every night he did it a couple of weeks ago and then seemed to stop it again. It was happening a few weeks before the rash and the gaviscon 🙈 I’m so confused x

oh so that’s odd it comes and goes! If it was milk allergy I would assume it would be constant! That does look like it could be an allergy rash but again it would be there and flare with each feed - so maybe it is eczema! So hard to know isn’t it, you just wish they could tell you what the problem is!

Id deffo try gripe water in the meantime in case it is gas related!

thank you! X

I’m the same with sleep! I believe it’s her teeth as it’s only been happening since they started coming through but she has had one after another and currently has 6 teeth! X

Sorry just jumping back on this after catching up on the comments. My little boy has CMPA & had similar symptoms along with a few other things. Keep an eye on the rash as that’s definitely an indication to it, the the wind and belly ache it’s so hard to manage but we had a heated belly band from Amazon! Warm the little pouch in the microwave it’s an absolute godsend! We still use it now if something has unsettled him, & we used Dentinox colic drops and gripe water for wind! If this is something that’s just started it could definitely be his teeth, my mum is always telling me different things me and my sisters got whilst teething. Hope he settles soon! Xx

thank you, I think I’m going to take him back to the doctors his skin doesn’t seem to be getting any better at all with the cream x

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