Gas drops?

My 5 week old constantly kicks his legs when he gets laid down on his back and will wake himself up. During the day this happens within the first 30mins so he doesn’t nap long and at night he’ll at least do a good stretch of sleep of a few hours. Is this just reflex waking himself up or should I do gas drops. If so, which are recommended? This morning I was able to get him back to sleep by holding his legs him and gently rocking him. Even in my arms he’ll move his legs and wake up

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You can do gripe water! Look up massages also. My daughter has to be massaged daily on her tummy! She sleeps so much better now that I do it!

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We give our 6 week old son mylicon, tummy time also helps with gas and tires him out a bit so he takes a good nap. We also swaddle him when he's sleeping

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oh I’ll definitely look into massages? Do you only do it once a day? If so, when?

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we use the halo swaddle but he’s till kicks his legs up since the leg part is more like a sack :/

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do you us the mylocin before or after every feed or just certain times of the day like morning or before bed?

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I do it after every other feeding! Gripe water as needed usually once a week she only gets it on her bad days when nothing else works:)

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(Only massage during the day)

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I do mylicon and make sure I hold him in an upright position for 15-30 mins after a feeding. If I don’t get the gas out of him I lay him down (so the gas moves) until he fusses then pick him back up to burp him and 9/10 times it works.

I would also look into the type of formula you’re giving him, if you’re breastfeeding/pumping look at the foods you’re eating (like dairy or spicy foods)

Hope this helps!

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Infant mylicom

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We put the mylicon directly in his bottle so he gets it during the feed. We put it in every other bottle

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Use mylicon drops right before the feed. Keep up upright 30 mins after and try to get a good burp. Sometimes they wake up because of the gas and the gas popping from the drops.

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Does anyone else’s baby spit up breastmilk but not formula?

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I think Motherhood has made me more bitter than I realized…

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I’m four months in and I don’t really have hobbies right now. I don’t do anything for myself except maybe doomscrolling or listening to a podcast while I breastfeed my baby. I used to craft and have game nights with friends. Activities that usually are at least 2 hour stretches. Now if I have an hour free my mind immediately goes to baby, or doing something in the house for baby.

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I spent probably an hour apologizing to him after I snapped. And he’s of course hurt and frustrated because I said some very mean things in the moment.

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